Investment Summary

EQT Invests In EC-Council

On September 27, 2021, private equity firm EQT invested in information technology company EC-Council

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 22nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is EQT’s 44th transaction in the United States.
  • This is EQT’s 1st transaction in New Mexico.

Investment Summary
Date 2021-09-27
Target EC-Council
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) EQT
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

EC-Council

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
EC-Council develops and provides proprietary cybersecurity training and certification programs for customers in more than 145 countries around the world, both directly and through more than 700 partners. The Company has experienced strong growth in recent years driven by a rising need to protect corporations against increasingly complex cyber threats and a widening gap in the supply and demand of digital talent in the cybersecurity industry. EC-Council was formed in 2001 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Investor

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

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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 262 of 317
Sector (Information Technology) 22 of 27
Type (Growth Capital) 19 of 21
State (New Mexico) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 44 of 59
Year (2021) 21 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-16 Azelis

Antwerp, Belgium

Azelis is a distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, providing diverse products and innovative services. Azelis was founded in 2001 and is based in Antwerp, Belgium.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-07 VFS Global

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

VFS Global is an industry pioneer and the global number one provider of visa process outsourcing services for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The company also provides passport, consular, and other citizen services to governments. VFS Global was founded in 2001 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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