Investment Summary

HGGC Invests In AutoAlert

On April 1, 2014, private equity firm HGGC invested in information services company AutoAlert

Investment Highlights
  • This is HGGC’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is HGGC’s 14th transaction in the United States.
  • This is HGGC’s 4th transaction in California.

Investment Summary
Date 2014-04-01
Target AutoAlert
Sector Information Services
Investor(s) HGGC
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

AutoAlert

Irvine, California, United States
AutoAlert is a provider of data analytic and lead-generation solutions to the automotive dealership industry. AutoAlert was formed in 2002 and is based in Irvine, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

HGGC

Palo Alto, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 6.9B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HGGC (formerly Huntsman Gay Global Capital) focuses on middle-market leveraged buyouts, growth equity financings, recapitalizations, take privates, and corporate divestitures. The Firm primarily targets North American companies, but will consider international opportunities as well. HGGC looks for companies with at least $100 million in revenue. HGGC primarily targets enterprise software companies, however, the Firm will also consider opportunities in business services, consumer services, financial services, healthcare, industrial services, and information services. HGGC was formed in 2007 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 46
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 5 of 15
State (California) 4 of 10
Country (United States) 14 of 40
Year (2014) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-10 Serena

Redwood City, California, United States

Serena is a provider of enterprise application lifecycle management software. Serena is one of the largest independent ALM vendors and the only one that orchestrates DevOps, the processes that bring together application development and operations. Serena was formed in 1980 and is based in Redwood City, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-08 Pearl

Plantation, Florida, United States

Pearl is a comprehensive Managing General Agent (MGA) providing a full range of services from underwriting and policy management to claims processing and management to the non-standard auto insurance market. Pearl was formed in 1994 and is based in Plantation, Florida.

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