Resilience Capital Partners Takes Minority Stake in Leader Auto Resources (DealerShop)

DealerShop (with Resilience Capital) Acquires Jobbers Automotive

June 13, 2023

Industrial Services

DealerShop, Inc., together with its private equity partner Resilience Capital Partners, acquired Jobbers Automotive, a Cleveland-based full-service supplier to automotive dealerships and collision centers. The deal expands DealerShop's national footprint and product offering for franchised dealerships and independent service centers across North America; Jobbers will operate as part of the DealerShop family.

DealerShop and Resilience Capital Partners Acquire Total Tool

February 16, 2022

Automotive

DealerShop, together with its partner Resilience Capital Partners, has acquired Total Tool, a Castleton, New York-based full-service distributor and servicer of automotive shop equipment. The deal expands DealerShop's equipment offering and service capabilities across upstate New York, Vermont, Western Massachusetts, and Connecticut and provides continuity for Total Tool's employees and customers under the existing ownership's decision to sell.

Capitala Group Majority Investment in Proactive Dealer Solutions

April 5, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Capitala Group has completed a majority investment in Proactive Dealer Solutions, a Veteran-owned provider of integrated SaaS and consulting services for automotive, RV, marine and powersports dealerships. The investment will provide growth capital to support Proactive's next phase of development; terms were not disclosed.

LDC Takes Minority Stake in Global Autocare

December 20, 2019

Transportation

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has acquired a significant minority stake in Leeds-based fleet management and corporate mobility provider Global Autocare to back the existing management team and accelerate the business's national growth plans. The deal keeps founder Geoff Bloore and the management team in place, brings former PE investor John Walker in as Non-Executive Chairman, and sees NatWest remain as incumbent senior lender.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Recapitalizes AutoStore

June 19, 2019

Logistics & Distribution

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire AutoStore in a recapitalization transaction, with AutoStore management and EQT retaining minority stakes. The deal will provide capital to accelerate AutoStore’s product innovation and global expansion in warehouse automation; terms were not disclosed and the transaction was expected to close in Q3 2019.

Ares Management Acquires Capital Automotive (CARS) from Brookfield for $3.8 Billion

February 8, 2022

Real Estate

Funds managed by Ares Management Corporation's Alternative Credit strategy and Real Estate Group acquired Capital Automotive LLC (CARS) from a Brookfield private real estate fund for $3.8 billion. CARS, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, owns a portfolio of more than 250 net-lease automotive dealership properties across the U.S. and Canada; the acquisition expands Ares' net-lease capabilities and increases its net lease gross asset value to more than $7 billion over the prior 15 months.