Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2010-06-15 |
| Target | FoldRx Pharmaceuticals |
| Sector | Life Science |
| Investor(s) |
Alta Partners
TPG MPE Partners Eight Roads |
| Deal Type | Venture |
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| Category | Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 2.6B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Alta Partners is a venture capital firm that targets investments in early and later stage life science companies, including biopharmaceuticals, medical technology, and information technology businesses. Alta was formed as an early stage investor but has since expanded its investment range to provide later stage growth capital to private and young public companies. Alta was established in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 49 of 59 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 41 of 50 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 40 of 48 |
| State: Massachusetts M&A | 6 of 8 |
| Country: United States M&A | 41 of 50 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 3 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-05-03 |
Ellie Mae
Pleasanton, California, United States Ellie Mae automates and digitizes the trillion-dollar residential mortgage industry. Through its Digital Lending Platform, Ellie Mae provides technology services to all participants in the mortgage supply chain, including its over 3,000 customers and thousands of partners and investors participating in the open networks who provide liquidity to the market. Lenders rely on Ellie Mae to securely manage and facilitate the exchange of data across the ecosystem to enable the origination of mortgages while maintaining strict adherence to various local, state, and federal compliance requirements. Ellie Mae was formed in 1997 and is based in Pleasanton, California. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-06 |
FoldRx Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States FoldRx Pharmaceuticals is a development and discovery company focusing on first-in-class, disease-modifying, small molecule therapeutics to treat diseases of protein misfolding and aggregation (amyloidosis). The Company's lead product, FX-4006, has begun a Phase II/III study in familial amyloid polyneuropathy. FoldRx Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| PE ASSETS | 296.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
TPG Capital is a global, mega-sized private investment firm that manages a family of funds focused on private equity, real estate, venture capital, public equity and debt investing. TPG invests in opportunities across a broad range of industries and geographies. TPG generally seeks to invest in established businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operational experience and connections. Industries of interest include consumer, retail, healthcare, industrials, digital media, natural resources, energy, real estate, technology, and software. TPG was formerly known as Texas Pacific Group and was originally established in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price. The Firm is based in Forth Worth, Texas with additional offices in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 149 of 453 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 22 of 46 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 39 of 93 |
| State: Massachusetts M&A | 5 of 15 |
| Country: United States M&A | 105 of 299 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 9 of 28 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-10 |
Vertafore
Denver, Colorado, United States Vertafore, Inc. is a cloud-based software that provides agency management, compliance, workflow, and data solutions that simplify and automate the complex property and casualty (“P&C”) insurance lifecycle. More than 20,000 agencies and 1,000 insurance carriers rely on Vertafore to streamline their processes, improve efficiency, and drive productivity. Vertafore, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in Denver, Colorado. |
Buy | $1.4B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-19 |
Republic Retail
Leeds, United Kingdom Republic Retail is a UK apparel retailer of young adult fashion with a differentiated multi-brand concept offering consumers a wide range of proprietary house brands and 3rd party brands. |
Buy | £300M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
MPE Partners is a Midwest based investment firm principally focused private equity investments throughout North America. MPE has a preference for buyouts and recapitalizations of lower middle-market, family and entrepreneur owned businesses. The Firm looks for stand-alone companies operating in the 'high-value' manufacturing or business services sectors. MPE seeks businesses with at least $5 million of EBITDA and valued up to $250 million. MPE Partners is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 56 of 89 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 10 of 13 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 36 of 40 |
| State: Massachusetts M&A | 6 of 9 |
| Country: United States M&A | 53 of 86 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 5 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-09 |
Satellite Logistics Group
Houston, Texas, United States Satellite Logistics Group, Inc. is a provider of reverse beverage logistics and supply chain management solutions. The company provides integrated solutions to manage all facets of transportation, distribution and warehousing as well as cost-saving reverse logistics solutions or timely material recovery processes. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-06 |
FoldRx Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States FoldRx Pharmaceuticals is a development and discovery company focusing on first-in-class, disease-modifying, small molecule therapeutics to treat diseases of protein misfolding and aggregation (amyloidosis). The Company's lead product, FX-4006, has begun a Phase II/III study in familial amyloid polyneuropathy. FoldRx Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| PE ASSETS | 11.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Eight Roads is a private investment firm focused on a variety of investment opportunities across the US, Europe, and Asia. The Firm is divided into several investment strategies including venture, principal investing, and real estate. Within the principal investments group, Eight Roads backs established growth businesses with long-term capital. Eight Roads does not have any sector preferences, but has experience in fintech, business services, and healthcare. Eight Roads is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 25 of 293 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 11 of 73 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 18 of 266 |
| State: Massachusetts M&A | 3 of 33 |
| Country: United States M&A | 9 of 119 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 5 of 8 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-05-10 |
PL Engineering
Gurgaon, India PL Engineering provides engineering services outsourcing player with a focus on oil & gas, power and infrastructure. The Company provides a wide range of services including basic design, detailed design and engineering / construction drawings. PL Engineering is based in Gurgaon, India. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-28 |
GoodData
San Francisco, California, United States GoodData provides the platform and expertise for enterprises to create smart business applications that harness your existing data to help you automate, recommend and take better business actions faster and with more reliability. They drive competitive value, performance, and profit by significantly enhancing the data-driven business processes across the enterprise and its business ecosystem by bringing analytics to the point-of-work. GoodData was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
Buy | - |
