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Francisco Partners Acquires eFront SA

On September 23, 2011, private equity firm Francisco Partners acquired software company eFront SA for 68M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 16th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 30th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 1st transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • eFront SA was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2015 for 330M EUR.
  • eFront SA was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2019 for 1.3B USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-09-23
Target eFront SA
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Francisco Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 68M EUR
Advisor(s) Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP (Legal)

Target

eFront SA

Paris, France
eFront SA provides end-to-end solutions dedicated to the financial services industry, specializing in enterprise risk management and alternative investments. eFront was formed in 1999 and is based in Paris.

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Buyer

Francisco Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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 47 of 160
Sector: Software M&A 16 of 53
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 9 of 17
Country: France M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2011 M&A 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 30 of 31
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-03 Foundation 9 Entertainment

Irvine, California, United States

Foundation 9 Entertainment is a premier developer of interactive entertainment products and properties, and the largest independent games developer in North America.

Sell $28M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-11 MATRIXX Software

Foster City, California, United States

MATRIXX Software is a software communications service provider (CSP) customers an array of solutions designed to transform your business, IT and network operations to meet the demands of today's data-driven environment. MATRIXX Software is based in Foster City, California.

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