Portage Point Advised Avant Gardner on its Chapter 11 Sale to Affiliates of Axar Capital Management
Portage Point Partners served as investment banker and restructuring advisor to Avant Gardner (the Company) in connection with its Chapter 11 sale to affiliates of Axar Capital Management. Avant Gardner is a leading live entertainment and hospitality platform best known as the operator of Brooklyn…
Automotive M&A Shifting Gears – Five Key Dealmaking Takeaways in a Nuanced Market
Automotive and the automotive aftermarket remain two of the most dynamic sectors in the market, but the current mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environment requires a far more disciplined lens than it did just a few years ago. Regulatory uncertainty, changing consumer preferences, capital intensity,…
Surviving The Software Selloff
The software multiple compression that began in 2022 is no longer a cyclical correction. With leading software names trading at a fraction of their 2021 revenue multiples and artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping how software is built, sold and consumed, private…
Portage Point Advises West Marine in its Chapter 11 Restructuring
Portage Point Partners is serving as investment banker to West Marine, Inc. (West Marine or the Company), the nation’s leading omni-channel provider of marine aftermarket products, in connection with the Company’s voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings filed in the United States…
Bendon Publishing Acquired by Brightstar Capital Partners and River Pines Capital
We are pleased to announce that our client Bendon, Inc. (Bendon or the Company) has been acquired by Brightstar Capital Partners (Brightstar) and River Pines Capital (River Pines). Portage Point served as exclusive financial advisor to Bendon. Founded in 2001 and…
S+S Industries Announces Strategic Investment by Cerberus Capital Management
We are pleased to announce that S+S Industries (S+S or the Company), a leading provider of critical solutions and value-added services for data center infrastructure, has entered into a definitive agreement under which certain funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management,…
The Next Industrial Revolution
After decades of offshoring and capital erosion, US industrial investment is entering a new cycle. Capital is flowing back into manufacturing, materials, infrastructure, heavy industry and technology, driven by reshoring, policy support and supply chain realignment. For investors, this shift…
Q1 2026 Credit Market Update
In this installment of the Portage Point Credit Market Update, the Capital Advisory team summarizes Q1 2026 market activity, benchmarks results against prior periods, comments on key credit market developments and offers insights into the outlook for the remainder of…
Mark Johnson Discusses Market Impact of Energy Price Volatility in PE Hub
Mark Johnson, Head of Industrials Investment Banking, recently discussed how energy price volatility is impacting industrials M&A with PE Hub. “What’s happening now are new forces in play,” Portage Point’s Johnson said about macro geopolitical factors happening in real time….
