Cole Information

February 7, 2017 (New York, NY) – Petsky Prunier is pleased to announce it has advised Cole Information Services, a leading provider of vertically-targeted customer acquisition solutions, on its sale to Brook Venture Partners, in partnership with Resolute Capital Partners and Eagle Private Capital. Cole was a portfolio company of private equity firm MCM Capital Partners.

Cole offers a suite of subscription-based lead generation online platforms to small businesses in the real estate, insurance, and homes services industries, among others. The company has decades of vertical market expertise and is focused on delivering actionable, hyperlocal sales leads. Cole’s suite of proprietary, technology-enabled digital customer acquisition solutions leverage its national consumer databases of more than 130 million households and 19 million businesses, plus unique datasets, including cell phone numbers, email addresses, and automobile ownership.

The transaction will enable Cole to grow both organically and via acquisitions that will support the company’s mission to expand its reach in multiple small business markets. The acquisition of Cole supports Brook Venture Partners’ business model of driving growth through a robust sales engine and seeking strategic opportunities to grow the business.

Brook Venture Partners provides expansion stage capital to information technology and medical technology companies located in the eastern United States. The firm is headquartered outside Boston in Wakefield, MA.

Petsky Prunier, with a team led by Seth Rosenfield, Michael Petsky, and Anil Kuruganti, served as exclusive financial advisor to Cole Information Services and MCM Capital Partners.