Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In Unico

On August 3, 2021, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in information technology company Unico

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 37th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 14th transaction in Brazil.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-08-03
Target Unico
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Venture

Target

Unico

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Unico is a Brazilian IDTech solutions provider, offering digital identity authentication and anti-fraud solutions such as facial recognition, remote hiring, and electronic signatures. Unico was founded in 2007 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Investor

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 293 of 364
Sector: Information Technology M&A 37 of 45
Type: Venture M&A Deals 75 of 98
Country: Brazil M&A 14 of 19
Year: 2021 M&A 29 of 46
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-30 VNLife

Hanoi, Vietnam

VNLife is a holding company in Vietnam with the mission of developing an integrated digital ecosystem to meet people’s daily needs. With advanced and modern technology such as AI, Big Data, Blockchain, IOT, etc., VNLIFE has developed a diversified ecosystem operating in four core areas: banking enablement, digital payment, online travel and new retail. VNLife was founded in 2007 and is based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-05 Crehana

Mexico City, Mexico

Crehana is an education technology platform for companies and individuals focused on closing the reskilling and upskilling gap in Latin America. Crehana was founded in 2015 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

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