M&A Deal Summary

Aspective Acquires Oxygen Solutions

On September 20, 2000, Aspective acquired software company Oxygen Solutions from Kennet Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aspective’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Aspective’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-09-20
Target Oxygen Solutions
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Aspective
Sellers(s) Kennet Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Oxygen Solutions

Twickenham, United Kingdom
Oxygen Solutions implemented market-leading customer relationship management and business intelligence software in the pharmaceutical and financial services industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aspective

Staines, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Aspective’s unique expertise in mobilizing enterprise applications makes it a strong fit for Vodafone’s recently announced strategy to offer seamless mobility solutions to its customers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kennet Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kennet Partners is a private investment firm that invests in fast-growing companies providing information technology products and technology-enabled services. Kennet typically commits $10 to $50 million of equity per transaction in companies with revenues up to $50 million. The Firm generally invests in businesses located in Western Europe and the US. In addition to providing growth capital, Kennet also finances private mergers, shareholder liquidity needs, corporate divestitures or spin-outs, and restructuring situations. Kennet Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 41
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 17
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 32
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 14
Year: 2000 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-05-29 No Wires Needed BV

Bilthoven, Netherlands

No Wires Needed BV is a provider of IEEE 802.11b-compliant wireless LAN (WLAN) technology and products, including innovative solutions for residential wireless-to-broadband gateways.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-01 Volantis Systems

Surrey, United Kingdom

Volantis Systems Ltd. is a supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions for the Mobile Internet, providing applications, tools and platforms that enable operators, service provider or enterprises to deliver any content to any mobile device.

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