Alan Bittker is Managing Partner of The Bittker Group, an investment management firm.. Prior to founding The Bittker Group in 2006, Alan was CEO of EPI/entertainment.com from 1998 to 2006. Initially, he led an LBO with The Carlyle Group and subsequently sold EPI to IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) for $360M. Alan continued to run EPI for several years as a. wholly owned subsidiary of IAC, transforming the business with new products and a new web strategy - becoming a top 750 e-commerce property with 3+ million active unique visitors and nearly $100M of $200M+ in online revenue.. In 2008, the Bittker Group became the minority shareholder in MyLocker.com where Alan took an active role as President and helped build the emerging business into an industry leader in online custom apparel. Since 2015, MyLocker has acquired SpiritShop.com, the leader in licensed high school apparel, launched CustomCat.com and developed major partnerships with Shopify, WooCommerce, Threadless and others. Today, the Bittker Group continues to hold a minority interest in its portfolio.. The Bittker Group provides funding to businesses within two portfolio segments, e-commerce/tech and real estate development. Recent tech investments include early and mid-stage pre-IPO growth capital for disruptive companies such as Peloton, DraftKings, BankMobile and others. In real estate, the company has funded mid-stage growth capital in the national co-working space as well as acquisition and re-development funding for 2.5+ million sq. ft. of traditional projects including Fortune 100 commercial properties, hotels, self-storage and thousands of multi-family residential rental units.
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