M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2020-11-21 |
| Target | Sophos Solutions |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Buyer(s) | Advent International |
| Sellers(s) | bvc |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 76.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 295 of 341 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 21 of 30 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 29 of 37 |
| Country (Colombia) | 2 of 4 |
| Year (2020) | 13 of 15 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-01 |
NielsenIQ
Chicago, Illinois, United States NielsenIQ is a comprehensive data, analytics, and insights company for global retailers and brands. NielsenIQ delivers the complete truth to retailers, manufacturers, and partners through comprehensive data sets and powerful insights. NielsenIQ was founded in 2020 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. |
Buy | $2.7B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-14 |
Faerch
Holstebro, Denmark Faerch is a provider of plastic packaging for ready meals and protein food trays. Faerch has taken the lead in making rigid food packaging circular with products made from up to 100% recycled content and fully recyclable to new food grade products. As an integrated recycler, Faerch recycles food trays back into new food grade products at industrial scale. Faerch was founded in 1969 and is based in Holstebro, Denmark. |
Sell | €1.9B |
bvc is an operator of Colombia’s capital market infrastructure with a presence throughout the value chain. bvc offers listing solutions and services (services to issuers and issues), trading (access, transactional and registration), post-trading (risk management, clearing, settlement, custody, and securities management), information (market information and price supply), and technology in the stock markets and OTC of equities, fixed income, derivatives, and currencies. bvc is based in Bogota, Columbia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Divestiture) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (Colombia) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2020) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-18 |
Sophos Solutions
Bogotá, Colombia Sophos Solutions is a multinational company created by investors and visionaries from India, offering services in the areas of Consulting, Core Banking Implementation, Digital Transformation, Testing & Validation Services, Cloud Management & Infrastructure, and bespoke Software development, majorly for companies in the financial and stock market sectors. Sophos Solutions was founded in 2006 and is based in Bogotá, Columbia. |
Buy | - |
