Versa Capital is a private equity investment firm focused on control investments in distressed and special situations in middle market companies in North America. The firm’s experienced team specializes in utilizing operational expertise to create value through buyouts, divestitures, restructurings, turnarounds, reorganizations and liquidations across a diverse set of industries. Selected Investments include: BridgeStreet Global Hospitality, Hatteras/CABO Yachts, Eastern Mountain Sports, Avenue Stores, Polartec, American Laser Skincare, Black Angus Steakhouses, Allen Vanguard, Bob’s Stores, Civitas Media, Bell and Howell, Central Parking, Republic Storage, Holliston, Briteline and Central Lewmar. INVESTMENT STRATEGY Complex Distressed & Special Situations > Buyouts & Divestitures > Restructurings & Turnarounds Value Added Through > Intensive Operating Engagements > Creative Structural Solutions > Speed & Certainty of Closing Target Investment Criteria > Revenues: $50 million to $1 billion > Assets/Enterprise Value: $25 million to $500 million > Capital Needed: $10 million to $100 million
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Employees: 11-50
Investment Stage: Private Equity
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| - | US Shale S... | usshalesolutions.com | - | - |
| - | Allen-Vang... | allenvanguard.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Black Angu... | blackangus.com | - | - |
| - | Bell and H... | bellhowell.net | - | United Sta... |
| - | Brite | brite-line.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Hatteras Y... | hatterasyachts.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | SynCardia | syncardia.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Polartec | polartec.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Avenue Plu... | avenue.com | $45M | United Sta... |
| - | b2b.centrallewmar.com | - | - |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.02.2021 | Fleece At 40: How Polartec Made Polyester Sexy | Fleece can be fashionable shows the High Society actor Sonia Lyson here in Berlin wearing a fleece ... [+] oversized checkered shirt by Ducie of London. Modern fleece originated in 1981 through a collaboration with Patagonia and Malden Mill... |
| 11.06.2019 | Versa to Sell Polartec | SPARTANBURG, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Milliken & Company, a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of textile expertise, today announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Polartec, LLC, a strong g... |
| 18.04.2019 | PNC Bank Provides $45M to AVENUE | ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AVENUE Stores, LLC, the omni-channel retailer of the AVENUE® brand of women’s plus-size fashion apparel, footwear and accessories, announced today the successful refinancing of its outstanding capital str... |
| 18.04.2019 | PNC Bank Provides $45M to AVENUE | ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AVENUE Stores, LLC, the omni-channel retailer of the AVENUE® brand of women’s plus-size fashion apparel, footwear and accessories, announced today the successful refinancing of its outstanding capital str... |
| 24.09.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 9/24/16 | Facebook bought Nascent Object; Airbnb acquired Trip4real; Google purchased Api.ai Facebook acquired ,modular consumer electronics platform Nascent Objects. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. Baback Elmieh, CEO of Nascent Object... |
| 20.07.2016 | Versa Recaps and Restructures EMS and Bob’s, Forms Eastern Outfitters | PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Versa Capital Management, LLC is pleased to announce today the formation of Eastern Outfitters, LLC, which will continue the restructured and recapitalized operations of Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s Stores.... |
| 17.04.2012 | Versa Acquires Assets of URG which Operates Avenue | An affiliate of Philadelphia-based Versa Capital Management has acquired certain assets of United Retail Group (URG), which operates the Avenue® brand of women’s fashion apparel, sold through a nationwide network of stores. The amount was n... |