Stake Purchase • Digital Media

H.I.G. Private Equity Invests In NZN

On September 16, 2014, private equity firm H.I.G. Private Equity invested in digital media company NZN

Investment Context

This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 6th transaction in Brazil.

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Investment Summary
Date	September 16, 2014
Target	NZN
Sector	Digital Media
Investor(s)	H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type	Stake Purchase

Target Company

NZN

Sao Paulo, Brazil

NZN is a digital content producer in Brazil, covering technology, gaming, lifestyle, entertainment, and news. The Company is among the top 10 most accessed web properties with nearly 30 million monthly unique visitors. Its portfolio of websites includes Baixaki, Click Jogos, TecMundo, Mega Curioso, Minha Serie and Em Resumo and offering unique advertising solutions. NZN was founded in 2002 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Investor Overview 1

Investor

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	1993
PE ASSETS	65.0B USD
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital. The Firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of mid-sized to large companies valued between $50 million and $1 billion. HIG will also consider industry consolidations, going-privates, and corporate divestitures. Sectors of interest include aerospace, building materials, business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, infrastructure, contracting, manufacturing, media, oil & gas services, IT, and transportation. HIG was formed in 1993 is based in Miami, Florida.

Deal Context for Investor	#
Overall	155 of 385
Sector: Digital Media	1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase	11 of 18
Country: Brazil	6 of 17
Year: 2014	9 of 13

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2014-09-16	SpotXchange Broomfield , Colorado, United States SpotXchange, Inc. is a video advertising platform offering premium publishers holistic yield management in order to maximize revenue for desktop, mobile and connected TV inventory while driving down operational costs. SpotXchange was founded in 2007 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.	Sell	$144M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2014-09-16

SpotXchange

Broomfield , Colorado, United States

SpotXchange, Inc. is a video advertising platform offering premium publishers holistic yield management in order to maximize revenue for desktop, mobile and connected TV inventory while driving down operational costs. SpotXchange was founded in 2007 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.

Sell

$144M

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2014-10-14	Boostability Lehi, Utah, United States Boostability is a white label fulfillment provider of search engine optimization (“SEO”), local search, website creation, social and other digital marketing services to the small and medium business (SMB) market internationally serving over 17,000 end customers. Boostability was founded in 2009 and is based in Lehi, Utah.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2014-10-14

Boostability

Lehi, Utah, United States

Boostability is a white label fulfillment provider of search engine optimization (“SEO”), local search, website creation, social and other digital marketing services to the small and medium business (SMB) market internationally serving over 17,000 end customers. Boostability was founded in 2009 and is based in Lehi, Utah.

Buy

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