Founded in 1992 by senior executives with entrepreneurial, line operating, and bulge bracket investment banking experience.
During the month of March 2010, Avalon, as the sole placement agent, raised Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. $3mm in common stock and warrants.
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| Nina McLemore, Inc. |
| $3.7mm Private Equity Placement- Branded Consumer Products |
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| First institutional round of growth financing for Nina McLemore, a direct sales firm which designs, sells and sources clothing for professional, executive, and high net worth women. 2004 (www.ninamclemore.com) |
| Private Family Office |
| Private Placement - Branded Consumer Products |
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| Served as exclusive financial advisor to Meehan Associates, a private family office purchasing stock in private placement investment in vitaminwater Energy Brands Inc. (www.vitaminwater.com) |
| Tempur World, Inc. |
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| $15.5mm Private Placement - Branded Consumer Goods |
| $115.0mm Senior Credit Facility |
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| Various advisory assignments for Tempurpedic International, the leading developer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor for a wide range of revolutionary high technology visco-elastic foam products under the trademark "Tempur" and "Tempur-Pedic", and its predicessor companies. (www.tempurpedic.com) |
| Art Link, Inc. |
| $4.5mm Convertible Preferred - Ecommerce |
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| Represented Art Link, Inc. a leading source for the international young art market, operating the ArtLink@Sotheby's International Young Art Program and ArtLink.com, a leading Internet forum for the young art market, and various annual international exhibitions and auctions. |
| Ashley Stewart Stores |
| $30.0mm Convertible Preferred - Retail |
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| Advisor for the initial institution financing for this specialty retailer of women's plus-size clothing and accessories focused on ethnic markets. (www.ashleystewart.com) |
| Bicycle Exchange / Bikes USA |
| $10.2mm Private Debt & Equity - Retail |
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| Represented Bicycle Exchange, Inc., one of the ten largest specialty bicycle retailers in the United States in raising three rounds of private equity and subordinated debt financing to begin its regional roll out of the BIKES USA superstore format and assisted the company in securing its senior debt line. |
| Factory Card of America |
| $12.123mm Series B Preferred Stock - Retail |
| $9.942mm Series C Preferred Stock |
| $3.0mm Secured Subordinated Debt & Warrant |
| $4.0mm Subordinated Debentures & Warrants |
| Initial Public Offering Preparation - Advisor Assignment |
| Warrant & Employee Stock Valuation - Valuation Services |
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| Leading chain of company-owned superstores offering a vast assortment of party supplies, greeting cards, gift wrap and other special occasion merchandise at everyday value prices. (www.factorycard.com) |
| Fashion 500.com |
| Private Placement - Retail |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Early stage web-based full solution provider for the manufacturers of fashion brands. The company has established exclusive long term-agreements to develop and operate e-commerce business for traditional manufacturers. |
| GTS Duratek, Inc.* |
| $21.0mm Equity - Business Services |
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| Institutional private placement for GTS Duratek, Inc., an environmental services and technology company. |
| HomeDelivery.com |
| Common Stock - Retail |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| On-line service multi-store shopping and time management portal which aggregates local merchants that deliver products. (www.homedelivery.com) |
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