2016 Roundup—What a Year for Beauty Care M&A!
The Beauty Care sector finished off a record year with another strong quarter. While Q4’16 was down versus a record Q3’16, it finished 14% higher than Q4’15 and capped a… Read more »
Media
Intrepid Advises Performance Marketing Leader Ad Exchange Group on its Growth Financing
Intrepid today announced that it served as exclusive financial advisor to Ad Exchange Group, LLC, a leading provider of performance marketing solutions, on its growth financing with Union Bank. Founded… Read more »
High Activity from an Unexpected Sector
Historically, socks have not been perceived as a high growth, fashion-forward sector; however, recent trends in M&A demonstrate unexpected strong growth in this market. A recent study conducted by Transparency… Read more »
Liquidity Through Recaps
INDUSTRY BLOG In today’s frothy market, many private equity firms seem to be on the sidelines, waiting for better entry points for platform investments. Consequently, sponsors are holding companies longer,… Read more »
SECTOR DEALS OF THE WEEK: Beauty Care Contract Manufacturing Continues to Attract Strong Interest
INDUSTRY BLOG Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC) announced the acquisition of another beauty care contract manufacturing business last week – Thibiant International, Inc. Based in Chatsworth, Calif., Thibiant is a custom… Read more »
The Acquirer Gets Acquired
Earlier this month, Samsung stunned the industry by announcing an $8 billion acquisition of Harman International. Samsung, not historically known for being an M&A juggernaut, shook up the consumer electronics… Read more »
M&A Soundcheck—Strategics Continue Their Acquisition Spree in Q3’16
The third quarter saw a flurry of deals with strategic buyers leading the charge across the pro audio/visual technologies, digital signage, and residential and consumer technology sectors. Moreover, our Commercial… Read more »
SECTOR DEALS OF THE WEEK: The Year of the Strategic Beauty Care Buyer
INDUSTRY BLOG With the announcements last week of Coty acquiring ghd and Estee Lauder acquiring BECCA Cosmetics, we think that 2016 can be officially declared the “Year of the Strategic… Read more »
LA Tech Summit for Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Startups
Intrepid’s Technology & Digital Media Group is proud to be a Gold Sponsor The Summit aims to bring together LA technology companies, investors, incubators and startups. Attended by 900+ members… Read more »