HighBar Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, HighBar Partners has acquired 1 company.

HighBar Partners’ most common sectors for investment aresoftware (75%) and information technology (25%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (25%) and growth capital (25%). In total, HighBar Partners has invested in 3 US states.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1
  • M&A Advisors 1

HighBar Partners

405 EL CAMINO REAL SUITE 361,
Menlo Park, California 94025
United States
(650) 900-4330
www.highbarpartners.com
info@highbarpartners.com

HighBar Partners is a private investment firm focused on strategic growth capital investments in enterprise and infrastructure software companies. The Firm was originally formed as the personal investment vehicle for three executives who were part of the founding teams at Sun Microsystems and Brocade Communications Systems. HighBar is now an institutional investor with operating executives who work closely with portfolio companies during the evaluation, planning and execution phases of development. HighBar Partners was established in 1995 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Internet Software and Services, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Special Situations/Distressed

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 2 1 - 1 - - 4
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
SilkRoad Technology, Inc. 2021-09-16 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chicago, Illinois · www.silkroad.com
Signpost 2019-07-09 - Growth Capital
New York, New York · www.signpost.com
SS8, Inc. 2018-11-06 - Secondary Buyout
Milpitas, California · www.ss8.com
HyperGrid 2018-09-12 - Venture
Los Altos, California · www.hypergrid.com
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Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
SilkRoad Technology, Inc. 2021-09-16 Entelo, Inc. 2022-08-10 1
Chicago, Illinois · www.silkroad.com San Francisco, California · www.entelo.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Software 3 (100%) - 3 (75%) -
Information Technology - - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 3 (100%) - 4 (100%) -
  California 1 (33%) - 2 (50%) -
  New York 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
  Illinois 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Growth Capital 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Venture - - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Goodwin Procter LLP
 1

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Small

PE Assets

200M USD

Established

1995

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

John Kim

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Roy Thiele-Sardiña

Co-founder & Partner

Brian Kriebel

Managing Director

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