Intrepid Investment Bankers, a leading middle-market investment bank and the advisory arm of global financial group, MUFG, announced today that it acted as the buyside advisor to RKD Group, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, on its acquisition of MDM Fundraising. RKD Group is North America’s leading fundraising and marketing solutions provider to hundreds of growth-focused nonprofit organizations. Leveraging technology, advanced data science and award-winning strategic and creative leadership to accelerate net revenue growth; RKD builds long-term donor relationships and drives the best return on investment. MDM Fundraising brings four decades of expertise in direct response services tailored to faith-based causes. This strategic alliance allows the two organizations to become the foremost audience-first fundraising solutions provider to missions in North America. Intrepid was retained by RKD Group to identify strategic acquisition candidates to strengthen their portfolio of solutions tailored to support nonprofit organizations.
“MDM joining RKD is truly exciting for our Missions clients and the broader Citygate Network,” said Chris Pritcher, CEO at RKD Group. “RKD has always been deeply committed to the success of rescue missions, built on the legacy of missions fundraising giants like Ron Davis, Tim Kersten and others. Today, we deepen that commitment with a dedication to audience-first shifts in fundraising, meeting the modern expectations of constituents.”
“We are delighted to have supported Incline and RKD on two transactions now, including this acquisition of MDM. We look forward to RKD’s continued growth and success,” said Steve Nelson, Managing Director, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage.
Incline Equity Partners is a leading private equity firm dedicated to investing across the middle market in distribution, business services and manufacturing companies. Incline is generally seeking growing companies with enterprise values of $25 – $750 million. Incline’s typical investment types are ownership transitions for privately held businesses, buyouts and corporate divestitures within the U.S. and Canada.