M&A Deal Summary

Actian Acquires Pervasive Software

On April 11, 2013, Actian acquired software company Pervasive Software for 162M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actian’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Actian’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Actian’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Actian’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-04-11
Target Pervasive Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Actian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 162M USD
Advisor(s) Shea & Company LLC (Financial)

Target

Pervasive Software

Austin, Texas, United States
Pervasive Software is a provider of software which cleansed, transported, managed, integrated and analyzed data.

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Buyer

Actian

Santa Clara, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1980
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Actian is a hybrid data management, cloud integration, and analytics solutions–powers insight-driven enterprises around the globe to help them solve the toughest data challenges. Actian was founded in 1980 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Software) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2013) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-21 Versant

Redwood City, California, United States

Versant Corporation is a provider of database management software for developers, helping companies to build applications to handle complex information in environments that have high performance and high availability requirements.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-25 ParAccel

Redwood City, California, United States

ParAccel specializes in high-end databases, and has seen a handful of its primary competitors, like Vertica and Aster Data Systems, acquired by the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Teradata, respectively. Its Analytic Platform brings together an analytic database along with features to extend it and integrate it with other technologies for running big-data analytics. Its customers include Amazon, Royal Bank of Scotland, OfficeMax and MicroStrategy.

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