Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2018-05-08 |
| Target | Red Points |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Investor(s) |
Eight Roads
Summit Partners |
| Deal Type | Venture |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| PE ASSETS | 11.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Eight Roads is a private investment firm focused on a variety of investment opportunities across the US, Europe, and Asia. The Firm is divided into several investment strategies including venture, principal investing, and real estate. Within the principal investments group, Eight Roads backs established growth businesses with long-term capital. Eight Roads does not have any sector preferences, but has experience in fintech, business services, and healthcare. Eight Roads is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 181 of 293 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 42 of 60 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 159 of 266 |
| Country: Spain M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2018 M&A | 8 of 28 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-03 |
Acacia Pharma
Cambridge, United Kingdom Acacia Pharma is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of drugs for cancer supportive care. The growth in the cancer supportive care market has been driven by the increasing incidence of cancer, the expansion of effective cancer therapies and the desire to improve both the effectiveness of treatment and the quality of life of cancer patients. Acacia Pharma was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 |
Huifu
Shanghai, China Huifu provides payment processing and account settlement services in the digital era, protect customer data assets, and continue to create more value for customers. Huifu is a digitalized solution service provider of omni-channel payment services, relying on the “payment + SaaS” dual engine to fully upgrade its business deployment. Huifu was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 39.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 319 of 392 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 32 of 47 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 25 of 34 |
| Country: Spain M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2018 M&A | 9 of 15 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-01 |
Avast
Prague, Czech Republic Avast develops avast! Free Antivirus, a free full-featured computer security application that protects more than 150 million registered users around the world from online threats. The company’s products are distributed globally through a unique ‘freemium’ business model. Avast was formed in1988 and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-09 |
Winshuttle
Bothell, Washington, United States Winshuttle is a provider of ERP usability software, enabling business users to work with ERP systems directly from Excel, PDF, SharePoint and other interfaces without any programming. Winshuttle was established in 2003 and is based in Bothell, Washington. |
Sell | - |
