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•In 2011, Huntsman Gay Global Capital, LLC (now HGGC, LLC), acquired MaMa Rosa’s Pizza, a leading US-based manufacturer of refrigerated pizza. Established in 1979 as Gilardi Pizza Co., the Ohio-based company sells its products to consumers through convenience stores and retail outlets, and to fellow manufacturers through contractual packaging arrangements. MaMa Rosa’s also offers ancillary products, including frozen dough and pizza crusts, to the food industry market. To cover the purchase of the company, HGGC drew on its $1.1 billion debut fund.

•At the time of the HGGC acquisition, MaMa Rosa’s was recording annual sales in excess of 3 million cases of pizza product to some 10,000 stores in the United States and abroad. In HGGC, MaMa Rosa’s found an operational partner that could offer expanded opportunities for corporate and employee growth. As an additional plus, each MaMa Rosa’s employee received a share of the profits from the sale.

•HGGC offered the financial backing and the development expertise necessary to assist MaMa Rosa’s in building its brand. HGGC, based in Palo Alto, California, operates in the middle-market private equity sector and has invested over the years in a variety of emerging technology and utilities companies with high growth potential.