Investment Summary

Battery Ventures Invests In Guardsquare

On January 30, 2019, private equity firm Battery Ventures invested in software company Guardsquare

Investment Highlights
  • This is Battery Ventures’ 24th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Battery Ventures’ 1st transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-01-30
Target Guardsquare
Sector Software
Investor(s) Battery Ventures
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Guardsquare

Leuven, Belgium
Guardsquare is a developer of premium software for the protection of mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Guardsquare was founded in 2014 and is based in Leuven, Belgium.

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Battery Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Battery Ventures is a private investment firm focused on opportunities in the technology and related-sectors. Battery will invest at all company stages, from seed and early-stage capital situations to leveraged buyouts, PIPEs, spin outs, rollups and take-privates of established companies. Battery's private equity group focuses on investments in companies with revenue of $5 to $200 million and EBITDA up to $25 million. Battery can commit up to $100 million in equity per transaction. Specific areas of interest include software; IT services and outsourcing; communications components, systems, and services; and financial services and tech-enabled businesses. Battery will consider investments throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Battery Ventures was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 81 of 116
Sector (Software) 24 of 35
Type (Growth Capital) 26 of 36
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 5
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-22 Rogue Wave Software

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Rogue Wave Software, Inc. is a provider of reusable software components and services to professional developers for enterprise-class, high-performance application development. Today, thousands of developers at some of the world's leading companies have used Rogue Wave® products to develop mission-critical applications. Rogue Wave Software was founded in 1989 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-01 AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft

Bonn, Germany

AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft is a provider of high end geographic information systems (GIS) for the public sector and utilities markets. AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1982 and is based in Bonn, Germany.

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