Investment Summary

Francisco Partners Invests In Muse Group

On December 4, 2023, private equity firm Francisco Partners invested in media company Muse Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 120th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Francisco Partners’ 36th transaction in California.

Investment Summary
Date 2023-12-04
Target Muse Group
Sector Media
Investor(s) Francisco Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC (Legal)

Target

Muse Group

San Francisco, California, United States
Muse Group is an operator of music technology brands. Our products and services operate under many different brands, including Ultimate Guitar, Audacity, StaffPad, MuseScore, Tonebridge, and MuseClass. Muse Group is based in San Francisco, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

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 144 of 149
Sector (Media) 3 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 34 of 35
State (California) 36 of 38
Country (United States) 120 of 124
Year (2023) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-22 The Weather Company - Digital Assets

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

The Weather Company's digital consumer-facing offerings, The Weather Channel mobile and cloud-based digital properties including Weather.com, Weather Underground and Storm Radar, as well as its enterprise offerings for broadcast, media, aviation, advertising technology and data solutions for other emerging industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-05 Blancco Technology Group

Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom

Blancco Technology Group provides after-sales services for consumer technology companies worldwide. Blancco Technology Group was founded in 1997 and is based in Bishop's Stortford, the United Kingdom.

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