iPROMOTEu Acquires AIA Corporation

Champlain Capital Acquires iPROMOTEu from Align Capital Partners

January 13, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Champlain Capital has acquired iPROMOTEu, a Wayland, Massachusetts-based provider of tech-enabled back-office, sourcing and sales/marketing services to independent promotional-products distributors. Brookside Capital Partners provided senior debt and a preferred equity co-investment to support the transaction alongside co-investors Honeywell, RGA, NorthCreek Mezzanine and iPROMOTEu management; Align Capital Partners was the selling sponsor.

Cohere Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in iPromote

July 20, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Cohere Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm, made a strategic growth investment in iPromote, an omni-channel digital advertising platform based in San Luis Obispo, California. The capital will support product enhancements and deeper penetration of the underserved SMB digital advertising market through additional channel and agency partnerships.

Integrity Marketing Group Acquires AIP Marketing Alliance

January 18, 2022

Insurance

Integrity Marketing Group, an omnichannel insurtech platform headquartered in Dallas, has acquired AIP Marketing Alliance, an independent marketing organization based in Troy, Michigan. The deal brings AIP access to Integrity's technology, data and shared services while members of the Kisser family (AIP leadership) join Integrity as managing partners; financial terms were not disclosed.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires American Pacific Corporation

February 6, 2020

Manufacturing

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired American Pacific Corporation, a Cedar City, Utah-based manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials used in aerospace, defense, space launch and fire suppression applications, from Huntsman Family Investments. The deal, which closed Feb. 6, 2020, will position AEI to grow American Pacific as a platform investment and further support customers in national security and space programs.

Industrial Growth Partners Acquires AEM

September 13, 2021

Manufacturing

Industrial Growth Partners (IGP), in partnership with management and certain outside investors, acquired AEM (Holdings) Inc., AEM Group Limited and subsidiaries, creating a new platform investment to accelerate the company's growth. Founders Daniel and Cai Li Chang sold the company but retain a significant minority equity stake; Daniel Chang was named Chairman and Rick Busch was appointed CEO.

ZMC and Hauser Private Equity Invest in Wpromote

October 26, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Affiliates of private equity firm ZMC, with co-investor Hauser Private Equity, have made a strategic investment in digital marketing agency Wpromote to accelerate growth and expand its technology and product offerings. Wpromote, a Shamrock Capital portfolio company based in El Segundo, California, will leverage the partnership to scale its Polaris platform and pursue organic and acquisitive expansion; terms were not disclosed.