M&A Deal Summary

Dubilier & Co. Acquires Cleareon

On June 1, 2015, private equity firm Dubilier & Co. acquired communications company Cleareon

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dubilier & Co.’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Dubilier & Co.’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dubilier & Co.’s 3rd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-06-01
Target Cleareon
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Dubilier & Co.
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Cleareon

New York, New York, United States
Cleareon owns and operates a telecom services business focused on the New York metropolitan market. Cleareon provides network connectivity for telecommunication carriers, wireless operators, data centers, service providers and large enterprises. Cleareon was founded in 2014 and is based in New York City.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dubilier & Co.

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Dubilier & Co. is a private equity firm that seeks investments in smaller middle-market companies. Transaction situations of interest include shareholder liquidity needs, growth capital financings, non-core divestitures, underperforming enterprises, and strategic/financial partnerships. While Dubilier will consider opportunities in a broad range of sectors, the firm has a special interest in media companies. Dubilier was formed in 1994 by Michael Dubilier, son of Martin Dubilier who co-founded mega private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Dubilier & Co. is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 16
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 8
State: New York M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 13 of 16
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-17 Covario

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Covario, Inc. provides interactive marketing analytics software to global organizations enabling robust interactive and search marketing analytics solutions for display advertising, paid search advertising and organic search engine optimization across the enterprise and throughout the channel. Covario is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-01 OOSKAnews

Warrenton, Virginia, United States

OOSKAnews, Inc. is a business publishing house specializing in news delivery, analysis, and business intelligence on the water sector in emerging global markets. The digital publications cover the highly charged geopolitics of private and public water sector development in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Middle Eastern and African nations as well as Southern and Eastern Asia reaching readers in more than 40 countries. OOSKAnews was founded in 2006 and is based in Warrenton, Virginia.

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