April 2014

Portfolio Company: Zoe’s Kitchen Zoe’s Kitchen Inc. intends to use proceeds of its successful initial public offering to open 20 to 30 new restaurants this year, as reported by Nation’s Restaurant News.Jason Morgan, Zoe’s chief financial officer, said the $70 million offering with a 15-percent green sheet would allow Zoe’s to use the proceeds to pay off…

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Portfolio Company: Zoe’s Kitchen Shares of Zoe’s Kitchen Inc. rose nearly 64.8 percent Friday for the restaurant industry’s first initial public offering of 2014,according to an article by Nation’s Restaurant News. Zoe’s priced its offering at $15 each for 5.8 million shares and closed at $24.72 at 4 p.m. EDT. Founded in 1995 by Zoë and…

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Featured Partner: Bill Barnum Bill Barnum, partner and co-founder of Brentwood Associates, has been named one of the most influential private equity investors in the April 7, 2014 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal. “He has made a science of spotting lesser known consumer concepts with staying power and turning them into more profitable power house brands, increasing demand…

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Portfolio Company: K-MAC Holdings Corp. K-MAC Holdings Corp., headquartered in Fort Smith, Ark., announced it has acquired 21 Taco Bell restaurants from Ricksim Inc., a franchisee that operates Taco Bell restaurants in the Oklahoma City market, reports QSR magazine. “We are privileged to be able to continue to support the growth of a great company in K-MAC and…

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