M&A Deal Summary

Avanade Acquires KCS.net Holding AG

On April 29, 2015, Avanade acquired information technology company KCS.net Holding AG from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Avanade’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Avanade’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-04-29
Target KCS.net Holding AG
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Avanade
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

KCS.net Holding AG

Liestal, Switzerland
KCS.net is one of the leading Microsoft Dynamics AX solution providers in Germany and Switzerland. KCS.net implements premium ERP software solutions in medium-sized enterprises and supports more than 180 customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Avanade

Seattle, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Avanade provides business technology solutions and managed services. Of course, we do much more than simply deliver technology or provide outsourcing. At Avanade, we offer customers the unique expertise we’ve gained from our one-of-a-kind experience with our partners and customers. Take a peek inside and you’ll see exactly what we mean.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 7
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-07 Opstera

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Opstera is a provider of operations management of windows azure applications, offers visibility and control of an Application, the underlying Cloud Platform and other SaaS Services that the application consumes.The co-founders of Opstera, Paddy Srinivasan and Ranjith Ramakrishnan, founded Opstera following the acquisition of their former company, Cumulux, and many years of experience in the enterprise software industry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-28 Infusion

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Infusion is a global software engineering, design and digital strategy firm that helps expedite digital business transformation for the enterprise, with deep domain expertise in financial services, insurance and capital markets.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 271 of 490
Sector: Information Technology M&A 11 of 22
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 119 of 203
Country: Switzerland M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2015 M&A 4 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-27 Rede D’Or Sao Luiz

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rede D’Or Sao Luiz is an independent hospital operator. Rede D’Or Sao Luiz was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-01 Asia Satellite Telecommunications

Wanchai, China

Asia Satellite Telecommunications is a commercial operator of communication space satellites. Asia Satellite Telecommunications was founded in 1988 and is based in Wanchai, China.

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