Our Approach
Partnership Approach
Partner with founders and owner operators seeking to realize the full potential of the businesses they have created.
Loyalty & Leadership
Cultivate businesses with fiercely loyal customers that have the potential for category leadership in sectors where Seawall has domain expertise.
Catalyst Moments
Focus on businesses that would benefit from enhanced customer insights, operational attention and strategic investment to extend into new categories, sectors, or geographies, either organically or via M&A.
Flexible Structuring
Maintain a conservative investment approach and limited use of leverage to maintain flexibility for growing operating companies.
Peer Network
Facilitate best practice sharing across the portfolio of investments to foster a community of operators who learn from one another’s experience.
Team Building
Partner with world-class leadership teams to build fundamentally strong businesses with clear and achievable future growth prospects.
Team
Current Investments
Founded in 1984 by brothers Mike and Brendan Moylan, who continue to run the company today
Sports Endeavors is the team behind Soccer.com and WorldSoccerShop.com, the leading sources for soccer player and fan gear in the U.S., and the leading producer of customized uniforms for youth soccer clubs and teams nationally
Sports Endeavors is poised to capitalize on rising youth soccer participation and soccer fandom in the U.S. leading up to the North American World Cup in 2026
Founded in 1999 by Saverio Michielli, who still leads the company in partnership with Emily Montgomery, INARIA is Canada’s leading soccer brand specializing in fully customized kits.
INARIA’s in-house design studio in Toronto, Canada and unique global supply chain enables the brand to develop customized uniforms for youth clubs and rec teams that reflect each club’s unique style and identity.
INARIA will enter the US market through a partnership with Sports Endeavors, offering youth soccer, volleyball, baseball, and softball clubs high quality, fully customized, sublimated uniforms.
Movement Climbing Yoga + Fitness is the largest indoor climbing gym network in the country.
Movement operates over 30 gyms across 9 of the largest US markets. Its gyms feature over 900,000 square feet for top rope climbing, bouldering, fitness studios and cardio and strength training equipment.
Movement’s nationwide community of over 90,000 members are active and engaged climbers and outdoor enthusiasts.
Prior Investments
DevaCurl, founded by two stylists to address the needs of curly hair clients, is a high-growth, prestige curly haircare brand known for its innovative, curl-specific haircare products and salon expertise.
Multi-channel, profitable business targeting both the consumer and professional customers.
During our ownership sales and profitability both doubled.
Founded in 2008, NEST Fragrances creates captivating and consistently high-quality fragrances at a welcoming price point that enable consumers to elevate and transform any mood, space, or occasion.
NEST is sold in all top luxury department stores and specialty beauty retailers in North America.
During our ownership period, NEST brand sales grew over 5x.
The ‘original outfitter’ for the authentic outdoor experience; Field & Stream owned 115 U.S. and international trademarks covering 600 products in 43 countries including China, Japan and the EU.
Developed 11 new partnerships across multiple product categories; Signed “direct-to-retail” agreement with Dick’s Sporting Goods as well as 7 new licensing deals in 2011 alone, setting the stage for an exit the following year.
Sectors
Consumer Goods
Consumer &
Business Services
Consumer Technologies
Omnichannel Operators
Recreation, Hospitality,
& Entertainment
Sports & Fitness
Criteria
Founder or seller seeking a partner
Revenues greater than $20M
Profitable or with a clear path to profitability
Target investment size of $25M to $100M
Press
Sports Endeavors, Owners of Soccer.com, Announces Acquisition of New Jersey-based Ewing Sports
May 20, 2024
Movement Expands East Coast Presence in NY and PA with Acquisition of The Cliffs Climbing & Fitness
November 28, 2023
Movement Announces Purchase of Four Summit Gyms in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area
April 17, 2023
Seawall Capital Hires Rebecca Gilbert as Senior Associate
April 17, 2023
Seawall Capital, LLC Partners with Sports Endeavors, Inc., Owners of Soccer.com, the Nation’s Leading Outfitter of Soccer Uniforms and Gear
August 22, 2022
Earth Treks, Planet Granite, and Movement Climbing + Fitness Adopt One Cohesive National Brand Identity Climbers Will Love
Dec 8, 2021
El Cap Continues to Build the Climbing Community by Acquiring Movement Climbing + Fitness
November 6, 2019
Earth Treks & Planet Granite Merge
November 8, 2017
Tengram Capital Partners Completes Sale of NEST Fragrances to Eurazeo Brands
November 30, 2017
Tengram Capital to Sell DevaCurl to Ares Management
May 18, 2017
Earth Treks Climbing and Fitness to Add New Climbing Gyms through a Partnership with Tengram Capital Partners
March 20, 2017
Tengram Capital Partners Announces Investment in DevaCurl
November 22, 2013
Tengram Capital Partners Acquires Significant Stake in NEST Fragrances
September 21, 2012
Field & Stream Reaches Agreement To Sell Certain Trademarks To DICK'S Sportng Goods
September 18, 2012