Investment Summary

FTV Capital and Riverwood Capital Invest In Globant

On November 14, 2008, growth capital firm FTV Capital and private equity firm Riverwood Capital invested in software company Globant

Investment Highlights
  • This is FTV Capital’s 14th and Riverwood Capital’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is FTV Capital’s 1st and Riverwood Capital’s 1st transaction in Luxembourg.
Investment Fate
  • Globant went public in 2014.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-11-14
Target Globant
Sector Software
Investor(s) FTV Capital
Riverwood Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Globant

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Globant is a provider of software product development and IT outsourcing services from Latin America. Globant was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Luxembourg.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

FTV Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 6.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FTV Capital is a multi-stage private equity firm focused on providing capital to high-growth companies. FTV generally seeks to invest in software, business services, and financial services companies which enable financial institutions to expand and to operate more efficiently. Investment proceeds are typically used to fund rapid organic growth, provide shareholder liquidity, pursue add-on acquisitions, or acquire divestitures. FTV prefers to act as the lead or control investor and targets equity commitments of $10 to $85 million per transaction. FTV Capital was established in 1998 and was formerly known as FTVentures. FTV Capital is based in San Francisco with an additional office in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 133
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 27
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 2 of 58
Country: Luxembourg M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 10 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-14 Managed Object Solutions

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Managed Object Solutions, Inc. is a developer of the Formula Java-compliant network/systems-integration technology.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-01 MarketShare Partners

Los Angeles, California, United States

MarketShare Partners LLC is a provider of cloud-based information services, enabling marketing and IT security professionals to promote and protect their businesses.

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Investor

Riverwood Capital

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Riverwood Capital is a tech-focused on private equity firm. Riverwood will consider investment opportunities across North and South America and looks for situations where the firm can commit $25 to $125 per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include growth capital financings, carve-outs, consolidations, and buyouts. Specific areas of interest include IT, communications, technology hardware, electronics, software, and digital media. Riverwood Capital was formed in 2008 and is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 46
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 11
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 22
Country: Luxembourg M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-01 Aptina Imaging

San Jose, California, United States

Aptina Imaging Corp. is a provider of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) imaging solutions with a growing portfolio of products that can be found in all the leading mobile phone and notebook computer brands.

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