Generational Capital Markets Announces the Minority Acquisition and Investment Made in Config Consultants Corporation by Black Lake Capital, LLC, Jefferson Capital Partners II, LP, and C3 Capital Partners III, LP

By Generational Equity

01/26/2016

Generational Capital Markets, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, ("GCM") an advisor to privately-held businesses for mergers & acquisitions, is pleased to announce the minority acquisition and investment made in its client, Config Consultants Corporation (Config), headquartered in Santa Clara, California, by Black Lake Capital, LLC headquartered in Evergreen, Colorado, Jefferson Capital Partners II, LP headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and C3 Capital Partners III, LP headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The acquisition closed on December 31, 2015.

Founded in 2010, Config Consultants is an Oracle Platinum Partner providing IT Consulting services in the areas of Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ), Configure-to-Order (CTO), Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales Performance Management (SPM) and Master Data Management (MDM) throughout the United States.

Config markets its services to all industries on a national and international basis. Config utilizes years of "Hands-On" experience and Unique Oracle Applications knowledge to ensure implementations or integrations are successful.

Config's proven methodologies of focusing on quality, knowledge transfer, and process simplification, help customers take full advantage of advanced Oracle functionality to meet business requirements. To learn more, visit www.config-consultants.com.

Managing Director John Poythress and Vice President Don Ho were the M&A advisors for Config on the transaction. 

"It was a great honor and privilege for our firm to represent Config in this transaction. The principals have done a wonderful job of growing the business; and with the new partners now in place, Config can execute its ancillary growth initiatives to rapidly grow its business, expand its service offering, and better serve its customers," said John Poythress.

Don Ho added, "With the partnership of three financial groups, along with a new banking relationship with Enterprise Bank & Trust, Config will have access to all the necessary capital, financial resources, and expertise it needs to quickly expand its domestic and international presence." 

"Additionally, these partners will also be assisting Config with its new business initiatives and M&A activities in order to make the company a more pronounced technological leader in integration and IT consulting services."

Black Lake Capital is a private investment firm focused on middle market companies primarily in business and financial services, technology, and value-added industrials.

Additionally, they provide strategic insight and its resource network to drive the next stage of a company's growth. To learn more, visit www.blacklakecap.com.

Jefferson Capital Partners is a fund management company that provides financing options to established, rapidly growing businesses with flexible and patient capital and strategic guidance to achieve their long-term financial and corporate objectives. To learn more, visit www.jeffcap.com.

C3 Capital Partners is a fund management company with approximately $460 million in assets that provide capital for businesses to finance later stage growth, strategic acquisitions, ownership transitions, and recapitalizations. To learn more, visit www.c3cap.com.

Enterprise Bank & Trust was founded on the idea of serving the lifetime financial needs of privately-held businesses, their owner families and other success-minded individuals.

Enterprise currently manages over $3.5 billion in assets and serves customers nationwide. To learn more, visit www.enterprisebank.com.

About Generational Capital, LLC

Generational Capital, LLC is a Dallas, TX-based merger & acquisition advisory firm. Generational Capital wholly owns Generational Capital Markets, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC. More information can be found at www.gencm.com

Generational Capital and Generational Capital Markets are affiliated with Generational Equity, LLC. Generational Equity's website is www.genequityco.com and its online newsroom can be found at www.gecpress.com

GCM received the M&A Advisor's 2015 Financial Services Deal of the Year for transactions valued over $100 million. Additionally, John Poythress, Don Ho, and the firm received the M&A Advisor Deal of the Year Award in the $10 – $25 million category in 2014.


About Generational

Headquartered in Dallas, Generational is one of the leading M&A advisory firms in North America.

With more than 350 professionals located throughout 17 offices in North America, the companies help business owners release the wealth of their business by providing growth consulting, merger, acquisition, and wealth management services. Their six-step approach features strategic and tactical growth consulting, exit planning education, business valuation, value enhancement strategies, M&A transactional services, and wealth management.

The M&A Advisor named the company Investment Banking Firm of the Year three years in a row, Valuation Firm of the Year in 2020, and North American Investment Bank of the Year in 2022 as well as Consulting Firm of the Year. For more information, visit https://www.generational.com.