M&A Deal Summary

Entrust Acquires EnCommerce

On April 20, 2000, Entrust acquired information technology company EnCommerce from Olympus Partners for 470M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Entrust’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Entrust’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Entrust’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Entrust’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-04-20
Target EnCommerce
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Entrust
Sellers(s) Olympus Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 470M USD

Target

EnCommerce

Santa Clara, California, United States
enCommerce is a vendor of single sign-on and access control security software for Internet and Intranet applications. enCommerce?s products control application access and user privileges for an organization?s employees, customers and suppliers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Entrust

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Software
Employees350
Revenue 120M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Entrust secures digital identities and information for consumers, enterprises and governments in more than 2,000 organizations spanning 60 countries. Leveraging a layered security approach to address growing risks, Entrust solutions help secure the most common digital identity and information protection pain points in an organization. These include SSL, authentication, fraud detection, shared data protection and e-mail security.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (California) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-24 Business Signatures

Redwood City, California, United States

Business Signatures Corp. offers fraud prevention solution to solve information technology management and online fraud and risk prevention services. Business Signatures' e-fraud signature library provides financial services companies with templates that recognize patterns of navigation, access and behavior within online customer sessions; and its intent processor platform enables the detection of fraudulent intent versus normal intent of online customers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Olympus Partners

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 8.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Olympus Partners is a private equity group focused on investing in growth companies with strong management, and positions in their respective markets. The Firm will consider both venture capital and private equity investments and looks to commit $50 to $300 million per transaction. The Firm focuses its investment activities within the business services, healthcare, financial services, consumer, restaurant, software/IT services, and logistics/transportation industries. Olympus Partners was formed in 1988 and is based in Stamford Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 50
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 24
State (California) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 9 of 47
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-10-04 Preview Travel

San Francisco, California, United States

Preview Travel is a leading provider of online travel services for leisure and small business travelers. The company?s website offers one-stop shopping for airline tickets, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-05-22 The Princeton Review

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

The Princeton Review is a proivder of test preparation and college admission services company. Every year it helps millions of college- and graduate school-bound students achieve their education and career goals through its test preparation, tutoring, and admissions services, its online resources, and its more than 150 print and digital books published by Random House LLC.

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