Investment Summary

Amymone AB Exit Tacton Systems

On November 9, 2017, private equity firm GRO Capital, family office Kirk Kapital A/S and private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners invested in information technology company Tacton Systems from Amymone AB

Investment Highlights
  • This is GRO Capital’s 2nd, Kirk Kapital A/S’s 1st and Rubicon Technology Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is GRO Capital’s 1st, Kirk Kapital A/S’s 1st and Rubicon Technology Partners’ 1st transaction in Sweden.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-11-09
Target Tacton Systems
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) GRO Capital
Kirk Kapital A/S
Rubicon Technology Partners
Sellers(s) Amymone AB
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Tacton Systems

Stockholm, Sweden
Tacton Systems is a provider of intelligent, customer-based solutions, designed to bring together sales engineers and operations in manufacturing. We enable manufacturers to accurately address customer's needs while ensuring efficacy and profitability. Company intelligent sales and product configurator (CPQ) with built-in design automation and 3D visualization seamlessly connect to CRM, ERP & PLM systems. Tacton Systems was founded in 1998 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

GRO Capital

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

GRO Capital is a private investment firm focused on investments in growth technology companies operating in Northern Europe. GRO has a preference for B2B software companies with scalable business models that have reached profitability. GRO Capital was formed in 2014 and is based in Copenhagen.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 19
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-02 Targit

Aalborg, Denmark

Targit is a business intelligence software provider for the SME segment. The company is the maker of the TARGIT Decision Suite, the business intelligence and analytics solution for all business users. With an emphasis on people, it is our mission to transform entire organizations by revealing actionable insights for every user to make better and faster decisions. Targit is based in Aalborg, Denmark.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-30 Omada

Copenhagen, Denmark

Omada is a provider of IT security solutions and services for identity management and access governance. The Company helps its customers globally to govern and control users' access rights to enterprise systems and data, reduce risk of accidental or wrongful data access, and ensure compliance with regulation (such as GDPR) as well as industry-specific legislation. Omada was founded in 2000 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Investor
DESCRIPTION

Kirk Kapital A/S is family backed investment firm established by the descendants of Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the founder of the LEGO toy company. Kirk Capital was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-21 TP Aerospace

Hvidovre, Denmark

TP Aerospace is a supplier of used serviceable wheels and brakes in the commercial aviation industry carrying the largest ready-to-go inventory in the market. Having warehouses in several strategic locations around the globe, TPA provides 24-7-365 support on sale, exchange, loan, or lease basis, and undertake retrofit exercises through tailor-made flat rate exchange programs, appealing to both airlines and leasing companies. TP Aerospace was founded in 2008 and is based in Hvidovre, Denmark.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-26 Ellepot

Esbjerg, Denmark

Ellepot develops, produces, and sells propagation systems to young plant growers within the pot and bedding, vegetables, and forest industries. Ellepot's own system, Ellepot, secures a faster, more powerful, and uniform sprouting, while the growers achieve significantly more efficient and flexible production. Ellepot was founded in 1993 and is based in Esbjerg, Denmark.

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DESCRIPTION

Rubicon Technology Partners is a specialist private equity firm firm that invests in lower middle-market enterprise software and technology-enabled services companies. Rubicon looks to make control investments of $75 to $350 million in businesses generating $15 to $75 million in revenue. Target transaction situations include buyouts and recapitalizations of closely held private companies, corporate divestitures, carve-outs or spin-outs, buy and build opportunities, and shareholder liquidity events. Rubicon was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 22
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-23 Gimmal

Houston, Texas, United States

Gimmal is a provider of Microsoft SharePoint solutions. Company software platform extends and enhances SharePoint enterprise information management and governance, and provides SAP content archiving and interoperability. Using Gimmal’s solutions, can easily transform SharePoint into a platform to consistently govern and manage the content, documents and records in organization and access content online or offline from Windows 8 PC, Tablet, or Windows Phone. Gimmal was founded in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-04 AppNeta

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

AppNeta is a provider of proactive application and network monitoring solutions built for the distributed, cloud-connected, digital enterprise. AppNeta was founded in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Amymone AB

Vasteras, Sweden

Investor Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1997
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Amymone is a family owned, Swedish investment firm focused on acquiring majority interests in companies operating in traditional industries. Amymone looks to be an active shareholder in promoting portfolio company growth and profitability. Amymone was formed in 1997 and is based in Vasteras.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Sweden M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-01 Filtac

Kinna, Sweden

Filtac is specialized in Process Filtration and Clean Room Technology for the protection of sensitive industrial processes with high demands. Filtac offers a wide range of products and systems, stand alone or into turnkey projects. In addition we act as distributor of well known brands. Filtac is based in Kinna, Sweden.

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