Level 5 Capital Partners Invests $20M in GoDog
October 13, 2022
Level 5 Capital Partners has committed $20 million of growth capital to GoDog to fund the rollout of a franchising platform and accelerate the pet services company's national expansion. Level 5 will also build an affiliated franchisee platform (L5 Pups) and serve as an anchor franchise partner as GoDog scales beyond its existing locations in the Southeastern United States.
- Buyers
- Level 5 Capital Partners
- Targets
- GoDog
- Industry
- Restaurants & Hospitality
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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