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EQT Acquires HRBrain

On November 27, 2023, private equity firm EQT acquired internet software and services company HRBrain

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 16th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is EQT’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-11-27
Target HRBrain
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) UBS Investment Bank (Financial)
Shiomizaka (Legal)

Target

HRBrain

Osaka-shi, Japan
HRBrain is a one-stop cloud-based platform consisting of seven services for streamlining HR operations and centrally managing and utilizing HR data – the company’s flagship HRBrain Talent Management service, as well as Organizational Diagnostic Survey, Pulse Survey, Personnel Evaluation, 360-degree Review, Labor Management, and AI ChatBot for internal use. HRBrain is based in Osaka-shi, Japan.

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Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 287 of 318
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 16 of 20
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 78 of 84
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 9 of 13
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Statera is a battery storage and flexible generation infrastructure developer and operator with 1GW of flexible generation in operation and under construction, enough to power around 750,000 homes. Statera was formed in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Arcwood Environmental is a privately held, family-owned environmental services business that provides a full suite of tailored solutions from emergency response, waste disposal, and sustainability services to on-site support and technical solutions to thousands of customers in hundreds of industries and verticals. Arcwood Environmental was founded in 1970 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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