Irving Place Capital provides its portfolio companies a suite of resources, both strategic and operational, to assist management in achieving its plans for growth.

Partnership Expertise

The partners of Irving Place Capital collectively have decades of experience investing private equity capital across a wide range of industries. They source proprietary investment opportunities, develop unique insights, and focus on areas of deep expertise to generate value and drive returns.

Strategic Services

Established in 2004, Strategic Services is the proprietary platform of Irving Place Capital, focused on sharing best practices and pooling purchasing power across Irving Place Capital's portfolio companies. The group has negotiated competitive and portable agreements with leading suppliers in health and welfare, property and casualty insurance, treasury operations, professional services and other common spend areas.

Senior Advisors

Irving Place Capital has a team of 8 senior advisors, including several veteran CEOs, who offer deep, industry-relevant expertise. Their responsibilities include:

• Helping to source and evaluate investment opportunities
• Acting, as needed, as a resource to assist management teams
• Serving on Boards of portfolio companies

Add-on Acquisitions

Irving Place Capital often assists its portfolio companies in making strategic add-on acquisitions. The firm recently completed the following strategic acquisitions:

• PlayCore acquired GT Grandstands, Everlast Climbing Industries, Ultra Play Systems and Robertson Industries
• Multi Packaging Solutions acquired Ivy Hill, Innovative Creative Packaging Solutions and Great Western Industries
• MC Shipping acquired several Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessels
• Vitamin Shoppe acquired five Nutrition Depot locations

Exits

Irving Place Capital always considers investment exit scenarios prior to entering into a transaction. Exits and realizations have included sales to strategic or financial buyers, initial public offerings, and recapitalizations. Similar to how we make investments, Irving Place Capital exits investments with management's support.