Dealer principals and financial executives should watch to understand newer, more modern capital and funding sources that can fund their strategic growth or help them diversify the wealth built through the dealership.

Georgica Auto Holdings (GAH), an automotive retail group with 23 franchises in the northeast, today announced the acquisition of three dealerships from Weeks Automotive Group in Danbury, Conn.

Georgica Auto Holdings, an automotive retail group with 23 franchises in the northeast, welcomed Franchise Equity Partners (FEP) as a minority shareholder following a $70 million capital investment.

Recently Automotive News published a story about valuations of car dealerships post-covid and whether now is a good time to divest by selling a minority stake.

Recently, an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal about succession planning for family owned businesses, and their relationship with Private Equity firms.

Earlier this month, Franchise Equity Partners (FEP) took a minority interest in Fresh Dining Concepts, a150-plus-unit Focus Brands franchisee, by providing $44 million in equity funding. FEP seeks to provide minority, passive, permanent investments in franchise companies.

Private equity investors of all stripes continue to like what they see in franchising, more with each passing year. The search for opportunities to invest for a competitive return has accelerated a buying spree for stakes in multi-unit franchisee operations like never before.

FEP's Managing Partner for auto verticals, Don Reese, will speak at the upcoming Auto Team America's forum on March 10th, 2022 in Las Vegas. He is slated to speak with Mike Maroone of Maroone Automative Group, on the subject of "How To Invest In An Era of Rapid Consolidation". If you are going to this conference be sure to stop by and listen for his insight into the current state of the auto franchise sector.

“This is so complementary to what I did all those years-providing capital to good operators,” said Robert Daniel. “I looked at a lot of other opportunities, but this is the one I got most excited about, because it is so differentiated and compelling. I really like the alignment with the operators-providing capital and growing alongside them.”

A private investment firm connected to longtime automaker executive Mark LaNeve aims to spend around $400 million over the next three years buying minority stakes in auto dealerships.

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partners Michael Esposito and Scott Romanoff are teaming up with credit manager HPS Investment Partners to back U.S. franchise businesses and their owners.

Franchise Equity Partners (“FEP” or the “Firm”), an independent and newly established private investment firm, today announced its official launch as a portfolio company of investment funds managed by HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”). HPS is a leading global alternative investment firm with over $75 billion of assets under management.