Match Marketing

  • Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor


Image
Match Marketing

has been acquired by

Image

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Match Marketing Group provides a suite of marketing services focused on driving consumer engagement, brand recognition and sales conversion. The Company is comprised of two business segments Public Label, a creative agency focused on helping brands align with consumer motivations and cultural movements and Match Retail, an agency focused on helping brands become retail ready. Specific service offerings across the two business segments include creative, strategy insights and data analytics, social and digital media, shopper marketing, experiential marketing, merchandising and retail solutions. Match's client roster includes numerous Fortune 500 Companies, spanning consumer packaged goods, automotive, insurance, service businesses, technology, electronics and retailers.

SITUATION:

Match Marketing Group was developed through a roll up of a collection of marketing agencies prior to Southfield’s acquisition in 2018. When the COVID pandemic hit in early 2020, the marketing and creative agency industry was among many industries negatively impacted. Global stay at home mandates reduced the demand for marketing support to brick and mortar retailers and mass gatherings and large audience-based events were put on hold. Further, the Board of Directors had hired new leadership in Q3’19 to facilitate a strategic re-imagination and modernization of Match’s core offerings through the investment in, and acquisition of, new tools, companies and capabilities.

ENGAGEMENT:

G2 Capital Advisors, LLC (“G2”) was initially engaged by the Board of Directors of Match to evaluate strategic alternatives for the Company in service of helping them realize their long term vision, including a current state analysis of the business, assessment of potential growth opportunities and development of capital alternatives. Following thoughtful consideration of the strategic alternatives by all stakeholders, Match’s Board of Directors engaged G2 to pursue a recapitalization of the business with a new source of debt and equity capital under a focused market process.

OUTCOME:

The transaction was successfully executed on December 23, 2020 through a sale of Public Label and Match Retail to Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC, an independent investment adviser and portfolio management firm, with a private debt and diversified asset-based strategy. This acquisition comes on the heals of Innovatus’ purchase of VSA Partners, and in preparation for future acquisitions as they seek to develop a global marketing agency. Both Public Label and Match Retail are experiencing positive momentum since the acquisition and combined with Innovatus’ vision and capital are poised for strong growth.

DEAL TEAM:

SUB-SECTOR

Professional Services

MORE LIKE THIS

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

has been acquired by Schneider National, Inc (NYSE: SNDR)

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

has been sold to Cooke Seafood USA SG, Inc.

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

has been acquired by Ryder System

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

Flash Global, a portfolio company of PineBridge Investments and Graycliff Partners has been sold to Comvest Partners

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

Kaiser Consulting has been acquired by Pine Tree Equity Partners

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

Golden Country has been recapitalized by HKW

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

a leading provider of packaging solutions has been acquired by Berlin Packaging

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

has been acquired by an affiliate of Red Dog Equity, LLC

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

a portfolio company of Sopris Capital has been acquired by InhabitIQ

Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor

Image

a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoffberger Holdings, Inc., has been sold to Lineage Logistics, a portfolio company of Bay Grove

Connect With Us.

Image
Homepage Contact
Services of Interest