Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2004-02-18 |
| Target | Starhome Mach |
| Sector | Communications |
| Investor(s) |
Apax
Azini Capital Partners |
| Deal Type | Venture |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| PE ASSETS | 77.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Apax Partners is a mega-sized private equity investment group, operating across the United States, Europe, Israel and Asia. Broad industry sectors of interest include tech & telecom, media, retail & consumer, healthcare, financial services, and business services. Apax will consider both minority and majority investment positions and prefers companies with strong market positions and growth potential. The Firm generally pursues platform acquisitions valued from $1 to $5 billion. Apax Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 54 of 266 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 2 of 15 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 20 of 34 |
| Country: Switzerland M&A | 1 of 4 |
| Year: 2004 M&A | 9 of 27 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-02-13 |
New Look Retail Group
London, United Kingdom New Look Retail Group is a specialty retailer of value fashion apparel and is the second largest womenswear retailer in the UK and now has over 1,000 stores worldwide, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Singapore, Russia, and Poland. New Look was founded in 1969 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-01 |
Q-Cells AG
Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany Developer and manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells. |
Buy | - |
Azini Capital Partners LLP is a private investment group focused acquiring secondary interests in growth-oriented companies. The Firm looks to acquire minority positions (> 15%) in companies with at least $10 million in revenue. The Firm prefers acquiring interests in tech-oriented or tech-enabled companies. Azini Capital was established in 2004 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 6 of 19 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 6 of 9 |
| Country: Switzerland M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2004 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-13 |
Frontier Silicon
Kings Langley Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Frontier Silicon Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company which is the supplier of innovative semiconductor, module and software solutions for digital radio and connected audio systems. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-01 |
Digital Fuel
San Mateo, California, United States Digital Fuel is an IT financial management (ITFM) tool that provides transparency and control over the costs of cloud environments and quality of IT services. Its suite of products allow businesses to optimize costs and sourcing across internal virtual infrastructure/private cloud and public cloud. Infrastructure teams use Digital Fuel to understand the costs of supplying private and public cloud environments, while CIOs and IT executives can understand the costs of supplying IT services. Digital Fuel is based in San Mateo, California. |
Buy | - |
