Investment Summary

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and Vistara Capital Partners Invest In Zafin Labs Technologies

On October 2, 2014, asset manager Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and private equity firm Vistara Capital Partners invested in software company Zafin Labs Technologies

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 6th and Vistara Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 10th and Vistara Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 1st and Vistara Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Ontario.
Investment Fate
  • Zafin Labs Technologies was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2024.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-10-02
Target Zafin Labs Technologies
Sector Software
Investor(s) Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Vistara Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Zafin Labs Technologies

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Zafin Labs Technologies is a provider of relationship banking software solutions to financial services providers worldwide. Company technology platform, miRevenue, was built from the ground up for banking, enabling customer-centric product innovations that drive revenue, transparency and operational efficiency across the customer lifecycle. Zafin Labs Technologies was founded in 2002 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 8.6B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is an alternative investment management firm focused on hedge funds, public funds, energy private equity, growth private equity, real estate private equity, and mezzanine finance opportunities. Kayne's energy private equity group focuses on $20 to $100 million investments in high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. The energy group considers both majority or minority stakes in public and private businesses. Kayne's growth private equity practice involves structured investments in public and private companies looking for capital to finance expansion. This group will also consider middle-market leveraged transactions and management buyouts. Kayne's real estate private equity group invests in established, cash-flow generating projects. Areas of interest include student housing and campus-oriented retail properties, amongst other opportunistic investments. The Group looks for acquisitions of $25 to $100 million. Kayne's mezzanine team looks to provide $20 to $35 million of capital for mid-market businesses with $100 to $500 million of sales and $10 to $50 million of EBITDA. Kayne Capital Advisors was formed in 1984 and is based in Los Angeles with additional offices in Armonk, New York; New York City, and Houston.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 118 of 171
Sector (Software) 6 of 12
Type (Growth Capital) 17 of 49
State (Ontario) 1 of 5
Country (Canada) 10 of 17
Year (2014) 9 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-01 XOG Resources

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

XOG is an independent oil and natural gas company formed to acquire and develop oil and natural gas properties with identifiable upside, primarily in the Ark-La-Tex and onshore Gulf Coast Texas regions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-01 TreadStone Energy Partners II

Houston, Texas, United States

Treadstone Energy Partners II is a private oil and gas company based that focuses on the exploitation and development of oil and gas properties in the Mid-Continent region and Texas. TreadStone Energy Partners II was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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DESCRIPTION

Vistara Capital Partners is a growth focused private equity firm that makes investments in technology and technology-enabled service companies across North America. The Firm looks to invest between $3 and $10 million in companies generating sales greater than $10 million. Vistara Capital Partners was formed in 2015 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 12
Sector (Software) 3 of 6
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 10
State (Ontario) 2 of 3
Country (Canada) 3 of 7
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-02 Blueprint

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Blueprint is a provider of industry-major software solutions that accelerate and de-risk the digital transformation of large organizations. Blueprint transforms the Business-IT relationship into a visual and engaging collaboration. Blueprint Software System was founded in 2004 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-13 You.i TV

Kanata, Ontario, Canada

You.i TV has developed an industry major platform that powers the design, development, and delivery of immersive user interfaces for video applications across multiple devices.

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