Acceleration Partners

CG Petsky Prunier Advises Global Digital Partner Marketing Services Firm Acceleration Partners on its Investment from Mountaingate Capital

CG Petsky Prunier is pleased to announce it has advised Acceleration Partners LLC, a premier global digital partner marketing services firm focused on helping clients drive their online ecommerce initiatives, on its strategic investment from Denver-based middle market private equity firm Mountaingate Capital. 

Acceleration Partners has built the leading digital performance marketing company focused exclusively on the strategy and execution of partner and affiliate marketing programs on behalf of the world’s largest brands, including Adidas, Allbirds, Dick’s Sporting Goods, LogMeIn, LinkedIn, Marriott, Postmates, StubHub, and Target. Acceleration Partners’ team of seasoned marketers and industry experts help companies materially scale their online commerce initiatives by building meaningful, lasting, performance-based relationships with strategic partners. With a focus on Better People, Better Process and Better Performance, the Acceleration Partners growing team of more than 170 employees spread across eight countries has set the standard for how brands efficiently grow and refine their marketing partnerships anywhere in the world.

Founded in 2007 by CEO Robert Glazer, Acceleration Partners has experienced tremendous growth since inception and has earned a stellar reputation having received several prestigious awards and accolades for both client services and culture, including “Best Agency” (International Performance Marketing Awards), “Best Workplaces” (Inc.), “Best Places to Work” (Glassdoor), and “Most Committed to Work-Life Balance” (Digiday). In order to further accelerate growth organically, as well as through selective strategic acquisitions, Acceleration Partners is partnering with Mountaingate Capital.

Mountaingate Capital, based in Denver, Colorado, is a private equity firm that specializes in building and empowering companies with strong growth potential and engaged leadership teams. The firm was launched by a team of partners with deep investment expertise in four distinct market sectors: marketing services, business/industrial services, specialty distribution, and specialty manufacturing. Mountaingate’s focus on organic growth, coupled with its proven customer-centric buy-and-build approach for add-on acquisitions and shared equity ownership with management, creates more value for the end customer, while forging stronger, more collaborative, and more successful investment partnerships with management teams.  In 2017, Mountaingate announced the close of its first fund with $395 million in capital commitments. Mountaingate targets investments in new platform companies typically with $5 million to $25 million of EBITDA.

CG Petsky Prunier, with a team led by Sanjay Chadda, served as exclusive financial advisors to Acceleration Partners.