BigRentz Acquires Equipment Management Group with $15M Private Investment Led by ITOCHU
April 1, 2020
BigRentz closed a $15 million private funding round led by ITOCHU Corporation and other private investors, which was used to acquire Atlanta-based Equipment Management Group (EMG) and complete a previously announced merger with Lizzy Lift. The acquisition expands BigRentz's site services capabilities—adding dumpsters, storage containers and portable toilets—to its national equipment rental network and will convert EMG's Atlanta office into a BigRentz regional office.
- Buyers
- BigRentz, ITOCHU Corporation, Private investors
- Targets
- Equipment Management Group (EMG)
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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