Tracked deals
8
8 tracked deals across 2020-2025.
Private Equity Firm
Other
TCG
Playa Vista, California, United States
The Chernin Group (TCG) is a growth equity firm investing in sports, media, and passion-driven businesses, partnering with founders and management teams to scale disruptive brands.
- Focus Areas
- Growth equity / venture capital, Sports, Media & entertainment
- Website
- tcg.co
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Growth capital
4 growth capital · 3 buyout · 1 divestiture
TCG Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- TSG Consumer Partners, Mark Cuban
- Target
- DUDE Wipes
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
TSG Consumer Partners has made a strategic growth investment in DUDE Wipes, with DUDE Wipes founders Sean Riley, Jeff Klimkowski and Ryan Meegan retaining significant ownership and remaining in their executive roles. Mark Cuban will remain an investor; the capital will be used to broaden household adoption, reach new consumer segments, and deepen manufacturing and retail partnerships. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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August 7, 2024
- Buyer
- The Chernin Group
- Target
- BiggerPockets
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The Chernin Group has made a majority investment in BiggerPockets, the Denver-based real estate education platform and marketplace. The investment will accelerate BiggerPockets' audience growth and fund the development and launch of new product suites, including Market Finder, Deal Finder, and specialist service marketplaces.
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- Buyer
- The Chernin Group
- Target
- Classic Football Shirts
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Growth capital
The Chernin Group (TCG) has invested $38.5 million of growth equity in Classic Football Shirts to fund aggressive global expansion, with a particular focus on growing the brand in North America. The investment will support new permanent retail locations in the U.S., broaden the assortment and audience, and follows the appointment of Cormac Barry as Executive Chairman.
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February 26, 2024
- Buyer
- NTWRK, Universal Music Group, Jimmy Iovine
- Target
- Complex (Complex Networks)
- Seller
- BuzzFeed, Inc.
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
NTWRK has acquired Complex (Complex Networks) from BuzzFeed in an all-cash deal valued at $108.6 million. The transaction includes investment and strategic partnership from Universal Music Group and other backers (including Jimmy Iovine) to combine Complex's youth-culture media and commerce capabilities with NTWRK's live-shopping platform.
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- Buyer
- The Chernin Group, eBay Inc., Robert A. Iger, Rich Paul
- Target
- Funko, Inc.
- Seller
- ACON Investments
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
A consortium led by The Chernin Group (TCG) will make a $263 million strategic investment in Funko, Inc. in an all-secondary transaction, acquiring 12,520,559 shares from ACON Investments and taking a 25% ownership stake post-closing. Additional investors in the consortium include eBay, Robert A. Iger and Rich Paul; TCG will designate two board directors and Funko will enter a commercial partnership naming eBay the preferred secondary marketplace.
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December 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Food52, TCG (The Chernin Group)
- Target
- Schoolhouse
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Food52 has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Schoolhouse, the Portland-based lighting and lifestyle goods maker, for approximately $48 million in cash and stock. The transaction is being funded by investor TCG, which also provided an incremental investment to Food52 as it pursues retail expansion, product assortment growth, and build-out of creative studios.
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February 16, 2021
- Buyer
- The Chernin Group, 01 Advisors (Adam Bain and Dick Costolo), Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant / Thirty Five Ventures, LightShed Ventures, Chad Hurley, Craft Ventures (Bill Lee), Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Christian Oestlien, Logan Paul, Anthony Pompliano (Pomp Investments), Shiva Rajaraman, Spencer Rascoff, Bill Simmons, Dwyane Wade (Wade Ventures), Mark Wahlberg, Deshaun Watson (Bleecker Trading)
- Target
- Goldin Auctions
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Goldin Auctions, the online marketplace for trading cards, sports memorabilia and collectibles, has raised approximately $40 million in growth capital led by The Chernin Group (TCG) with participation from a syndicate of strategic and celebrity investors. The funding will be used to invest in technology, operations and audience development; Ross Hoffman was named CEO and founder Ken Goldin will move to Executive Chairman.
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September 24, 2020
- Buyer
- TCG (The Chernin Group)
- Target
- SketchyMedical
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
TCG (The Chernin Group) acquired a majority stake in online education company SketchyMedical via a $30 million investment to scale growth and build an in‑house studio for live content and animation. The investment will be used to expand course offerings beyond medical subjects and accelerate user growth with TCG taking board seats to support operations and content development.
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