Capstone Partners advised Big Top Manufacturing—a leading manufacturer of temporary and semi-permanent fabric structures—on its sale to Altamont Capital Partners.
Big Top is a Florida-based manufacturer of commercial, industrial, and military fabric structures, delivering custom-engineered solutions for the most complex and mission-critical applications. With a 47-year operating history, Big Top is widely recognized for unparalleled domain expertise and ability to offer a full turnkey solution, from in-house design, engineering, and fabrication, to providing ancillary products, enhancements, and value-added services. The company’s structures are used in thousands of applications, including asset storage and protection, maintenance and repair, warehousing, hangars and flightline shelters, dining facilities, and worksite safety/protection facilities, among many others. For more information, visit Big Top here.
Capstone took the time to truly understand our unique industry and the ins and outs of our business, all while guiding us through the go-to-market process. They put together a fantastic marketing plan and handled every legal, financial, and strategic detail—allowing us to focus on operating and growing our business throughout the process. Thanks to their dedication, we found the perfect buyer and successfully closed the sale. We’re now continuing to grow the business with our new partner, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome.
Sam Matlin, Managing Director at Capstone Partners commented, “We are thrilled to have represented Big Top in such a great transaction. This successful outcome underscores investors’ growing interest in the burgeoning modular fabric structure solutions market, which is experiencing rapid growth as customers across dozens of end markets increasingly discover the nearly endless array of use cases and applications for highly customizable, functional, and flexible structure solutions to replace traditional ‘brick and mortar’ buildings. We are excited to have found a great partner for Big Top and are looking forward to following its future growth.”
Altamont Capital Partners is a private investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over $4 billion in assets under management. Altamont is focused on investing in middle market businesses where it can partner with leading management teams to help its portfolio companies reach their full potential. The firm’s principals have significant experience building business success stories across a range of industries, including specialty manufacturing and distribution, industrials, financial services, and business services. For more information, visit Altamont here.
The investment banking professionals on Capstone Partners’ Industrials Team work with leading middle market companies operating in the temporary equipment services market to advise with their strategic decision-making in order to maximize financial outcomes at every stage of the business lifecycle. Our firm has developed a full suite of corporate finance solutions, including M&A advisory, debt advisory, financial advisory, and equity capital financing to help privately owned businesses and private equity firms address any need, ranging from growth and financial or operational advisement to an ultimate exit transaction. To learn more about this transaction, or about the benefits of starting a relationship with our Industrials Banking Team, contact us here.
