Investment Summary

HgCapital Invests In Ullink

On March 4, 2014, private equity firm HgCapital invested in information technology company Ullink

Investment Highlights
  • This is HgCapital’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is HgCapital’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is HgCapital’s 1st transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • Ullink was sold to a strategic buyer in 2017.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-03-04
Target Ullink
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) HgCapital
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) Arma Partners (Financial)

Target

Ullink

New York, New York, United States
Ullink, Inc. is a global provider of market major multi-asset trading technology and infrastructure for buy-side and sell-side market participants, including NYFIX, one of the industry's largest FIX based trading communities. Trusted by over 150 of the world's top-tier banks and brokers, the company provides consistent, reliable access to the most current and innovative trading solutions available. Their multi-asset solutions allow customers to connect to their desired markets, trade when and where they want, while being able to comply with global regulation. From its 10 offices covering all the major global financial centers, the team will advise on the best approach to address customers' challenges and deploy its technology.

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Investor

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 70.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 71 of 153
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 13
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 9 of 12
State: New York M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 2 of 21
Year: 2014 M&A 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-26 Bench

Manchester, United Kingdom

Bench Ltd. is a company involved in distribution of women's, men's and kid's clothing and accessories.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-19 Schleich

Schwabisch Gmund, Germany

Schleich is a producer of plastic toy figurines, such as farm and wildlife animals, historical characters and the Smurfs. Schleich products, trading under the highly recognized name Schleich-S, are sold in over thirty countries, including Germany, the US, the UK, and France. Schleich was founded in 1935 and is based in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany.

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