Investment Summary

Summit Partners Invests In B&W TEK

On January 1, 2004, growth capital firm Summit Partners invested in test/measurement equipment company B&W TEK

Investment Highlights
  • This is Summit Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 139th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 1st transaction in Delaware.

Investment Summary

Date 2004-01-01
Target B&W TEK
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Investor(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

B&W TEK

Newark, Delaware, United States
website
B&W TEK is a manufacturer of analytical spectrometers, spectroscopic lasers, OEM medical lasers, and other industrial instrumentation. B&W TEK was founded in 1997 and is based in Newark, Delaware.

Search 191,543 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Investor(S) 1

Investor

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 144 of 382
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 2 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 94 of 214
State (Delaware) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 139 of 317
Year (2004) 1 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-11-24 Physicians Formula Holdings

Azusa, California, United States

Physicians Formula is a mass-market cosmetics company specializing in color corrective makeup.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-20 optionsXpress

Chicago, Illinois, United States

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in equity options and futures trading, offers an innovative suite of online brokerage services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. optionsXpress Holdings subsidiaries include optionsXpress, Inc., a retail online brokerage specializing in options and futures, brokersXpress, LLC, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, Open E Cry, LLC, an innovative futures broker offering direct access futures trading for high volume commodities and futures traders through its proprietary software platform, and Optionetics, Inc., a leading provider of investment education services, including live seminars, proprietary software analytics, online and offline educational products and individual coaching.

Buy -