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Eight Roads Invests In Wovn Technologies

On June 5, 2019, private equity firm Eight Roads invested in information technology company Wovn Technologies

Investment Highlights
  • This is Eight Roads’ 20th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Eight Roads’ 20th transaction in Japan.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-06-05
Target Wovn Technologies
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Eight Roads
Deal Type Venture

Target

Wovn Technologies

Tokyo, Japan
Wovn Technologies offers website localization service that translates a website into multiple languages. The company aims to make website multilingualization and localization straight-forward, simple, and accessible to anyone from a website developer, to a blogger. Wovn Technologies was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Eight Roads

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1969
PE ASSETS 11.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

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 213 of 293
Sector: Information Technology M&A 20 of 31
Type: Venture M&A Deals 190 of 266
Country: Japan M&A 20 of 25
Year: 2019 M&A 12 of 21
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