Industry Private equity Founder Michael Reinstein | Website regent.co Founded 2013 | |
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States Products Investments, private equity funds, leveraged buyouts | ||
Regent Companies is a multi-sector private equity firm based in Los Angeles, California. Many of Regent's investments have been in the software, technology and media space.
Selected investments
Regent's first acquisition was in 2013, when the firm acquired the Rovi Entertainment Store over-the-top video platform from Rovi Corporation with Austin, Texas-based Proveho Capital. The firm later purchased the CinemaNow video business from Best Buy. Regent and its partners sold these businesses to FilmOn in 2015.
In September 2013, the firm's partners acquired control of Skinit, a San Diego-based e-commerce company from private equity firm Ares Management. Regent acquired Halco Rock Tools from Caterpillar Inc. in September 2014. The firm acquired travel technology provider Pegasus Solutions in October 2014 in a transaction that included divesting the Pegasus distribution services business to HIG Capital. Regent acquired Silicon Valley technology company NexTag in March 2015 from a consortia of investors led by Deutsche Bank.
In October 2015, Regent purchased the catalog and e-commerce company Lillian Vernon Corporation and mail order business Current, Inc. from Minnesota- based Taylor Corporation. Regent's holdings also include magazine publisher HistoryNet and the military and defense publishing company Sightline Media Group, which it bought from Tegna in 2016. Sightline Media Group publishes Armed Forces Journal, Defense News, Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Federal Times.