image

News

WTWH Media Acquires PMQ Pizza to Expand Foodservice, Retail, and Hospitality Offering

June 2023

PMQ Pizza Media Logo

Denver, June 15, 2023 – WTWH Media, a Mountaingate Capital portfolio company, recently announced the acquisition of PMQ Pizza, the leading B2B media brand focused on the pizza restaurant industry. With the addition of PMQ Pizza, WTWH Media has further enhanced its powerful network of Foodservice, Retail, and Hospitality media properties, which include QSR, FSR, CStore Decisions, Club+Resort Business, Club+Resort Chef, and the Chef to Chef Conference. The PMQ Pizza transaction marks WTWH Media’s first acquisition since partnering with Mountaingate Capital in December 2022.

PMQ Pizza is the business media outlet for the $50 billion U.S. pizza industry. For more than 25 years, PMQ Pizza has provided detailed coverage of the latest pizza business news, trends, and technologies, with a strong focus on marketing and strategies for selling more pizza. Founded in 1997 by former Domino’s franchisees, Steve and Linda Green, PMQ Pizza boasts an audience of more than 200,000 pizza industry leaders.

“Since day one, PMQ Pizza has been committed to the elevation and celebration of the pizza industry,” said Steve Green. “Today, as we announce the sale to WTWH Media, we know our passion will continue under their leadership.”

“They understand our vision,” added Linda Green. “We have no doubt they will not only continue to fuel the pizza industry with energy and dedication, but also grow the PMQ Pizza brand with digital and event innovations.”

“We are extremely excited to partner with Steve, Linda, and the PMQ Pizza team. PMQ Pizza expands WTWH Media’s audience reach within the Foodservice, Retail, and Hospitality vertical while also providing new partnership opportunities for our customers. The acquisition of PMQ Pizza represents the first of many strategic add-on acquisitions for WTWH Media during our partnership as we execute our customer-centric, buy-and-build strategy,” said Sue Cho, Managing Director of Mountaingate Capital.

About WTWH Media, LLC
WTWH Media is an award-winning, digital-first B2B media and marketing company that connects brand marketers with targeted, hard-to-reach audiences of executives and practitioners. The company serves seven core industry verticals including Design Engineering, Robotics, Life Sciences, Renewable Energy, Food Service, Convenience Retail, and Clubs & Resorts. For more information on WTWH, please visit https://www.wtwhmedia.com.

About PMQ Pizza
PMQ Pizza is the world’s largest B2B media brand focused on the pizza restaurant industry. The company reaches more than 200,000 of the pizza industry’s key decision makers across PMQ.com and its weekly e-newsletter. For more information on PMQ Pizza, please visit https://www.pmq.com/.

About Mountaingate Capital
Mountaingate Capital is a Colorado-based, growth-focused private equity investment firm that partners with founders and entrepreneurial companies to accelerate growth and build industry leaders. Mountaingate’s focus on organic growth coupled with its customer-centric buy-and-build approach and shared equity ownership with management creates more value for the end customer while forging stronger, more collaborative, and more successful partnerships with management teams. Mountaingate invests in the marketing services, business services, specialty distribution, and specialty manufacturing sectors. For more information on Mountaingate, please visit www.mountaingate.com.

For more information please contact:
Sue Cho, Managing Director
Phone: 303.390.5001