Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In Automation Anywhere

On July 2, 2018, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in software company Automation Anywhere

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 13th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 94th transaction in the United States.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 25th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-07-02
Target Automation Anywhere
Sector Software
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Venture

Target

Automation Anywhere

San Jose, California, United States
Automation Anywhere is a software provider of robotic process automation, offering AI-enabled solutions to help global companies manage and scale business processes faster. Automation Anywhere was founded in 2003 and is based in San Jose, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

General Atlantic

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 199 of 343
Sector (Software) 13 of 27
Type (Venture) 33 of 99
State (California) 25 of 46
Country (United States) 94 of 163
Year (2018) 14 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-28 Trendyol

Istanbul, Turkey

Trendyol is an operator of an eCommerce company that provides customers, sellers, and vendors an e-commerce experience. Trendyol was founded in 2010 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-16 Greensill

London, United Kingdom

Greensill is a provider of working capital finance for companies globally. Founded in 2011, Greensill provides businesses with alternative sources of funding, allowing them to provide suppliers with the opportunity for faster payment, while at the same time preserving their own capital position. The company is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, and Sydney. Greensill provides Supply Chain Finance facilities to customers across Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The company owns Greensill Bank, which was founded in Bremen, Germany in 1927, and has four proprietary Supply Chain Finance Funds, which are run by world leading fund management organisations, along with 75 banks and institutional investors that together provide stable funding. Greensill has provided clients all over the world with more than $40 billion of funding since inception.

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