Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In Manugistics Group

On March 13, 1996, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in software company Manugistics Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 1st transaction in Maryland.
Investment Fate
  • Manugistics Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2006 for 213M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 1996-03-13
Target Manugistics Group
Sector Software
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Manugistics Group

Rockville, Maryland, United States
Manugistics is a provider of synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions. Clients depend on Manugistics software for improved forecast and inventory accuracy and industry-leading pricing and yield management solutions. Its clients have included industry leaders such as Boeing, Cingular, Circuit City, Coca-Cola Bottling, DHL, Diageo, DuPont, Georgia-Pacific, Harley-Davidson, H.J. Heinz, L.L. Bean, Limited Brands, Kraft Foods, Marriott, McCormick, Nestle, RadioShack and Sears, Roebuck & Co.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

General Atlantic

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 105.0B 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 New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 364
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 28
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 42
State: Maryland M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 4 of 175
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-01-01 SS&C Technologies

Windsor, Connecticut, United States

SS&C Technologies is a software provider to the global financial services industry with a broad range of highly specialized software, software enabled-services and software as a service (SaaS) solutions for information management, analysis, trading, accounting, reporting and compliance. SS&C Technologies was founded in 1986 and is based in Windsor, Connecticut.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-08-16 ETrade

New York City, New York, United States

E*TRADE Financial Corp. is a financial services company that provides online brokerage, investing, and related banking solutions. E*TRADE Financial was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York.

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