Investment Summary

General Atlantic, Permira and Silver Lake Invest In FlixBus

On January 7, 2015, growth capital firm General Atlantic, private equity firm Permira and private equity firm Silver Lake invested in transportation company FlixBus

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 2nd, Permira’s 2nd and Silver Lake’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 8th, Permira’s 17th and Silver Lake’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary
Date 2015-01-07
Target FlixBus
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Permira
Silver Lake
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

FlixBus

Munich, Germany
FlixBus is a mobility provider, offering new alternatives for convenient, affordable and environmentally friendly travel via the FlixBus, FlixCar and FlixTrain brands. FlixBus is a disruptive, asset-light, tech-enabled global mobility platform offering mid- and long-distance travel in Europe and the US – the company helps over 50 million passengers a year to reach more than 2,000 destinations in over 30 countries. FlixBus was founded in 2011 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

General Atlantic

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 142 of 339
Sector (Transportation) 2 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 59 of 128
Country (Germany) 8 of 18
Year (2015) 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Uber

San Francisco, California, United States

Uber develops, markets and operates a mobile-app-based transportation network. Uber connects passengers with a variety of drivers for both personal and food delivery. Uber was formed in 2009 and is based San Francisco, California.

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2015-01-20 AppsFlyer

San Francisco, California, United States

AppsFlyer is a mobile ad attribution platform that allows advertisers to analyze which campaigns drive results. AppsFlyer was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Investor

Permira

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 75.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 91 of 159
Sector (Transportation) 2 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 4 of 9
Country (Germany) 17 of 21
Year (2015) 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-04 Teraco

Johannesburg, South Africa

Teraco is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centers and with over 18 000 cross-connects. As the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa, Teraco brings global content closer to the digital edge. Teraco was founded in 2008 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-08 Seismic Software

San Diego, California, United States

Seismic Software is a sales enablement solution that allows sales teams to deliver the right content at the right time on any device. Seismic’s mobile-first, cloud-based platform enables field and inside sales reps to quickly create customized, compliant materials that dramatically increase time spent selling, improve win rates, reduce sales cycles and increase customer satisfaction. Seismic Software was formed in 2010 and is based in Solana Beach, California.

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Investor

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 67 of 135
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 16 of 33
Country (Germany) 2 of 4
Year (2015) 1 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Hillstone Networks

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Hillstone Networks is a provider of network security solutions. Hillstone solutions provide continuous threat defense not only at traditional perimeters, but also to internal networks, down to each virtual machine. Hillstone Networks was founded in 2006 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-03 Relativity

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Relativity is a developer of software to manage large volumes of data and quickly identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations, and compliance operations with SaaS platform RelativityOne and Relativity Trace. Relativity is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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