We are very pleased to announce Mach Speed Holdings, LLC (www.machspeed.com), a Transition Capital Partners ("TCP") portfolio company (www.tcplp.com), has acquired JLab Audio, LLC (www.jlabaudio.com). Mezzanine financing was provided by Nashville based Petra Capital Partners and St Louis based Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners, both of whom also participated in the equity investment with TCP.
JLab Audio, headquartered in Tucson, AZ, designs, develops, manufacturers, and markets a best-selling assortment of innovative, high-quality, and ergonomic headphones and audio accessories primarily for the mobile device market. The company was founded in 2006 by a successful entrepreneur and lifelong music and lifestyle enthusiast, Josh Rosenfield. JLab Audio was recently named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in the United States.
According to Rick Baldwin, TCP Managing Partner, "Mach Speed acquired JLab because it of its complimentary product lines and relationships with web-based retailers such as Amazon. Josh Rosenfield, the founder of JLab, will continue with the company, leading product development. Josh has an incredible drive and constantly challenges the organization to enhance its products and improve the customer experience. The Company also hired Win Cramer as the General Manager of the JLab division to work closely with Josh. Win comes with more than 10 years of experience in consumer product sourcing and design. Win, like Josh, has incredible integrity and work ethic. Together, we expect great things from JLab."
About Mach Speed Technologies
Mach Speed Technologies, headquartered in Ada, OK, is the leading manufacturer and distributer of "opening price point" MP3, MP4, and various other digital media players. Mach Speed's primary brands, "Trio" and "Eclipse", are sold at numerous Big Box retailers including Best Buy, Big Lots, Walgreens, and KMart. Under the leadership of its CEO and founder, Bill Howells, Mach Speed continues to expand its product base, supporting the needs of both its retail and on-line customers. Transition Capital Partners invested and partnered with Bill Howells and Mach Speed Technologies in 2011. For more information, please visit Mach Speed's website at www.machspeed.com.
About Transition Capital Partners
Transition Capital Partners is a 19 year old Dallas-based private equity firm investing in leveraged recapitalizations and management buyouts of well-managed, entrepreneurial, lower middle market service oriented businesses. TCP is particularly successful investing in high growth companies where additional management and strategic resources are required by the existing ownership group. We typically provide the entrepreneur an opportunity to gain liquidity, while maintaining a significant stake in the business for future upside, and if desired, a reduced management role. For more information about Transition Capital Partners, please visit www.tcplp.com or contact Jason Faucett at (214) 978-3812 or jason@tcplp.com.
About Petra Capital Partners
Petra Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm is actively investing its second SBIC fund, Petra Growth Fund II, which has $160 million of available capital to invest. Its previous funds under management total $130 million. Petra provides subordinated debt and/or preferred stock to high growth companies for expansion, acquisition, buyout or recapitalization in partnership with the founding management team. Petra seeks to invest up to $15 million in growth companies that possess a minimum of $10 million in revenue and positive EBITDA at the time of investment. The fund targets business, healthcare and information technology services companies. For more information, please visit Petra's website at www.petracapital.com.
About Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners
St. Louis-based Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners LLC is the fund manager of Eagle Fund I LP and Eagle Fund II LP, licensed Small Business Investment Companies. Bush O'Donnell makes mezzanine and private equity investments of between $2 and $10 million and has more than $250 million under management. For more information, please visit Bush O'Donnell's website at www.bushodonnell.com.