Growth Catalyst Partners Acquires The Equine Network from Active Interest Media
January 11, 2021
Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, has acquired The Equine Network in a corporate carve-out from Active Interest Media. GCP will partner with Equine Network's management (Tom Winsor as President & CEO and Andy Clurman as Executive Chairman) to invest in organic growth and M&A to expand the company's sports, information, and tech-enabled services for the global equine industry.
- Buyers
- Growth Catalyst Partners
- Targets
- The Equine Network
- Sellers
- Active Interest Media
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- New Mexico, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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