M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2007-07-11 |
| Target | SDI Media Group |
| Sector | Media |
| Buyer(s) | Elevation Partners |
| Sellers(s) | Warburg Pincus |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.9B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Elevation Partners is a private equity firm that makes investments in media, entertainment, and consumer related companies. The Firm focuses on investing in intellectual property and content oriented businesses, as well as traditional media and entertainment assets. Elevation seeks to invest between $50 and $300 million in each transaction to help support growth and other initiatives. Elevation Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Menlo Park, California with an additional office in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 5 of 8 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| State: California M&A | 3 of 6 |
| Country: United States M&A | 4 of 7 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 2 of 3 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-04 |
Palm
Sunnyvale, California, United States Palm, Inc. is a provider of mobile devices that enable users to access and share any information, anywhere. Palm has been a pioneer in mobile since its inception, with such innovations as the PalmPilot™ (the most successful PDA in history), Graffiti™ (a simplified alphabet to input letters into the PalmPilot), and Palm® webOS™ (the first operating system built exclusively for mobile use). |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-12 |
BioWare
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada BioWare Corp. is a video game developer. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1966 |
| PE ASSETS | 83.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 37 of 265 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 2 of 4 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 5 of 47 |
| State: California M&A | 8 of 27 |
| Country: United States M&A | 24 of 150 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 7 of 8 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-11 |
Alliance Tire Group B.V.
Hadera, Israel Alliance Tire Group B.V. is a Manufacture and sale of tires for agricultural, forestry, industrial, and construction machinery. ATG has developed a highly specialized business in the manufacture and sale of tires for agricultural, industrial, construction and forestry machinery. ATG sells radial and bias tires for the aforementioned types of vehicles in 120 countries around the world, with a focus on the North American and European markets. |
Buy | $150M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-18 |
Inspire Pharmaceuticals
Durham, North Carolina, United States Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing new treatments for diseases in the ophthalmic and respiratory areas. In July 2007, Warburg Pincus invested $75 million in Inspire. Founded in 1993 and publicly traded since 2000, Inspire currently markets two ophthalmology products and is developing products for dry eye, cystic fibrosis and glaucoma. |
Buy | - |
