Champlain Capital Partners Acquires Agam Group, Ltd.; Brookside Provides Financing

Union Bay Acquisition LLC Acquires Commercial Insurance Business of Brookside Insurance

August 11, 2024

Financial Services

Union Bay Acquisition LLC has acquired the commercial insurance business of Brookside Insurance, an Allentown, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency. The terms were not disclosed; Union Bay said this is its fourteenth acquisition as it continues to consolidate regional property-casualty agencies to expand its platform and capabilities.

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.

Alternative Capital Group Acquires Majority Stake in Kaloom

May 20, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Alternative Capital Group Inc. (ACG) has closed a transaction to become the majority shareholder in Kaloom Inc., a Montreal‑based developer of cloud‑native edge networking software. ACG said it will provide capital and capital-markets expertise to support Kaloom's global growth and to help deploy a worldwide reseller ecosystem while founder Laurent Marchand remains CEO.

Brookside Capital Partners Invests in Avision Sales Group

March 9, 2021

Professional Services

Brookside Capital Partners provided a unitranche debt facility to Avision Sales Group to support the company’s add-on investment activity. Avision, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is an outsourced sales and marketing provider to manufacturers and is a portfolio company of Osceola Capital Management.

Champlain Capital Acquires Stewart-MacDonald (StewMac) with Financing from Brookside Mezzanine Partners

September 9, 2020

Manufacturing

Champlain Capital Partners has acquired Stewart-MacDonald Manufacturing Company, Inc. (StewMac), the Athens, Ohio–based manufacturer and online seller of luthier tools, hardware, parts and accessories. Brookside Mezzanine Partners provided senior debt and an equity co-investment to facilitate the buyout.

ABCOM Technology Group Recapitalizes and Combines with SmartSource; Brookside Mezzanine Provides Financing

May 21, 2019

Professional Services

Brookside Mezzanine Partners provided subordinated debt and minority equity to ABCOM Technology Group, a portfolio company of Dubin Clark & Company, to facilitate the recapitalization and combination with SmartSource Holdings LLC. The transaction expands ABCOM’s geographic footprint (to 26 offices in 21 markets) and strengthens its technology rental, digital signage and asset management capabilities across North America.