Investment Summary

Catalyst Investors Invests In General Communication

On January 1, 1999, venture capital firm Catalyst Investors invested in communications company General Communication

Investment Highlights
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 8th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 1st transaction in Alaska.
Investment Fate
  • General Communication was sold to a strategic buyer in 2017 for 1.1B USD.

Investment Summary

Date 1999-01-01
Target General Communication
Sector Communications
Investor(s) Catalyst Investors
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

General Communication

Anchorage, Alaska, United States
General Communication, Inc. is a provider of voice, data and video services in Alaska, through which consumers can experience entertainment everywhere. GCI is also the provider of communications services to enterprise customers, particularly large enterprise customers with complex data networking needs.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Catalyst Investors

New York, New York, United States

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 377M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Catalyst Investors is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications and internet services industries. Specific areas of interest include, video and audio content and distribution, print and online publishing, out-of-home advertising, music publishing, wireless voice and data, wireless spectrum and other infrastructure, outsourced applications providers / software as a service (SAAS), subscription based services, and online advertising. Catalyst looks for the growth companies located in the US and Canada requiring $10 to $60 million in capital. Catalyst prefers businesses with 'high-margin economics', 'defensible market positions', and 'recurring revenues'. Catalyst was formed in 1999 and is based in New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 54
Sector: Communications M&A 8 of 15
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 4
State: Alaska M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 52
Year: 1999 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-01-01 TeleCorp Wireless

Arlington, Virginia, United States

TeleCorp Wireless, Inc. provides digital wireless personal communications services to a licensed service area.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-11-01 Falcon Cable Systems Co.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Falcon Cable Systems Co. is a provider of cable television systems in small to medium sized communities, and suburban and rural areas.

Sell -