Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2005-08-17 |
| Target | SoftBrands |
| Sector | Software |
| Investor(s) | ABRY Partners |
| Deal Type | Venture |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| PE ASSETS | 12.8B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 24 of 175 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 1 of 12 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 1 of 3 |
| State: Minnesota M&A | 2 of 3 |
| Country: United States M&A | 24 of 145 |
| Year: 2005 M&A | 4 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-26 |
Hanley Wood
Washington, District of Columbia, United States Hanley Wood is a media and information company serving the housing and commercial design and construction industries. Hanley Wood provides magazines and Web sites, marquee trade shows and events, market intelligence data and custom marketing solutions. Hanley Wood was founded in 1976 and is based in Washington. District of Columbia. |
Buy | $650M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-29 |
Navtech
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Navtech, Inc. is a provider of flight operations products (including electronic flight bag solutions, aeronautical charts and flight-planning services) to 400 aircraft operators. |
Buy | - |
