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Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In IPVALUE

On January 1, 2001, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in business services company IPVALUE

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 5th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 14th transaction in the United States.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 4th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • IPVALUE was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.

Investment Summary
Date 2001-01-01
Target IPVALUE
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Venture

Target

IPVALUE

Santa Clara, California, United States
IPVALUE was founded to meet a need voiced by C-level officers of global technology companies to maximize returns from their IP portfolios within the overall context of their on-going business strategies and operations. In 2002, IPVALUE partnered with British Telecom and began intellectual property commercialization operations. Since that time, IPVALUE has steadily generated over $1.3BN in licensing or royalty revenue for its clients across the global technology landscape. IPVALUE was formed in 2001 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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General Atlantic

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 105.0B 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 New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 364
Sector: Business Services M&A 5 of 23
Type: Venture M&A Deals 2 of 98
State: California M&A 4 of 47
Country: United States M&A 14 of 175
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Healthvision

Dallas, Texas, United States

Healthvision is a provider of healthcare specific software and services. The company provides innovative, cost-effective solutions enabling vital access to healthcare information anytime and anywhere improving clinical and financial outcomes. Healthvision solutions, powered by Cloverleaf Integration Suite, are at work in thousands of facilities around the globe, including 40 percent of all large Integrated Delivery Networks, and 33 percent of U.S. hospitals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-11-21 Staples.com

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

Staples.com is the online division of Staples, Inc. - a retailer of office supplies, furniture and technologies.

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