Investment Summary

Altor Equity Partners, Shamrock Capital Advisors and SoftBank Invest In Iyuno

On April 8, 2021, private equity firm Altor Equity Partners, private equity firm Shamrock Capital Advisors and SoftBank invested in media company Iyuno

Investment Highlights
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 2nd, Shamrock Capital Advisors’ 10th and SoftBank’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 5th, Shamrock Capital Advisors’ 37th and SoftBank’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 2nd, Shamrock Capital Advisors’ 13th and SoftBank’s 4th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-04-08
Target Iyuno
Sector Media
Investor(s) Altor Equity Partners
Shamrock Capital Advisors
SoftBank
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Iyuno

Burbank, California, United States
Iyuno is a global provider of media localization and access capabilities to the entertainment industry offering dubbing, sub-titling, and media solutions across 100 languages globally. Iyuno was founded in 2002 and is based in Burbank, California.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

Altor Equity Partners

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 8.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm that looks to principally invest in medium-sized Nordic based companies across a broad range of industries. Altor typically seeks control positions when investing. Prospective companies generally have revenues of €50 to €500 million. Broad areas of interest include healthcare services, electronics, technology, financial services, business services, niche manufacturing, capital equipment, software, marine, consumer products, and communications. Altor Equity Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 81 of 99
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 6
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2021 M&A 3 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-10 NOD

Stockholm, Sweden

NOD is a network of design companies with strong brands. NOD will gather companies well positioned for the ongoing shift to online sales in the consumer industry. The company will help the brands take the next step in their international growth journey. NOD was founded in 2020 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-11 Aarke

Stockholm, Sweden

Aarke sells home carbonation machines with a sleek, minimalistic Scandinavian industrial design and related products via its global distributor network and own webshop. Aarke was founded in 2013 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Buy -
Investor

Shamrock Capital Advisors

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1978
PE ASSETS 6.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Shamrock Capital Advisors is a private investment focused exclusively on the media, entertainment, marketing, and communications sectors. The Firm will consider both control and minority positions and looks to commit $30 to $300 million per transaction. Target transactions include growth equity, leveraged/management buyouts, and recapitalizations. Shamrock Capital Advisors was formed in 1978 and is based in Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 39 of 54
Sector: Media M&A 10 of 13
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 17 of 26
State: California M&A 13 of 21
Country: United States M&A 37 of 52
Year: 2021 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-23 Skillable

New Port Richey, Florida, United States

Skillable provides cloud-based virtual lab environments to address a range of organizations’ information technology (IT) needs across skills validation, education, sales enablement, and customer support. Skillable was founded in 2004 and is based in New Port Richey, Florida.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-28 Mobilitie

Newport Beach, California, United States

Mobilitie is a provider of wireless infrastructure. Mobilitie develops, operates, and leases communication towers, indoor and outdoor Distributed Antenna Systems (“DAS”), and other infrastructure that supports wireless communications. Mobilitie DAS networks are designed as neutral-host networks to enable the broadcast of the latest 4G technology from all wireless carriers. Mobilitie was founded in 2005 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

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Investor

SoftBank

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Diversified
Employees67,229
Revenue 7.24T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 30
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: California M&A 4 of 5
Country: United States M&A 12 of 14
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-11 Coupang

Seoul, South Korea

Coupang is an e-commerce operator making the mobile and providing cutting-edge shipping services. Coupang offers fashion apparel, beauty products empowering sellers to arrive buyers and increment their online market. Coupang was founded in 2010 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-19 SB Energy India

Delhi, California, United States

SB Energy India provides flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the global energy transition and benefiting our planet, customers, communities, and people. SB Energy is based in Delhi, India.

Sell $3.5B