IVEST Consumer Partners and Equity Group Investments Invest in Entertainment Earth

IVEST Consumer Partners Acquires Cloudco Entertainment (Care Bears Owner)

August 25, 2023

Consumer Products

IVEST Consumer Partners has acquired Cloudco Entertainment, the owner of IP including Care Bears, Holly Hobbie and Madballs, for a reported $100 million. The purchase expands IVEST’s portfolio of licensing and consumer products businesses and brings a long-established children’s-IP owner into the firm’s licensing platform.

Equity Group Investments Partners with East Coast Warehouse

January 27, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Equity Group Investments (EGI), Sam Zell's private investment firm, announced an investment in East Coast Warehouse (ECW), a temperature-controlled third-party logistics provider. The partnership will provide capital for add-on acquisitions and strategic support as ECW expands into new geographies; ECW's senior management will remain in place and retain an ownership stake. Terms were not disclosed.

Interlock Equity Makes Growth Investment in Investor Group Services (IGS)

December 14, 2022

Professional Services

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Interlock Equity has made a strategic growth investment in Boston-based consulting firm Investor Group Services (IGS). The minority growth capital will support IGS's expansion of its consulting team, new service offerings, geographic footprint, and potential strategic acquisitions while founders and leadership retain significant ownership.

Aurora Capital Partners Provides Growth Capital to Impact Environmental Group

April 25, 2023

Environmental Services

Aurora Capital Partners has made a growth capital investment in Impact Environmental Group (IEG), a global provider of products and services to the waste and recycling industry. The capital will support IEG's organic growth and strategic add-on acquisition strategy to expand its product and service offerings across the US and Europe.

Clairvest Makes Equity Investment in Arrowhead Environmental Partners

June 17, 2020

Environmental Services

Clairvest Group Inc., together with its Clairvest Equity Partners VI fund, completed an equity investment in Arrowhead Environmental Partners to support the company’s growth in non-hazardous solid waste disposal. The investment will provide Arrowhead’s founders and management with capital and strategic support to expand its waste-by-rail disposal infrastructure and operations in U.S. Northeast markets.

H.I.G. Capital Affiliate Acquires Family Entertainment Group

July 21, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

H.I.G. Capital, through one of its affiliates, has completed the acquisition of Family Entertainment Group Holdings, LLC. The Itasca, Illinois–based company operates nearly 60 family entertainment locations and provides turnkey outsourced arcade and facility management services; H.I.G. will partner with founder George Smith and the existing management team to accelerate growth and expand the company's market presence.