For Immediate Release Contact: Jeremy Milner
401-862-9422
jeremy@jeremymilner.com

Courtney Chandler
617-375-4217
courtney@revolutionpartners.com
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Castle Pines Capital has completed a growth equity investment led by FTV Capital

Morgan Keegan and Revolution Partners are pleased to announce that Castle Pines Capital ("Castle Pines") has completed a growth equity investment led by FTV Capital. The transaction closed on October 30, 2009. Castle Pines pursued the growth investment to fuel further expansion in Europe and Latin America and support continued growth in the U.S.

ABOUT CASTLE PINES
Founded in 2004 and based in Englewood, Colorado, Castle Pines designs and manages channel finance programs for leading technology equipment manufacturers and distributors. Castle Pines originates, underwrites and services short-term, working capital financing transactions for vendors’ customers. Castle Pines differentiates its financing program by assuming and automating the procurement process through a proprietary technology platform that serves as the interface between vendors and resellers to coordinate shipments, billing, returns and payments.

ABOUT FTV CAPITAL
Founded in 1998 as FTVentures, FTV Capital is a private equity firm with more than $1 billion under management across three funds raised from both strategic and traditional private equity investors. The firm has offices in San Francisco and New York. FTV Capital provides entrepreneurs with access to its Global Partner Network, a group of over 45 of the world's foremost financial institutions that have invested in FTV Capital and its portfolio companies for more than a decade. The firm focuses on multi-stage growth equity and venture capital investments in high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions, with an emphasis on business services, software and financial services companies.

MORGAN KEEGAN INVESTMENT BANKING ROLE
Morgan Keegan served as exclusive financial advisor to Castle Pines. Morgan Keegan developed, managed and executed a confidential, competitive process that included the preparation of marketing materials, identification of potential investors and facilitation of the due diligence process. Additionally, Morgan Keegan assisted Castle Pines in structuring, negotiating and closing the transaction.

ABOUT MORGAN KEEGAN
Morgan Keegan's Investment Banking Group provides comprehensive merger and acquisition advisory, public equity and private capital services to public and private middle-market companies as well as private equity groups. With ten locations and approximately 150 professionals, Morgan Keegan is one of the largest investment banks focused on serving the middle market.

ABOUT REVOLUTION PARTNERS
Revolution Partners, a division of Morgan Keegan, is one of the nation's largest middle market investment banks specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private capital advisory and complete public equity capital markets services for the technology industry. Revolution Partners is highly-regarded for its expertise in the technology sector, including software, Internet business services, telecommunications, wireless, clean tech, digital media, storage and semiconductors.

Together with our parent company, Morgan Keegan, we now offer public equity research in the following sectors:
  • Storage
  • IT Security
  • Semiconductors
  • Infrastructure Software
  • Communications Technology (Mobile)
  • Communications Equipment & Components
  • Transaction Processing
  • Healthcare IT
  • Security, Safety and Defense Technology

Revolution Partners was founded in 2001 by former senior technology bankers from major Wall Street investment banks. The firm's bankers have executed M&A transactions exceeding $10 billion in value over the course of their careers, including some of the most successful mergers in the industry. The partners also have raised over $6 billion of private capital for more than 130 clients. Today, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, Revolution Partners continues to apply its partner-level experience to the successful execution of advisory and financing transactions for emerging technology companies.

In 2008 Revolution Partners was acquired by Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. whose investment banking, brokerage and asset management capabilities are delivered by 4,400 employees from 300 offices. The firm is a subsidiary of Regions Financial (NYSE: RF), one of the nation's largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services. Together with Morgan Keegan, Revolution shares an entrepreneurial culture and commitment to high-quality transaction execution led by experienced senior bankers. For more information, please visit www.revolutionpartners.com


Revolution Partners, a division of Morgan Keegan, is one of the nation's largest middle market investment banks specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private capital advisory and complete public equity capital markets services for the technology industry. Revolution Partners is highly-regarded for its expertise in particular technology niches including software, Internet business services, telecommunications, wireless, clean tech, digital media, storage and semiconductors.

Revolution Partners was founded in 2001 by former senior technology bankers from major Wall Street investment banks. The firm's bankers have executed M&A transactions exceeding $10 billion in value over the course of their careers, including some of the most successful mergers in the industry. The partners also have raised over $6 billion of private capital for more than 100 clients. Today, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, Revolution Partners continues to apply its partner-level experience to the successful execution of advisory and financing transactions for emerging technology companies.

In 2008 Revolution Partners was acquired by Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. whose investment banking, brokerage and asset management capabilities are delivered by 4,400 employees from 300 offices. The firm is a subsidiary of Regions Financial (NYSE: RF), one of the nation's largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services. Together with Morgan Keegan, Revolution shares an entrepreneurial culture and commitment to high-quality transaction execution led by experienced senior bankers. For more information, visit www.revolutionpartners.com.

 

 
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