Investment Summary

EQT and The Blackstone Group Invest In Epidemic Sound

On December 1, 2017, private equity firms EQT and The Blackstone Group invested in digital media company Epidemic Sound

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 2nd and The Blackstone Group’s 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is EQT’s 38th and The Blackstone Group’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-12-01
Target Epidemic Sound
Sector Digital Media
Investor(s) EQT
The Blackstone Group
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Epidemic Sound

Stockholm, Sweden
Epidemic Sound is a platform for restriction-free music that collaborates with musicians all over the world to produce quality music that soundtracks everything from videos on social media to TV and film productions - consumers can also listen to tracks on music streaming platforms. Epidemic Sound was founded in 2009 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 180 of 319
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 12 of 22
Country: Sweden M&A 38 of 55
Year: 2017 M&A 19 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-01 Peregrine Midstream Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

Peregrine Midstream Partners is a midstream oil and gas company that owns and operates Ryckman Creek, a depleted natural gas reservoir in Wyoming, US. Ryckman Creek is directly connected to 5 pipelines providing direct access to key consumer markets. Peregrine Midstream Partners was founded in 2009 and is bases in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-27 I-Med Radiology Network

Sydney, Australia

I-Med Radiology Network is a diagnostic imaging provider. It offers comprehensive and high-quality services including X-ray, PET, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography and Interventional Procedures. Across Australia, I-MED operates 204 clinics covering all major metropolitan areas and significant parts of rural Australia. Each year almost 5 million patient procedures are performed by I-MED’s more than 300 radiologists, 50 nuclear medicine physicians, and 3,500 staff. I-Med Radiology Network was founded in 2000 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Investor

The Blackstone Group

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 394.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Blackstone Group is a global alternative investment management firm. The Firm's investment activities span real estate, secondary investments, hedge funds, credit, infrastructure, and private equity. Blackstone's private equity group targets opportunities globally including buyout acquisitions of established companies, development projects, growth equity financings, and industry consolidations. Sectors of interest include automotive, healthcare, chemicals, industrial, commercial property, lodging, communications, media/publishing, consumer & retail, packaging, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, theme parks, food & beverage, and transportation. Blackstone's private equity real estate group looks for opportunities across North/South America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe. The real estate group will consider both equity and debt investments. Areas of interest include healthcare, hotel, industrial, office, residential, and retail. The Blackstone Group was formed in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 232 of 364
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 20 of 39
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 19 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-01 La Trobe Financial

Melbourne, Australia

La Trobe Financial is a credit asset manager, specializing in credit investment solutions and real estate finance. La Trobe Financial has 5,100 distribution points across its two divisional arms Wealth products are distributed through 1,600 advice practices, and real estate credit finance is distributed through 3,500 brokers. La Trobe Financial was founded in 1952 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-07 TITUS

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

TITUS solutions enable organizations to discover, classify, protect, analyze, and confidently share information. Organizations can use TITUS products to meet regulatory compliance requirements by identifying and securing unstructured data – on the desktop, on mobile devices, and in the cloud. Millions of users in over 120 countries around the world trust TITUS to keep their data compliant and secure. Its customers include Safran Morpho, United States Air Force, NATO, Pratt and Whitney, and Canadian Department of National Defence. TITUS was formed in 2005 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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