Investment Summary

H.I.G. Private Equity Invests In SpotXchange

On December 15, 2010, private equity firm H.I.G. Private Equity invested in marketing company SpotXchange

Investment Highlights
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 7th transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 82nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Colorado.
Investment Fate
  • SpotXchange was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 144M USD.
  • SpotXchange was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2021 for 1.2B USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2010-12-15
Target SpotXchange
Sector Marketing
Investor(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

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.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

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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 STATS #
Overall 95 of 385
Sector: Marketing M&A 7 of 19
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 10 of 67
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 6
Country: United States M&A 82 of 251
Year: 2010 M&A 22 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-03 Engine Group

London, United Kingdom

Engine Group is a broad-based digital transformation, communications and creative business. Engine’s business is comprised of three divisions: Communications, Creative and Transformation, providing a range of services across business transformation and client engagement campaigns. Engine Group was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-01 Looping

Saint-Malo, France

Looping is a pan-European leisure park operator that owns and operates 18 local and regional leisure parks, including theme parks, waterparks, wildlife parks, and aquariums, attracting over six million visitors a year. The group’s parks span eight European countries, including France, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany, and Portugal. Looping was founded in 2011 and is based in Saint-Malo, France.

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