M&A Deal Summary

Columbia Capital and Digital Realty Acquire Vela

On January 1, 2024, growth capital firm Columbia Capital and Digital Realty acquired communications company Vela

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Columbia Capital’s 10th and Digital Realty’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Columbia Capital’s 1st and Digital Realty’s 2nd transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-01-01
Target Vela
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Columbia Capital
Digital Realty
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Vela

Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Vela develops, owns, and operates purpose-built, carrier-neutral submarine cable landing stations and connected data centers to boost network resiliency and create hubs of global connectivity. Vela was founded in 2024 and is based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Columbia Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 7.1B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Columbia Capital is a growth capital firm focused on the IT sector. The Firm looks to commit $15 to $40 million to growth stage North American and Western European companies operating in the enterprise IT, internet infrastructure, and mobile communications sectors. Columbia Capital was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 26
Sector: Communications M&A 10 of 10
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-01 Landways

London, United Kingdom

Landways is a specialist in the design, build, finance, operation, and upgrade of integrated digital infrastructure for high-density environments. Landways was founded in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-10-22 Omnispace

Tysons, Virginia, United States

Omnispace owns and operates global non-geostationary satellite infrastructure to provide mobile satellite services internationally in markets across Asia Pacific, South America, North America, Africa and the Middle East. Omnispace was founded in 2012 and is based in Tysons, Virginia.

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Buyer

Digital Realty

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,936
Revenue 5.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Digital Realty is a provider of data center and colocation solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty Trust is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Communications M&A 2 of 2
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-03 Teraco

Johannesburg, South Africa

Teraco is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centers and with over 18 000 cross-connects. As the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa, Teraco brings global content closer to the digital edge. Teraco was founded in 2008 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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