Investment Summary |
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Date | 2010-03-03 |
Target | Credivalores |
Sector | Financial Services |
Investor(s) | ACON Investments |
Deal Type | Growth Capital |
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Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1996 |
PE ASSETS | 6.9B USD |
Size | Mega |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
ACON Investments is an international private equity firm that targets investments in the US, Europe, and Latin America. ACON's investment strategy covers 'opportunities at times of change - responding at points of inflection where value creation is possible'. Examples include businesses that serve the rapidly growing US Hispanic population, energy and energy service needs, businesses in need of operational help, and opportunities in Latin America resulting from economic deregulation and political liberalization. ACON's looks for companies where it can commit $20 to $150 million of equity capital. Target sectors include consumer products and services, distribution, business services and industrial manufacturing. ACON Investments was formed in 1996 and has offices in Washington DC; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; and Madrid, Spain.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 23 of 68 |
Sector (Financial Services) | 2 of 4 |
Type (Growth Capital) | 9 of 21 |
Country (Colombia) | 2 of 5 |
Year (2010) | 1 of 3 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2009-10-15 |
Fairway Outdoor Advertising
Duncan, South Carolina, United States Fairway Outdoor Advertising LLC was formerly known as Naegele Outdoor Advertising, Inc. is the fifth largest outdoor advertising company in the United States and one of the largest privately held companies in the industry. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2010-09-07 |
SAE Towers
Houston, Texas, United States Created by ACON with the spin-out of the Electricity Tower Manufacturing Division of ABB (Asea Brown Boveri), SAE Towers is the leading producer of high voltage steel lattice electricity towers in the Western Hemisphere with approximately 100,000 tons of production capacity in Monterrey Mexico and Belo Horizonte Brazil. |
Sell | $95M |