Palladin Consumer Retail Partners Invests in Leapfrog Brands
January 4, 2021
Palladin Consumer Retail Partners has made a growth investment in Leapfrog Brands, a Chicago-based designer and provider of beverageware and food storage products (brands include Ello, Zulu and Pogo). The partnership will provide Leapfrog with capital and operating support to build infrastructure and accelerate growth; management and operations will remain unchanged and KeyBank provided debt financing for the transaction.
- Buyers
- Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, LLC
- Targets
- Leapfrog Brands, LLC
- Sellers
- Current owners and senior management (Kurt Sward; Rick Ellison; Jill Pearson; Glen Gilmore; Austen He; Steve Pinelli)
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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