Investment Summary

Cartesian Capital Group Invests In Aqua Comms

On May 5, 2016, private equity firm Cartesian Capital Group invested in communications company Aqua Comms

Investment Highlights
  • This is Cartesian Capital Group’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Cartesian Capital Group’s 2nd transaction in Ireland.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-05-05
Target Aqua Comms
Sector Communications
Investor(s) Cartesian Capital Group
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Moelis & Co. (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis
Phillips Lytle (Legal)

Target

Aqua Comms

Dublin, Ireland
Aqua Comms owns and operates the most advanced and robust submarine fiber optic cable system linking the East Coast of the US with Europe. Aqua Comms was founded in 2011 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Investor

Cartesian Capital Group

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 2.7B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cartesian Capital Group LLC is a private equity firm that invests in high growth businesses in emerging markets across the globe. Cartesian focuses on profitable companies with strong growth prospects and experienced management. The Firm looks to invest $25 - $125 million (generally minority positions). Specific areas of interest include financial and business services, telecommunications, specialized retail, transportation and logistics, and material products. Cartesian Capital Group LLC was formed in 2006 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 23
Sector: Communications M&A 2 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 4 of 9
Country: Ireland M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-11 Westport

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Westport is a provider of advanced natural gas engines and vehicles. Westport Innovations develops technologies to allow commercial fleet engines to use clean-burning fuels, such as liquefied and compressed natural gas, hydrogen, and hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas. Westport was founded in 1995 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-17 Unlimited

London, United Kingdom

Unlimited is a digital agency group that help clients grow their top line, win and retain customers, change behavior, transform their business digitally and stay ahead of the competition. The company uses a data-led approach combining human understanding with art and science to find the best way to accelerate growth for clients. The company deploys unexpected thinking, creativity, and innovation across our diverse collection of advertising, PR, media, content, CRM and digital transformation specialists before evaluating the effectiveness through advanced analytics, quant, and qualitative research. Unlimited is based in London, United Kingdom.

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