Investment Summary

H.I.G. Private Equity and Cohere Capital Invest In Boostability

On October 14, 2014, private equity firm H.I.G. Private Equity and growth capital firm Cohere Capital invested in marketing company Boostability

Investment Highlights
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 11th and Cohere Capital’s 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 113th and Cohere Capital’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 4th and Cohere Capital’s 1st transaction in Utah.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-10-14
Target Boostability
Sector Marketing
Investor(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Cohere Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

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.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor 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 LLC. The firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of middle market companies with an enterprise value of $50 - $1000 million. The Firm also will consider add-on acquisitions, 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 and has offices in Miami, Atlanta, Boston, and San Francisco. HIG's European affiliate is HIG Europe with offices in London, Hamburg, and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 157 of 369
Sector (Marketing) 11 of 18
Type (Growth Capital) 20 of 67
State (Utah) 4 of 6
Country (United States) 113 of 245
Year (2014) 10 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-23 International School of Europe

Milan, Italy

The International School of Europe Group is a group of schools in Italy providing an outstanding education to over 1,800 local and expatriate students between the ages of 3 and 18 years old in Milan, Modena, Monza and Siena.

Buy -
Investor

Cohere Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2019
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Cohere Capital is a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in technology and services companies throughout the US. The Firm looks to acquire or majority or significant minority stakes in profitable businesses valued up to $250 million. Cohere Capital was formed in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 4
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 7
Year (2014) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-07 ClearScale

San Francisco, California, United States

ClearScale is an operator of cloud-native systems integration, strategic consulting, and application development company that offers cloud consulting, cloud migration, application development, and modernization services, as well as a variety of data engineering services to a wide range of customers – from startups to large enterprises and public sector customers. ClearScale was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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