City Capital Ventures Majority Investment in Rackson Restaurants

City Capital Ventures Acquires Redberry Group (Burger King & Pizza Hut franchisee)

February 8, 2019

Restaurants & Hospitality

City Capital Ventures (CCV), a Chicago-based private investment partnership, has acquired Toronto-based Redberry Group, one of North America’s largest quick-service restaurant franchisees with 134 restaurants (111 Burger King and 23 Pizza Hut) across Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed; CCV is partnering with Saxonwold Capital and has secured senior debt from CIBC and Scotiabank while engaging Spencer Stuart to lead a CEO search.

City Capital Ventures Acquires Majority Stake in GreenTech Environmental

August 11, 2021

Environmental Services

City Capital Ventures (CCV) acquired a majority stake in GreenTech Environmental, a Johnson City, Tennessee-based designer and manufacturer of indoor air purification systems, with RF Investment Partners providing debt and equity to facilitate the deal. CCV will support GreenTech’s growth by accelerating sales, marketing, and product development while the company continues to operate independently under its existing management; financial terms were not disclosed.

Cinven Acquires Majority Stake in Restaurant Brands Iberia

July 28, 2021

Restaurants & Hospitality

International private equity firm Cinven has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Restaurant Brands Iberia (RB Iberia) in a transaction valued at more than €1 billion. RB Iberia — the master franchisee for Burger King in Spain and Portugal and for Popeyes and Tim Hortons in Spain — will retain its founders and Burger King Europe as minority shareholders and will continue to be led by the incumbent management team as Cinven backs growth and further restaurant expansion across Iberia.

Roark Capital Acquires Subway Restaurants

August 24, 2023

Restaurants & Hospitality

Subway has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Roark Capital. The deal pairs Subway's global quick-service restaurant footprint with Roark's franchise and multi-location leadership to support growth, restaurant modernization and franchisee initiatives.

Bain Capital Invests $250M Minority Growth Round in Cuisine Solutions

June 6, 2022

Food & Beverage

Bain Capital has made a $250 million minority growth investment in Cuisine Solutions to support the sous-vide leader's product innovation, global expansion, and manufacturing footprint build-out. Cuisine Solutions' existing management and the Vilgrain family remain in control while the capital will be used to accelerate domestic and international growth across foodservice, retail, travel, and military channels.

Restaurant Brands International Acquires Carrols Restaurant Group

May 16, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Restaurant Brands International (RBI) completed an all-cash acquisition of Carrols Restaurant Group on May 16 for approximately $1.0 billion (at $9.55 per share). RBI said it will invest an additional $500 million to reimage more than 600 restaurants and plans to refranchise most of the acquired units over the next seven years; Carrols operated 1,023 Burger King restaurants across 23 states and 59 Popeyes restaurants in six states.