Cabrillo Advisors

Case Studies

Cabrillo Advisors

  • 4330 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 270
  • San Diego, CA 92122
  • Telephone: 858-452-9500
  • Fax: 858-630-2867

Soft Brands

  • Application software for middle market manufacturing and hospitality businesses.
  • AMX:SBN
  • Revenue: $70M+
  • EBITDA: $5M+
  • Market Cap: $70M+ Complicated by simultaneous emergence from bankruptcy.

Objective

  • Retained as advisor to raise $20M in private financing for operations and to pursue M&A opportunities.
Activities
  • Prepared business strategy, offering memorandum and related investor pitch materials.
  • Contacted 25+ investment groups from a prioritized list of over 150 investors based on fit.
  • Coordinated management road show with 15 firms, and selected best offer from 5 term sheets.
  • $20M in mezzanine debt closed in November 2002, with Capital Resource Partners.
  • Stock price up from $0.30/share when retained, and now trades on AMX in 52 week range of $1.60 to $2.42, or a 500%-800% share price gain