M&A Deal Summary

eGain Acquires Exony

On August 6, 2014, eGain acquired software company Exony from Kennet Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is eGain’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is eGain’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-08-06
Target Exony
Sector Software
Buyer(s) eGain
Sellers(s) Kennet Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Exony

Newbury, United Kingdom
Exony Ltd. is a provider of analytics and management software in the United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

eGain

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees539
Revenue 93M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

eGain is a provider of cloud-based customer engagement hub software and solutions. eGain was founded in 1997 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kennet Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kennet Partners is a private investment firm that invests in fast-growing companies providing information technology products and technology-enabled services. Kennet typically commits $10 to $50 million of equity per transaction in companies with revenues up to $50 million. The Firm generally invests in businesses located in Western Europe and the US. In addition to providing growth capital, Kennet also finances private mergers, shareholder liquidity needs, corporate divestitures or spin-outs, and restructuring situations. Kennet Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 41
Sector: Software M&A 10 of 17
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 23 of 32
Country: United Kingdom M&A 11 of 14
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-18 Prolexic Technologies

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Prolexic Technologies IT security provider of Cloud-based cyber defense solutions, such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection and mitigation, for the Federal Government and Global 2000 customers.

Sell $370M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-11 Impartner

South Jordan, Utah, United States

Impartner is an advanced SaaS-based Partner Relationship Management (PRM) solution, helping companies worldwide manage their partner relationships and accelerate revenue and profitability through indirect sales channels. Impartner was founded in 1997 and is based in South Jordan, Utah.

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