LAKESIDE PARTNERS ADVISES OFFICE TIMELINE ON ITS Recapitalization by GEARBOX CAPITAL
Lakeside Partners (“Lakeside”), a leading boutique investment bank, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Office Timeline on its recapitalization by GearBox Capital. Office Timeline is a leading technology solutions company providing intuitive, fully-integrated software tools for project teams and executive reporting.
The transaction, led by Lakeside Partners Managing Partner, Tom Newell, bolsters the firm’s growing technology expertise. Tom commented, “We were thrilled to represent Office Timeline in this transaction. The Company’s unique set of productivity solutions are perfectly tailored to support an expanding market of project managers and executive support functions. The chemistry between Gearbox Capital and Office Timeline was apparent from the start and we feel fortunate to have advised the Office Timeline team throughout this strategic partnership.”
The management team will remain in core leadership positions post-close. Gearbox Capital’s expertise in workflow automation and SaaS will significantly accelerate the go-forward growth trajectory of the Company and bring incremental resources to aid in the success of Office Timeline and its employees.
Karr Tuttle Campbell served as legal counsel to Office Timeline.
About Office Timeline (www.officetimeline.com)
Office Timeline is a fast growing, software company helping project managers save time and enhance the quality of their critical reporting processes. Office Timeline’s highly visual, uncomplicated, easy-to-use solutions help Project and Program Managers, Planners, R&D teams, and Project Management Organizations in big and small enterprises across the globe.
About Gearbox Capital (www.gearboxcap.com)
GearBox Capital is a private equity firm applying an operational approach to supporting the growth and transformation of bootstrapped and founder led technology companies. With an approach to product, commercial, talent and operational strategy refined over 15 years, GearBox works closely with Founders and their leadership teams on catalyzing the handful of key levers that have an outsized impact on the growth and development of emerging technology companies.
About Lakeside Partners (www.lakesidepartners.com)
Lakeside, which has offices in Seattle, WA and Minneapolis, MN, provides M&A advisory services to privately held businesses. The firm has extensive expertise serving businesses across multiple industry verticals including industrial distribution, transportation & logistics, niche manufacturing, consumer products, food & beverage, business services, and technology, among many others.
For more information about our firm or this transaction, please contact:
Tom Newell
Managing Partner
tnewell@lakesidepartners.com
206.295.9746
Taylor Hanson
Partner
thanson@lakesidepartners.com
651.357.4633
Chase Wichelmann
Partner
cwichelmann@lakesidepartners.com
651.356.1753
Matt Holcomb
Head of Business Development
mholcomb@lakesidepartners.com
952.239.4297
www.lakesidepartners.com