Up Front Ventures

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC is a corporate finance advisory firm focused on the middle market. Intrepid's services include M&A advisory, equity and debt capital raising and providing strategic advice in complex securities transactions. Collectively, the senior banker team at Intrepid brings over 150 years of mergers and acquisitions advisory experience and has advised on over 350 transactions spanning a broad range of industries including Business Services, Consumer Products, Financial Institutions, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, and Industrial Products & Distribution.

Leonard Green & Partners is a private equity firm with more than $3 billion in equity capital under management. Founded in 1989, the firm has invested in more than 30 companies with aggregate value of more than $18 billion. Located in Los Angeles, LG&P invests in established companies that are leaders in their markets. It works with investment bankers, business brokers and other intermediaries to source investment opportunities. It also partners with management through operational improvements, acquisitions, financial engineering and other strategic initiatives. The company structures transactions to meet the needs of all parties involved. Types of investments that it has completed in the past include public-to-private transactions, recapitalizations of privately held businesses, growth capital, equity capital to facilitate acquisitions, turnarounds and restructuring investments and acquisitions of divisions and assets from large corporations.