Resilience Capital Fund IV raises $350 mln

Resilience Capital Partners has closed its latest fund at its $350 million hard cap. The target for Resilience Fund IV L.P. was $300 million. Investors of the over-subscribed fund include pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, fund of funds, wealth managers and investment consultants. Cleveland-based Resilience Capital invests in lower middle market special situations, in businesses with $25 to $250 million in revenues. Griffin Financial Group acted as financial advisor and placement agent.

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Company Overview

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Resilience Capital Partners (“Resilience”) invests in lower middle market special situations. Resilience targets platform businesses with $25 to $250 million in revenues across a broad range of industries where it can improve a company’s operations, competitive positioning and profitability.

Situation

Resilience was seeking to raise $300 million for its fourth private equity fund, The Resilience Fund IV, L.P. (“Fund IV”). Resilience hired Griffin Financial Group LLC (“Griffin”) to act as its exclusive financial advisor and placement agent.

Solution

Griffin successfully introduced Resilience to a broad range of new limited partners in the United States and Europe. On October 31, 2015, Fund IV had a final close with $350 million of committed capital, exceeding the target of $300 million and reaching its hard cap. Fund IV was oversubscribed through the participation of a global institutional investor base that includes pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, fund of funds, wealth managers and investment consultants.

For more information on this transaction, please contact Paul F. Delaney, Senior Managing Director, at 646.254.6397 or W. Mitchell Fenimore, III, Senior Vice President, at 646.254.6395. For more information on Griffin’s services in general, contact any one of our investment banking professionals.

ABOUT GRIFFIN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC
Griffin Financial Group provides merger and acquisition advisory, capital formation, structured finance and strategic consulting services to the financial institutions, insurance, commercial and industrial, retail, services, technology and telecommunications and private equity sectors in addition to assisting businesses facing special situations. Griffin is part of the Stevens & Lee/Griffin family of companies. For more information, please contact Joseph M. Harenza, CEO and Senior Managing Director, at 610.478.2160.