M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2006-02-16 |
| Target | Enterasys Networks |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Buyer(s) |
The Gores Group
Tennenbaum Capital Partners Silver Lake Valhalla Partners |
| Deal Type | Going Private |
| Deal Value | 386M USD |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.0B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Gores Group is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses. Gores considers investments across Europe and North America and typically seeks non-core assets of public corporations. While Gores is a generalist investor, the firm has a particular interest in technology, telecommunications, business services, and industrial companies. The Gores Group was formed in 1987 and has offices in Beverly Hills, California, and Boulder, Colorado.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 27 of 74 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 11 of 16 |
| Type (Going Private) | 1 of 3 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 2 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 23 of 61 |
| Year (2006) | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-14 |
Select Business Solutions
Trumbull, Connecticut, United States Select Business Solutions is now a leading international software company operating in the application development, business intelligence and process management solutions markets. The company�s business is centered on two product families: enterprise business intelligence solutions and application development solutions with emphasis on methodology, modeling and software reuse. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-27 |
SER Solutions
Dulles, Virginia, United States SER Solutions delivers unsurpassed contact center management solutions to support business activities such as planned and proactive customer care, telemarketing, collections, fundraising, emergency notifications, and political calling. SER's solutions enable enterprises to turn customers into loyal, long-term sources of recurring revenue by generating increased customer loyalty, expanding up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, maximizing agent productivity, and reducing costs. The company is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Asset Manager |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 18.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Tennenbaum Capital Partners is a private investment group focused on providing financing solutions to middle-market companies in a variety of sectors. The Firm separates its activity into two segments - performing and distressed. The performing group looks to invest $10 to $125 million to support recapitalizations, LBOs, acquisitions, and growth capital needs of companies valued between $100 million and $1.5 billion. The special situations group looks to provide $20 to $125 million to support rescue needs, as well as fund complex situations or secondary market purchases. Tennenbaum primarily considers opportunities in North America and Europe, but will consider other geographies. Tennenbaum Capital Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in Santa Monica, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 9 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Going Private) | 1 of 1 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 1 of 2 |
| Country (United States) | 2 of 8 |
| Year (2006) | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-29 |
IRI
Chicago, Illinois, United States IRI is a provider of big data, predictive analytics and forward-looking insights that help CPG companies, OTC health care organizations, retailers, financial services and media companies grow their businesses. IRI was founded in 1979 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 |
Online Resources
Chantilly, Virginia, Online Resources Corporation powers financial interactions between millions of consumers and the company’s financial institution and biller clients. Backed by its proprietary real-time payments gateway that links banks directly with billers, the company provides web and phone-based financial services, electronic payments and marketing services to drive consumer adoption. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 102.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 13 of 126 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 2 of 17 |
| Type (Going Private) | 4 of 16 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 1 of 5 |
| Country (United States) | 10 of 86 |
| Year (2006) | 1 of 5 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 27 of 29 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-11 |
Serena
Redwood City, California, United States Serena is a provider of enterprise application lifecycle management software. Serena is one of the largest independent ALM vendors and the only one that orchestrates DevOps, the processes that bring together application development and operations. Serena was formed in 1980 and is based in Redwood City, California. |
Buy | $1.2B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-04-27 |
Sensata Technologies
Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States Sensata Technologies is a provider of sensing, electrical protection, control, and power management solutions with operations and business centers in 11 countries. Sensata's products improve safety, efficiency, and comfort for millions of people every day in automotive, appliance, aircraft, industrial, military, heavy vehicle, heating, air-conditioning and ventilation, data, telecommunications, recreational vehicle, and marine applications. Sensata Technologies was founded in 1916 and is based in Attleboro, Massachusetts. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| PE ASSETS | 440M USD |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Valhalla Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused primarily on providing capital to technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic US. Valhalla will invest at all company stages, including early-stage needs as well as more mature company situations such as divestitures. Sub-sectors of tech Valhalla will consider include software, internet, digital media, mobile, and data storage. Valhalla Partners was formed in 2002 and is based in Vienna, Virginia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 12 of 41 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 2 of 10 |
| Type (Going Private) | 2 of 3 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 4 of 7 |
| Country (United States) | 12 of 41 |
| Year (2006) | 3 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 |
Jumptap
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Jumptap, Inc. is a carrier-branded mobile search and advertising. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 |
Parature
Herndon, Virginia, United States Parature, is a provider of cloud-based customer engagement solutions. |
Buy | - |
