Investment Summary

HarbourVest Partners Invests In Kinaxis

On November 25, 2014, private equity firm HarbourVest Partners invested in software company Kinaxis

Investment Highlights
  • This is HarbourVest Partners’ 14th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is HarbourVest Partners’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is HarbourVest Partners’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-11-25
Target Kinaxis
Sector Software
Investor(s) HarbourVest Partners
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Kinaxis

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Kinaxis is a provider of cloud-based subscription software that enables our customers to improve and accelerate analysis and decision-making across their supply chain operations. Kinaxis was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Investor

HarbourVest Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1978
PE ASSETS 147.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 125 of 214
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 26
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 4
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2014 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-07 Omega Pharma NV

Nazareth, Belgium

Omega Pharma NV is a healthcare company. Omega Pharma provides medicines, health and personal care that can be purchased at the pharmacy.

Sell €3.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 ChinaPnR

Shanghai, China

ChinaPnR is an infrastructure provider for China’s rapidly growing financial services market. ChinaPnR is based in Shanghai, China.

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