M&A Deal Summary

Direct Energy Acquires Astrum Solar

On July 29, 2014, Direct Energy acquired renewable energy company Astrum Solar from NewWorld Capital Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Direct Energy’s 1st transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is Direct Energy’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Direct Energy’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-07-29
Target Astrum Solar
Sector Renewable Energy
Buyer(s) Direct Energy
Sellers(s) NewWorld Capital Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Astrum Solar

Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
Astrum Solar, Inc. is a national full-service residential solar provider, serving homeowners and small business in Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, California, and Arizona.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Direct Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Utilities
DESCRIPTION

Direct Energy LP is retail provider of electricity, natural gas, and home and business energy-related products and services. Direct Energy was founded in 1997 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 15
Sector (Renewable Energy) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 7
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 12 of 13
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-25 Direct Energy - Home Services Business

Ontario, Canada

Direct Energy - Home Services Business currently has nearly 1.9 million home services contracts in Ontario, to provide a range of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and other related services.

Sell CA$550M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-12 Panoramic Power

Kfar Sava, Israel

Panoramic Power Ltd. is a cloud based device level energy management solutions provider enables businesses to optimize their energy consumption improve operational efficiency and generate income through load response programs.

Buy $60M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NewWorld Capital Group

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

NewWorld Capital Group is a specialist private equity investment group focused on opportunities in the environmental sector. Specific areas of interest include clean energy, energy efficiency, environmental services, waste management, water, and materials. NewWorld looks to invest in mid-market, established companies. The Firm generally looks to provide expansion capital to growing businesses, development capital to infrastructure project developers, and project capital to production-scale plants with no technology risk, low commodity price risk, and long-term revenue contracts. NewWorld prefers North American based businesses, but will selectively consider opportunities in Europe. NewWorld Capital is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Renewable Energy) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-07 Astrum Solar

Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Astrum Solar, Inc. is a national full-service residential solar provider, serving homeowners and small business in Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, California, and Arizona.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-01 SolarEdge

Herziliya Pituach, Israel

SolarEdge provides an end-to-end distributed solar power harvesting and PV monitoring solution,maximizing the power generation of residential, commercial and large-scale PV system installations by up to 25%, for more rapid return on investment. SolarEdge was founded in 2006 and is based in Herzliya, Israel.

Buy -