# Alta Communications

> Alta Communications, now presented publicly as Alta Equity Partners, is a Massachusetts private-equity firm descended from Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. Its investment team moved from a specialist franchise in media and communications to a broad lower-middle-market strategy built around patient capital, recurring revenue, positive cash flow and transactions that require speed or flexibility.

- **Founded:** 1996
- **Headquarters:** Concord, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Craig Burr (Co-founder), William P. Egan (Co-founder and General Partner), Brian W. McNeill (Founder and Managing General Partner), Timothy L. Dibble (Founder and Managing General Partner)
- **Team size:** 22 employees in the supplied company record; the current website publicly lists five investment and finance professionals.
- **Products:** Growth equity, Family-business recapitalizations, Management buyouts, Corporate carve-outs, Complex-situation investing
- **Notable:** Built a historical franchise of more than 100 media, communications and technology portfolio companies according to industry databases., Closed Alta Communications IX at $500 million in May 2003., The current team reports investing in more than 70 companies over the past 30 years.

## Products & services

- **Growth equity** — Minority or control capital for internal growth and acquisition programs.
- **Family-business recapitalizations** — Liquidity for owners who may sell outright or remain active after taking capital off the table.
- **Management buyouts** — Capital and transaction support for executives buying the businesses they operate.
- **Corporate carve-outs** — Acquisition of divisions and non-core assets that can become independent companies.
- **Complex-situation investing** — Flexible equity for restructurings, bankruptcies, turnarounds and transactions with compressed closing timelines.

## Achievements

- Built a historical franchise of more than 100 media, communications and technology portfolio companies according to industry databases.
- Closed Alta Communications IX at $500 million in May 2003.
- The current team reports investing in more than 70 companies over the past 30 years.
- Developed experience across radio, television, cable, telecommunications, publishing, digital media, software and business services.
- Helped establish the Retik Mello Foundation after the deaths of Alta colleagues David Retik and Christopher Mello on September 11, 2001; the foundation reports millions of dollars in community grants.

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — InStore Audio Network, identified by CB Insights as an Alta portfolio company, was acquired by Stingray.
- **2021-08** — CB Insights records an Alta Equity Partners private-equity investment in Icon.
- **2020-02** — Alta participated in Suzy's $12 million Series C alongside a group of media, venture and strategic investors.
- **2019-01** — Reach Analytics was acquired by Data Decisions.

## Links

- Website: https://www.altaequitypartners.com/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/alta-communications
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/altaequity
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/altaequity

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