Houlihan Lokey Advises ReVamp Companies and Bertram Capital

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that ReVamp Companies (ReVamp), a portfolio company of Bertram Capital, has been acquired by Calera Capital. Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor to ReVamp and Bertram Capital. This transaction highlights the firm’s dedicated sector expertise advising market-leading, direct-to-consumer specialty distribution and remodeling businesses in the growing home services market.

ReVamp is a leading national residential concrete coatings and fencing installation platform, with a growing suite of flooring and adjacent residential services. Based in Freeport, Illinois, and operating across numerous states, the company provides quality concrete coating solutions for garages, basements, patios, pools, driveways, and other indoor and outdoor areas. In addition, ReVamp delivers residential fencing services with a focus on vinyl offerings. ReVamp is committed to advancing its employees’ careers, providing valuable professional training and opportunities for promotion, development, and relocation across the organization.

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm targeting investments in lower-middle-market companies. Since its inception in 2006, the firm has raised more than $4.0 billion in capital commitments. In addition to providing strategic growth capital, Bertram Capital seeks to leverage proprietary processes and services, Bertram High-5SM and Bertram Labs, to empower its portfolio companies to unlock their full potential. Bertram High-5SM is an operationally focused value-creation strategy that includes management augmentation, operational initiatives, complementary acquisitions, sales and marketing improvements, and technology integration. The cornerstone of this strategy is Bertram Labs, its in-house technology team, which aims to drive growth through digital marketing, e-commerce, big data and analytics, application development, and platform optimization. Bertram Capital V focuses on control investments in business services, consumer, and industrial sectors with EBITDA above $7.5 million. Bertram Ignite I focuses on both control and noncontrol investments in similar sectors, with a minimum EBITDA of $3 million.

Founded in 1991, Calera Capital is a private investment firm that has invested more than $5.0 billion of capital. With offices in Boston and San Francisco, Calera Capital focuses on partnering with founders and management teams to drive significant value creation in their businesses, primarily in two industry sectors: business services and specialty industrials. Calera Capital makes substantial equity investments in middle-market businesses and works closely in support of management to build long-term sustainable value through the implementation of strategic and operating initiatives.

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