Home GCC Bahrain Arcapita sells branding firm Stratus at $450m value Stratus was acquired by Arcapita in late 2017 and its enterprise value has since tripled by Bloomberg July 8, 2021 Alternative investments firm Arcapita Group Holdings sold branding firm Stratus to Vestar Capital Partners for an enterprise value of more than $450m, a person familiar with the matter said. Stratus was acquired by Arcapita in late 2017 and its enterprise value has since tripled, according to the person, who declined to be identified as the matter is private. Revenue at Stratus, whose customers include Starbucks Corp. and McDonald’s Corp., has also tripled in this period to more than $300m in 2021, according to a statement. Arcapita has completed more than $15bn in US private equity investments over the past 24 years. Since its founding in 1988, Vestar funds have invested $8bn in 85 companies. William Blair and Citizens M&A Advisory acted as financial advisers and King & Spalding served as legal counsel to Stratus Robert W. Baird & Co. acted as financial adviser and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Vestar Tags Arcapita Branding Starbucks Stratus 0 Comments You might also like Arcapita, Dgpays consortium acquires majority stake in Mashreq’s Neopay Kuwait’s Alshaya delays Starbucks franchise divestment Mubadala-backed Zamp to buy Starbucks brand rights, stores in Brazil Insights: Here’s how to create your own premium personal brand