January 25, 2019 / Portfolio News
Lauren Bailey, CEO and co-founder, Upward Projects Known for: Upward Projects is a Phoenix-based hospitality group with strong ties to the communities its restaurants are located in. Each unit has been built in an historically and architecturally significant building with the intent of preserving the building’s purpose in the neighborhood. Lauren Bailey, along with three others,…
January 23, 2019 / Portfolio News
This breakthrough solution for the early childhood industry includes the AIM Birth to Five Observational Assessment and the AIM Pre-K Criterion-Reference Assessment. The AIM Assessment Portfolio provides valid assessment content that can be embedded in any early childhood program enabling teachers to focus on meeting children where they are developmentally and supporting their progress through…
January 11, 2019 / Portfolio News
Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a leading middle-market private equity investment firm, announced it has acquired a majority interest in Afterburn Holdings, LLC (“Afterburn Holdings” or the “Company”). Afterburn Holdings is a leading Orangetheory® Fitness franchisee that operates 12 studios and oversees an additional eight studios in Houston, Texas. Current operators, Jim Potesta and Marty Reichenthal, will…
January 8, 2019 / Portfolio News
The lunch rush should be over at the contemporary fast casual on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, and yet the place is buzzing. A queue of customers slowly marches its way down a make line while employees flutter around to the closely arranged tables, delivering food and clearing dishes. At a table in the back,…
January 7, 2019 / Portfolio News
The 300-location mark is a pretty big deal in franchising; it’s a milestone that few concepts ever reach. Just 108 franchised brands have grown beyond the 300 mark. It was a nice milestone at Blaze, but when the company ticked over 300 in November 2018, CEO Jim Mizes didn’t spend too much time patting his…
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