M&A Deal Summary

Dell Acquires Alienware

On March 22, 2006, Dell acquired technology hardware company Alienware from Envest Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dell’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Dell’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dell’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-03-22
Target Alienware
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Dell
Sellers(s) Envest Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Alienware

Miami, Florida, United States
Alienware is a manufacturer and direct distributor of high performance personal computers. Alienware has developed strong brand recognition and customer loyalty by differentiating its products through higher processing speeds, more robust graphics and enhanced product design. Alienware is currently the largest niche PC manufacturer and leading innovator serving the PC gaming market.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dell

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees133,000
Revenue 88.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.

Dell is a global provider of technology equipment and information technology software and solutions. Dell Technologies looks to bring together the entire infrastructure from hardware to software to services. Through its recent combination with EMC, Dell Technologies offers next-generation solutions through its Client Solutions Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, VMware, Inc., RSA Information Security, SecureWorks Corp., Pivotal Software, Inc., Boomi, Inc., and Virtustream, Inc. Dell's solutions enable digital transformation and encompass software-defined data centers, all-flash arrays, hybrid cloud, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, cloud-native software application development tools, mobile, and security solutions. Dell was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Round Rock, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 31
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 29
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 28
Year (2006) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-05-01 Plural

New York, New York, United States

Plural offers technology consulting, application development and solution integration services, and has practices in collaboration and content management, e-commerce and CRM, enterprise application development and integration and business intelligence.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-18 SilverBack Technologies

Billerica, Massachusetts, United States

SilverBack Technologies is a service delivery platform provider for remote monitoring and management of information technology infrastructure.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Envest Private Equity

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 162M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Envest Private Equity is a private equity firm that targets East Coast US-based opportunities. Envest prefers businesses operating in basic industries with experienced management and a competitive market positions. Sectors of interest include financial services, franchising, manufacturing, healthcare services, travel and entertainment, and software/IT. The Firm's investment size range is $2 to $7 million. Envest was formed in 1999 and is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 12
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (Florida) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 12
Year (2006) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Payerpath

Chicago,, Illinois, United States

Payerpath is a healthcare service company providing electronic processing of patient claim transactions between providers (doctors and hospitals) and payers (health insurers).

Sell $49M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-05 VISICU

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

VISICU, Inc. is a healthcare information technology and clinical solutions company focused on critical care. The benefit of this approach to ICU patient care is that, by tracking each patient on a full time basis, problems can be addressed as they arise, reducing avoidable complications and thus lengths of stay.

Sell -