Investment Summary

Nova Capital Management Invests In Cognito iQ

On November 1, 2000, secondary investor Nova Capital Management invested in information technology company Cognito iQ

Investment Highlights
  • This is Nova Capital Management’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Nova Capital Management’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Cognito iQ was sold to a strategic buyer in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2000-11-01
Target Cognito iQ
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Nova Capital Management
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Cognito iQ

Newbury, United Kingdom
Cognito iQ is a provider of workforce management and analytics technology, to add to its comprehensive suite of software solutions. Cognito iQ was founded in 1992 and is based in Newbury, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Nova Capital Management

London, United Kingdom

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Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Nova Capital Management is a private equity firm that highly focuses on corporate and private equity portfolios companies located in the UK, US and Europe. The firm looks to Invest in companies with a enterprise value of £ 50 – 500 million. Areas of interest include engineering & manufacturing, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, services & distribution, technology and media & telecoms. Nova Capital Management is formed in 2002 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 44
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 3
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 11
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 24
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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London, United Kingdom

NexxtDrive is a technology development and licensing business behind the innovative DualDrive transmission technology that combines the functionality of a continuously variable automatic gearbox with that of an efficient hybrid electric drive. NexxtDrive was founded in 2000 and is based in London, England.

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