Investment Summary

Amadeus Capital Partners and Beringea Invest In Exonar

On June 2, 2008, venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners and private equity firm Beringea invested in information technology company Exonar

Investment Highlights
  • This is Amadeus Capital Partners’ 4th and Beringea’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Amadeus Capital Partners’ 2nd and Beringea’s 7th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Exonar was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2022.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-06-02
Target Exonar
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Amadeus Capital Partners
Beringea
Deal Type Venture

Target

Exonar

Reading, United Kingdom
Exonar is a data discovery software to protect and power organizations and the people they serve. Exonar specializes in next-generation data loss prevention (DLP). Exonar was founded in 2007 and is based in Reading, England.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Amadeus Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Amadeus Capital Partners is an early late-stage investor in high growth European technology companies. Specific areas of interest include AI & machine learning, online consumer services, cybersecurity, digital health and medical technology, digital media, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and insurtech. Amadeus Capital Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 68
Sector: Information Technology M&A 4 of 14
Type: Venture M&A Deals 7 of 59
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 41
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-19 Openbravo

Pamplona, Spain

Openbravo is a cloud Point-of-Sale (POS) and retail management software solution for agile retailing. Openbravo helps midsize and large businesses around the globe successfully manage their retail operations and embrace continuous change and innovation in today’s fast-changing business environment. Openbravo is based in Pamplona, Spain.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-23 OrganOx

Oxford, United Kingdom

OrganOx is a medical technology company, that has developed metra, a revolutionary device for storing livers at normal body temperatures for extended periods of time, which is commercially available within the EU. OrganOx was founded in 2008 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Investor

Beringea

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 715M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Beringea LLP is a private equity firm focused on growth-oriented company investments in the Midwest US and the UK. Beringea looks to invest $2 to $10 million of equity or junior capital in profitable companies with 5 million and higher in revenue. Funds are used to support business expansions and growth, ownership transitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, and refinancings. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally seeks businesses with proven business models and defensible market positions. Beringea was formed in 1988 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 103
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 9
Type: Venture M&A Deals 3 of 56
Country: United Kingdom M&A 7 of 62
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-24 Ranir

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Ranir LLC is a manufacturer of private label consumer oral and personal care products, including power and manual toothbrushes, teeth whiteners, dental floss and flossers, interdental devices, travel accessories and more. Ranir LLC was founded in 1979 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Buy $10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-10 Chess Dynamics

Horsham, United Kingdom

Chess Dynamics Ltd. is a developer of advanced surveillance and communication systems for land, maritime and airborne applications.

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