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M&A Deal Summary

Francisco Partners Acquires Attenti

On December 1, 2008, private equity firm Francisco Partners acquired technology hardware company Attenti for 77M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 6th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 29th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 2nd transaction in Israel.
Investment Fate
  • Attenti was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2010 for 230M USD.
  • Attenti was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2017 for 200M USD.
  • Attenti was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-12-01
Target Attenti
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Francisco Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 77M USD

Target

Attenti

Tel Aviv, Israel
Attenti is a global provider of electronic monitoring technologies, serving hundreds of national, federal, state, and local correctional and law enforcement agencies around the world. The business offers a differentiated full range of Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Radio Frequency (RF), alcohol verification monitoring, and tracking solutions, supported by an integrated software monitoring platform. Over the past 20 years, Attenti has developed a reputation for providing reliable, innovative, and scalable electronic people-monitoring solutions to correctional and law enforcement agencies in 34 countries. Attenti was formed in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Buyer

Francisco Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 45.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Francisco Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services. Specific areas of interest include semiconductors, capital equipment, electronics components, systems and manufacturing, IT services and business process outsourcing, communications, security and enterprise applications, and infrastructure software. Prospective investment situations include divisional buyouts, growth equity financings, acquisitions of private companies, sponsored mergers and acquisitions, and take-privates. Francisco Partners looks for opportunities where it can commit a minimum of $100 million per investment. Francisco Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 160
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 6 of 10
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 5 of 17
Country: Israel M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2008 M&A 7 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 29 of 31
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-03 Aderant Holdings

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Aderant Holdings, Inc. is an independent legal software provider that offers comprehensive practice, financial and case management solutions for law and professional services firms of all sizes worldwide.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-08 QuadraMed

Reston, Virginia, United States

QuadraMed is a provider of healthcare technologies and services that help turn quality care into positive financial outcomes. QuadraMed provides solutions that streamline processes, ensure compliance and help healthcare professionals deliver quality patient care. QuadraMed is based in Reston, Virginia.

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