Investment Summary |
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Date | 2011-06-22 |
Target | Wayfair |
Sector | E-Commerce |
Investor(s) |
Great Hill Partners
Battery Ventures HarbourVest Partners |
Deal Type | Growth Capital |
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Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1998 |
PE ASSETS | 12.0B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth equity and recapitalization investments in well established public and private companies valued put to $1 billion. Great Hill targets companies within consumer services, business services, financial technology, healthcare, internet, logistics, media, communications, technology services, software and transaction processing. The Firm invests in the range of $25 to $500 million per transaction. Great Hill prefers companies located in the US, but will also consider opportunities in Europe and Latin America. Great Hill Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 39 of 97 |
Sector (E-Commerce) | 3 of 7 |
Type (Growth Capital) | 9 of 33 |
State (Massachusetts) | 2 of 10 |
Country (United States) | 33 of 81 |
Year (2011) | 3 of 4 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-04-21 |
LECG
Devon, Pennsylvania, United States LECG Corp. is a Global expert services and consulting firm providing independent expert testimony, accounting, tax, technology, compensation and benefits, and financial advisory services. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-08-08 |
BlueSnap
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States BlueSnap offers SaaS-based global payments, eCommerce, and marketing solutions that enable digital goods and content sellers to market and sell products online to buyers. BlueSnap was founded in 2001 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts. |
Buy | $115M |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1983 |
PE ASSETS | 13.0B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Focused |
Battery Ventures is a private investment firm focused on opportunities in the technology and related-sectors. Battery will invest at all company stages, from seed and early-stage capital situations to leveraged buyouts, PIPEs, spin outs, rollups and take-privates of established companies. Battery's private equity group focuses on investments in companies with revenue of $5 to $200 million and EBITDA up to $25 million. Battery can commit up to $100 million in equity per transaction. Specific areas of interest include software; IT services and outsourcing; communications components, systems, and services; and financial services and tech-enabled businesses. Battery will consider investments throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Battery Ventures was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 33 of 116 |
Sector (E-Commerce) | 2 of 2 |
Type (Growth Capital) | 11 of 36 |
State (Massachusetts) | 4 of 6 |
Country (United States) | 31 of 77 |
Year (2011) | 3 of 7 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-05-26 |
FreeScale Semiconductor
Austin, Texas, United States Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. FreeScale designs, researches and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-07-20 |
Skullcandy
Park City, Utah, United States Skullcandy develops, manufactures, and markets wireless and wired headphones and gaming headsets under the Skullcandy and Astro Gaming brands. Skullcandy was founded in 2003 and is based in Park City, Utah. |
Sell | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1978 |
PE ASSETS | 86.0B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 99 of 222 |
Sector (E-Commerce) | 2 of 4 |
Type (Growth Capital) | 12 of 30 |
State (Massachusetts) | 5 of 9 |
Country (United States) | 61 of 133 |
Year (2011) | 9 of 14 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-05-26 |
FreeScale Semiconductor
Austin, Texas, United States Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. FreeScale designs, researches and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2011-07-19 |
Flexera
Itasca, Illinois, United States Flexera is a provider of strategic software solutions for application usage management. The Company's solutions help clients deliver continuous compliance optimized usage and maximized value to application producers and their customers. Flexera was founded in 1987 and is based in Itasca, Illinois. |
Sell | $550M |