Current and Former Selected GBCM Investments
160 Driving Academy, founded in 2012, is a data-driven provider of commercial truck driving education programs and schools, operating over 32 schools across several states with over 100 instructors. www.160drivingacademy.com
Flipp (formerly Wishabi Corp.), based in Toronto, Ontario, provides technology-enabled retail marketing solutions to over 700 merchant and media partners in the U.S. and Canada, through digital circulars, data aggregation and analytics. www.wishabi.com
Pawn Plus (realized), founded in 1993, is a full service retailer of new/used merchandise and pawn / pawn related services through five retail locations across Pennsylvania. Pawn Plus provides a wide range of consumer electronics (computers, TVs, cell phones, tablets, video games/equipment) and gold/jewelry. The Company also provides pawn loans, check cashing, bill payment, money transfer and money order services to consumers. www.pawnplus.com
Mt. Laurel Staybridge (realized), is a provider of hospitality services in the greater Philadelphia/NJ metro area. Staybridge Suites is a brand operated by InterContinental Hotels Group, and includes other well-known hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Crown Plaza Hotels and Resorts, and Holiday Inn Express Hotels.
Stride Capital Group, LLC, founded in 2009 and based in New York, is an investment management firm that provides capital, expertise and strategic support to talented emerging hedge fund managers and partnerships. Stride will invest in managers with up to $500 mm in assets, emphasizing management independence and high operational standards. Stride will primarily focus on managers who invest in equity and debt securities, with the ability to implement short or other hedging strategies. The firm is led by Founder and Managing Partner, Don Rogers, who brings over 15 years of alternatives investment experience, most recently as a founding team member and Partner of SkyBridge Capital. www.stridecapital.com
Cott Corporation (realized), is one of the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage companies and the world's largest retailer brand soft drink company. With approximately 2,800 employees, Cott operates bottling facilities in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. Cott markets non-alcoholic beverage concentrates in over 50 countries around the world. www.cott.com
PODS Inc. (realized) (Portable on Demand Storage), founded in 1998, provides moving and storage services to more than 238 million consumers in 48 U.S. states, Canada, and Australia. To date, the company has completed more than 200,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded one million deliveries and has nearly 138,000 PODS® containers in service. PODS® secure containers are constructed of a steel frame and are available in three sizes: approximately 8-by-7-by-7 feet, 8-by-8-by-12 feet and 8-by-8-by-16 feet and have been tested to withstand winds of more than 110-mph when partially loaded. www.pods.com
Gainey Corp. (realized) is a leading U.S. trucking and logistics company providing dry van freight, long haul refrigerated perishables and third party brokerage services. www.gaineycorp.com
Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., (realized) through Integrated Real Estate Services, manages a long-term mortgage portfolio and real estate related fee-based businesses including loan modifications, real estate disposition, monitoring and surveillance services and real estate brokerage and lending services. www.impaccompanies.com