M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2011-12-19 |
| Target | NextG Networks |
| Sector | Infrastructure |
| Buyer(s) | Crown Castle |
| Sellers(s) |
SilverHaze Partners
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 1.0B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial) Kirkland & Ellis Kelley Drye (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communications |
| Employees | 4,700 |
| Revenue | 7.0B USD (2023) |
Crown Castle operates and leases shared wireless infrastructure, distributed antenna systems, and interests in land under third party towers. The Company's core business is providing access, including space or capacity, to towers, and to a lesser extent, to small cells and third party land interests via long-term contracts, including license, sublease and lease agreements. Crown Castle is based in Houston, Texas.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 9 |
| Sector (Infrastructure) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 4 of 8 |
| State (California) | 1 of 2 |
| Country (United States) | 4 of 9 |
| Year (2011) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-08 |
NewPath Networks
Seattle, Washington, United States NewPath Networks is a wireless infrastructure company that designs, develops and operates fiber-fed wireless carrier networks using a distributed antenna architecture to improve signal strength and network capacity. |
Buy | $115M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-04 |
Quanta Fiber Networks
Houston, Texas, United States Quanta Fiber Networks, Inc. (Sunesys) is a provider of communication services. |
Buy | $1.0B |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
SilverHaze Partners is a private investment firm that acts as both a fund of funds vehicle as well as a direct investor in companies. SilverHaze devotes 80% of capital to other buyout funds with the remainder reserved for opportunistic investments in technology related businesses. SilverHaze Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in McLean, Virginia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 11 of 13 |
| Sector (Infrastructure) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 6 of 8 |
| State (California) | 3 of 4 |
| Country (United States) | 11 of 13 |
| Year (2011) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-05 |
Spongecell
New York, New York, United States Spongecell intelligently manages calendar and event information through their web-based product. Spongecell was founded in 2006 and is based in New York City. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-09 |
EdgeCast
Los Angeles, California, United States EdgeCast helps companies meet the ever-growing expectations of their customers. Edgecast's set of solutions across content delivery, cloud security, and video streaming, combined with a team of customer-oriented domain experts, streamlines operations and improves efficiencies, so businesses can redirect their energy into creating value for their customers not managing multiple vendors and workflows. EdgeCast was founded in 2006 and is based in Los Angeles, California. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| PE ASSETS | 28.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 38 of 73 |
| Sector (Infrastructure) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 13 of 33 |
| State (California) | 7 of 10 |
| Country (United States) | 34 of 65 |
| Year (2011) | 3 of 3 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 15 of 27 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-01 |
Valitas Health Services
St. Louis, Missouri, United States Valitas is one of the largest providers of clinical contract staffing and related health care management services in the United States, managing contract sites for correctional facilities and physician practices serving military hospitals. |
Sell | $250M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-17 |
TransUnion
Chicago, Illinois, United States TransUnion is a global provider of information and risk management solutions. TransUnion provides these solutions to businesses across multiple industries and to individual consumers. TransUnion technology and services enable businesses to make informed credit granting, risk management, underwriting, fraud protection and customer acquisition decisions by delivering data that's integrated with analytics and decisioning capabilities. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. |
Sell | - |
