Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC (“DCF”) acted as exclusive financial advisor to Supplier Management Solutions, Inc. (“SMS” or the “Company”) in securing an investment from Corbel Structured Equity Partners (“Corbel”). SMS engaged DCF to explore strategic alternatives related to partnering with a capital provider to facilitate continued growth.  The investment was completed on June 26, 2014.

DCF assisted SMS throughout the capital raise process, including helping with the preparation of marketing materials, identifying and approaching potential investors, facilitating management presentations, and advising on negotiations and transaction closing.

“DCF delivered experience and insight in providing a flexible approach to different forms of capital and were hands-on during every step of the process, ultimately helping to negotiate a creative structure which met the Company’s needs,” said Steve Clarke, founder and president of SMS.

“We are very pleased to have leveraged our aerospace and defense experience and capital markets reach to assist SMS in securing this investment.  We look forward to continuing our relationship with SMS in the future and further establishing DCF’s presence in the industry,” remarked Peter Frankfort, senior vice president, Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC.

Based in Temecula, CA, SMS provides supply chain oversight, management and support under multi-year fixed price contracts to large aerospace and defense manufacturers. The Company, on behalf of its customers, interfaces directly with supplier bases to improve their on-time delivery performance of critical parts and close out open orders in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Corbel Structured Equity Partners makes minority investments, on a preferred or priority return basis, into profitable, well-positioned, lower middle-market businesses and leverages Corridor Capital’s in-house operations team to assist with organizational scaling and operational institutionalization.

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