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DCG Receives Investment From Kaltroco

Technology & Services

DCG investment from Kaltroco

Summary

Dave Cantin Group (“DCG” or the “Company”) has received a significant minority investment from Kaltroco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Baird served as the exclusive financial advisor to DCG on this transaction.

About

Dave Cantin Group is a leading advisor to retail automotive groups and their owners. The Company also serves a variety of adjacent industries including automotive, motorcycle, powersports, heavy trucks and recreational vehicles. DCG caters to the financial, transactional and advisory needs of its clients throughout the dealership lifecycle, with particularly deep expertise as an advisor on both the buyside and the sellside of the M&A process. Through its media division, DCG produces the #1 downloaded automotive podcast, Dealer News Today. The Company’s nonprofit partner, DCG Giving, funds child and adolescent cancer research and treatment in communities nationwide through its support of the Children’s Oncology Group. DCG is headquartered in New York, New York

Kaltroco is a private investment company committed to supporting the long-term growth of high-quality middle-market businesses. Established in 1994, Kaltroco is owned and funded by the family of a founding partner of one of the world’s leading private equity firms. By leveraging its far-reaching global network and its deep experience as an investor in businesses across multiple sectors and at various stages of development, Kaltroco is able to support both the domestic and international growth ambitions of portfolio company management teams. Kaltroco’s partnership-minded approach is rooted in its distinctive, evergreen capital base, which allows for unusually strong alignment with management shareholders and family and founder owners as they pursue their long-term value creation objectives. Kaltroco is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Technology & Services

DCG investment from Kaltroco