Brentwood Associates

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Brentwood Associates
Type Private
Industry Private equity
Founded1972;51 years ago (1972)
FounderFrederick Warren, Timothy M. Pennington III, B. Kipling Hagopian
Headquarters Los Angeles, United States
Products Leveraged buyout, Venture capital
Website brentwood.com

Brentwood Associates is a private equity firm in the US with groups focusing on leveraged buyout.

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The firm, which is based in Los Angeles, was founded in 1972. Their most recent fund was a $1.15bn fund raised in 2017. The venture capital group raised over $900 million across nine funds, the earliest of which was formed in 1980 and the last of which was raised in 1998, prior to the spinout of the firm's venture business.

History

Brentwood was founded by Frederick Warren, [1] Timothy M. Pennington III [2] and B. Kipling Hagopian. [3]

Leading investor in start up companies in the late 1990s. Raised a $300 million venture fund in 1998. Brentwood Venture Capital was founded in 1972 as Brentwood Associates. Over the last 26 years, Brentwood has grown to be one of the oldest and largest firms in the venture capital industry, having raised over $1 billion in capital and investing in over 300 entrepreneurial companies. [4]

In 1999, the partners from Brentwood joined with partners from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Crosspoint Ventures and created two separate industry-focused firms with the relevant firm making new investments in each of the respective industries:

In 1999, Redpoint raised a $600 million venture fund Ventures I, at the time the largest first-time fund for a new firm. [6]

Investments

Since inception in 1972, Brentwood has invested in more than 50 companies across a wide array of industries. [7] It has over $2 billion of assets under management and usually invests between $20 million and $200 million in each portfolio company. [8] The firm's leveraged buyout practice has focused on acquiring more mature businesses, while its venture capital group has invested in earlier stage, startup companies.

Buyout investments

The firm's leveraged buyout practice has completed more than 50 investments. Among the most notable companies in which Brentwood has invested include: Ariat, Oriental Trading Company, [9] Bell Sports, [10] Bell Automotive, Prince Sports, [11] C.C. Filson, [12] Graphic Controls Corporation, [13] The Teaching Company, [14] Stanley Works, and Zumiez. [15]

In 2007, Brentwood Associates bought a controlling stake in Zoës Kitchen. [16] In April 2014, Zoës Kitchen's IPO offering raised $87.5 million. [17]

In July 2013, Brentwood Associates acquired Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar. [18] In 2014, Brentwood acquired Marshall Retail Group in August and Z Gallerie in October. [19] [20]

In November 2019, Brentwood acquired the southern-style chicken salad chain, Chicken Salad Chick, for an undisclosed amount. [21]

Venture capital investments

Brentwood's venture group, prior to its spinout separation in 1999, was among the most prominent investment firms in the 1990s Internet boom. Among the firm's most notable investments in software and internet businesses during this period included: Wellfleet Communications, Xylan, Documentum, ISOCOR, WebTV Networks and Freegate. After 1999, investments in the internet and information technology sectors were made by Redpoint Ventures.

Brentwood also had a long history of investing in health care companies with strategically important products or services. Today, the vast majority of Brentwood's successful healthcare investments have been acquired by and integrated into larger healthcare companies including Baxter Healthcare and Medtronic. Among Brentwood's most notable investments included Keravision, Aradigm, Webster Laboratories and Interflo Medical.

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  3. ↑ B. Kipling Hagopian Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine . Forbes Profile
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  5. ↑ The gods of capitalism: Redpoint Ventures explains why making five times your money isn't enough. CNN Money, August 29, 2000
  6. ↑ REDPOINT VENTURES CLOSES $600 MILLION FUND, New Firm Raises Largest First Fund Ever. November 8, 1999
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  9. ↑ Brentwood Associates to sell Oriental Trading Company to Carlyle Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . June 14, 2006
  10. ↑ BELL SPORTS AGREES TO BE BOUGHT BY HB ACQUISITION. New York Times, February 18, 1998
  11. ↑ A 2d Pond's Unit Is Sold in a Month (Prince). New York Times, June 16, 1987
  12. ↑ Brentwood Associates partners to buy Seattle garment maker. Los Angeles Business, January 24, 2005
  13. ↑ BRENTWOOD ASSOCIATES REPORTEDLY TO SELL COMPANY. New York Times, July 27, 1995
  14. ↑ "Berkery, Noyes & Co. represents The Teaching Company in its sale to Brentwood Associates" Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , October 3, 2006.
  15. ↑ Zumiez Gets Investor To Help Growth. Transworld Snowboarding, November 5, 2002
  16. ↑ Goodman, Sherri C. (November 2, 2007). "Zoe's Kitchen selling big stake Cassimus sees deal as spice for expansion". The Birmingham News.
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