M&A Deal Summary

EMH Partners Acquires Brainlab

On September 17, 2018, private equity firm EMH Partners acquired information technology company Brainlab from W Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EMH Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is EMH Partners’ 4th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-09-17
Target Brainlab
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) EMH Partners
Sellers(s) W Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Brainlab

Munich, Germany
Brainlab develops, manufactures and markets software-driven medical technology that support advanced, minimally invasive patient treatments. Brainlab was founded in 1989 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

EMH is a private equity firm focused on minority and majority investments in profitable, fast-growing, medium-sized companies in Europe, with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Firm seeks technology businesses with revenue between €50 and €500 million, operating in the healthcare, software, consumer and business services sectors. EMH has a typical investment horizon of five to ten years. EMH was founded in 2016 and is based in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 9
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-22 Design Offices

Nuremberg, Germany

Design Offices is a provider of flexible offices and creative co-working spaces, operating over 50 locations across 15 cities. Design Offices was founded in 2008 and is based in Nuremberg, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-19 Liganova

Stuttgart, Germany

Liganova is a German brand and retail marketing company that develops and implements physical and digital brand experiences, focusing on sales-driven marketing campaigns and customer engagement. Liganova was founded in 1995 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

W Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

W Capital Partners is a private investment group focused on direct secondary investments. W Capital Partners has a particular interest in growth equity secondary investments as well as buyout minority secondary investments, where existing shareholders are looking for liquidity. W Capital Partners was founded in 2001 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 19
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 5 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-03 Renaissance

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States

Renaissance is a provider of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for pre-kindergarten through to senior high (pre-K-12, aged 5-18) schools and districts. The company's products and services, adopted by more than 70,000 schools, are primarily focused on two curriculum areas: reading and mathematics. Renaissance was founded in 1986 and is based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-06 SS8

Milpitas, California, United States

SS8 provides end-to-end communications and cyber intelligence solutions to access and intercept information and conduct data discovery to deliver actionable intelligence for analysis to national governments law enforcement agencies. SS8 was founded in 1999 and is based in Milpitas, California.

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