Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises CYLX on Sale to Bison Group LLC



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Christian Colucci Joins Peakstone as Managing Director

April, 2016. Christian Colucci is a Managing Director at The Peakstone Group with over 15 years of investment banking experience. Christian has completed over 50 M&A and capital raising advisory assignments for middle market and large capitalization clients mostly in the industrial and consumer sectors. Christian has primarily focused on the middle market throughout his career and has completed transactions …
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Andy Savarie Joins The Peakstone Group as Managing Director

April, 2016. Andy Savarie is a Managing Director at The Peakstone Group and has over 25 years of investment banking and entrepreneurial business experience. Andy has advised clients of all sizes on well over 100 M&A and financing transactions totaling over $125 billion in market value across a variety of industries including general industrial, automotive, technology, healthcare, financial services and …
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Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises Clearbrook Farms on Sale to Glencoe Capital



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March, 2016. Peakstone served as exclusive financial advisor to Cincinnati Preserving Company, Inc., dba Clearbrook Farms, on its sale to Glencoe Capital, LLC. Clearbrook is an award-winning provider of a variety of all natural jams, jellies, fruit butters, preserves and fillings to both the retail and industrial markets.  More information regarding Clearbrook Farms can be found on their website, www.clearbrookfarms.com. …
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Peakstone Celebrates Record Year; Strong Momentum into 2016

January, 2016. Peakstone delivers world class M&A Advisory and capital solutions to entrepreneur and family-owned businesses.  Middle market deal environment remains robust. In the last 18 months, Peakstone has: – Closed 20 deals delivering over $1 billion of capital to business owners – Grown to 30 professionals in Chicago, New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan Peakstone is growing! – We …
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Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises Glen Oak on Sale of Certain Assets to Custom Floor Finishing



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Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises Petstages on Sale to Outward Hound



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October, 2015. Petstages  has been acquired  by Outward Hound (outwardhound.com), a portfolio company of The Riverside Company.  Petstages is a pet industry leader, winning several awards for innovation and developing a popular line of dog and cat products including the Dogwood Chew Stick, Orka chew toys, and INVIRONMENT scratchers. (petstages.com) Acquiring Petstages opens up new strategic retail and specialty distribution …
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Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises ABCOMRENTS on Strategic Acquisition



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October 2015. Peakstone served as the exclusive financial advisor to ABCOMRENTS in its purchase of the assets of RentFusion. ABCOMRENTS is the leading provider of event technology solutions.  Since 1989, ABCOMRENTS has dedicated itself to creating, designing and implementing full-service event productions with innovative technology solutions, state-of-the-art tech rental equipment, and the supporting infrastructure. ABCOMRENTS’ unparalleled service allows it to …
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Closed Deal Announcement – Peakstone Advises Simply Color on the Acquisition of ShootQ



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October, 2015. Peakstone acted as exclusive financial advisor to Simply Color on this transaction. Simply Color Industries, Inc. (“Simply Color”) has announced the acquisition of ShootQ, a complete virtual SaaS management system made especially for professional photographers.  With the addition of ShootQ, Simply Color has further expanded its product and service capabilities to provide its customers with a quality management program that will …
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Peakstone Selected as 2015 M&A Advisor Award Finalist for M&A Firm of the Year and Debt Deal of the Year

September, 2015. Peakstone is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a finalist for the 14th Annual M&A Advisor Awards in two categories: 1. Investment Banking Firm of the Year 2. Debt Financing Deal of the Year – for Peakstone’s role as exclusive financial advisor to Ashford.com on its recapitalization transaction with Prudential Capital Partners. “Since the inception …
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