M&A Deal Summary

Boats Group Acquires boats.com

On September 28, 2004, Boats Group acquired marine company boats.com from Trident Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Boats Group’s 1st transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Boats Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Boats Group’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-09-28
Target boats.com
Sector Marine
Buyer(s) Boats Group
Sellers(s) Trident Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

boats.com

Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Boats.com is building the premier e-commerce hub for the marine community. The company will unite boaters, marinas, boatyards, brokers, dealers, service businesses, distributors and manufacturers in a mutual exchange to improve the boating and marine experience.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Boats Group

Miami, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Boats Group is an online classifieds marketplace and technology provider for the recreational marine industry and operates the four web portals – BoatTrader, boats.com, YachtWorld, and CosasDeBarcos.com. Boats Group has offices in North America (Norfolk, Virginia and Vancouver, British Columbia) as well as in Europe (the United Kingdom, Spain & Italy). Boats Group was founded in 1999 and is based in Miami, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Marine) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2004) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-05 Botentekoop

Netherlands

Botentekoop is an own and operator of boating marketplaces though online. Botentekoop is based in Netherlands.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Trident Capital

San Mateo, California, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 1.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Trident Capital was a venture capital firm focused on investments at all company stages, from early and expansion stage investments to buyouts and recapitalizations. Trident focused on investments in tech-enabled sectors, including enterprise software/services, outsourcing and payments, healthcare software/services, internet/consumer, and energy/clean tech. In 2015, Trident ceased investing and the Firm's employees split to form Sunstone Partners, a growth equity firm, and Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a venture firm focused on the cyber security sector.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 85
Sector (Marine) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 63
State (Virginia) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 21 of 80
Year (2004) 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-27 Bluestar Solutions

Cupertino, California, United States

Bluestar Solutions, Inc.is an enterprise applications and outsourcing services provider.

Sell $73M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-02-15 TriCipher

Palo Alto, California, United States

TriCipher develops an appliance that provides strong security for identity management systems and protection of identity information.

Buy -
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