M&A Deal Summary

TCV and JMI Equity Acquire Seismic Micro-Technology

On June 5, 2007, private equity firms TCV and JMI Equity acquired software company Seismic Micro-Technology

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TCV’s 14th and JMI Equity’s 27th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is TCV’s 31st and JMI Equity’s 39th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TCV’s 5th and JMI Equity’s 4th transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Seismic Micro-Technology was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 500M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-06-05
Target Seismic Micro-Technology
Sector Software
Buyer(s) TCV
JMI Equity
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Seismic Micro-Technology

Houston, Texas, United States
Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc. is a provider of Windows-based geophysical and geological interpretation software for the upstream exploration and production (E&P) industry.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

TCV

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in growth technology companies. TCV looks to provide capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and buyouts of technology companies in sectors such as internet, financial technology, infrastructure & communications, and software. TCV targets opportunities in North America and looks to commit between $10 and $500 million of equity capital per transaction. TCV was formed in 1995 and is based in Palo Alto, New York City, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 85
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 24
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Texas M&A 5 of 8
Country: United States M&A 31 of 70
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-01 TechTarget

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

TechTarget is a provider of purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services that deliver business impact for enterprise technology companies. TechTarget offers the targeted media for enterprise IT professionals, including invitation-only conferences, e-mail newsletters, Webcasts, Storage magazines, and the only network IT Web sites targeted to specific segments of the IT market. TechTarget attracts and nurtures communities of technology buyers researching their companies’ information technology needs. TechTarget creates the purchase intent insights that fuel-efficient and effective marketing and sales activities for clients around the world. TechTarget has offices in Boston, London, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, and Sydney. TechTarget was founded in 1999 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-01 Embanet

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Embanet is an integrated, full service partner of non-profit institutions that provides online program design and development, marketing, enrollment and technology support. The company works with clients to effectively deliver technology support services to maximize their students' academic success and program completion.

Buy -
Buyer

JMI Equity

La Jolla, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 7.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

JMI Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in software, internet, business service, and healthcare IT. Targeted businesses typically help automate and optimize business and information technology processes. The Firm will consider investments at all stages of development, including early-stage companies, self-funded businesses requiring growth capital, and later stage businesses in need of buyout or recapitalization funding. JMI looks to commit at least $25 million per transaction. JMI Equity was formed in 1992 and maintains offices in San Diego and Baltimore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 130
Sector: Software M&A 27 of 55
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Texas M&A 4 of 9
Country: United States M&A 39 of 114
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-28 Mitchell

San Diego, California, United States

Mitchell is a provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions to the automotive insurance claims and collision repair industries. Mitchell was founded in 1946 and is based in San Diego, California.

Sell $500M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-25 ClearOrbit

Austin, Texas, United States

ClearOrbit, Inc. is a provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions to manufacturing and distribution companies.

Sell $21M