Investment Summary

Spectrum Equity Invests In Ethoca

On July 16, 2015, private equity firm Spectrum Equity invested in information technology company Ethoca

Investment Highlights
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 51st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 2nd transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Ethoca was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2019.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-07-16
Target Ethoca
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Spectrum Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Ethoca

Austin, Texas, United States
Ethoca, Inc. is a provider of collaboration-based technology that enables card issuers, e-commerce merchants and online businesses to increase card acceptance, stop more fraud, recover lost revenue and eliminate chargebacks. Ethoca is based in Austin, Texas.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Spectrum Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 8.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Spectrum Equity Management L.P. is a private equity investor focused on service businesses. Spectrum specifically targets established businesses in the media, communications, IT, information, and business services industries. The Firm looks to commit $25 to $150 million of equity capital per transaction and focuses on opportunities throughout North America and Western Europe. Prospective transaction situations include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisition financings, and secondary purchases. Spectrum Equity Investors was formed in 1994 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 59 of 103
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 8
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 20 of 53
State: Texas M&A 2 of 5
Country: United States M&A 51 of 90
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 7
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