M&A Deal Summary

HP Acquires Stratavia

On August 26, 2010, HP acquired software company Stratavia from Adams Street Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HP’s 29th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is HP’s 64th transaction in the United States.
  • This is HP’s 3rd transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-08-26
Target Stratavia
Sector Software
Buyer(s) HP
Sellers(s) Adams Street Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Stratavia

Denver, Colorado, United States
Stratavia is the leader in application stack automation for physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. Stratavia automates the full operational lifecycle of enterprise database and application server technology including planning, provisioning, patching, recurring maintenance, incident response, and common change requests from a self-service console. Fortune 1000 companies rely on the Data Palette Automation Platform and pluggable Data Palette Apps to automate their database and application operations across both internal clouds and physical infrastructure.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HP

Palo Alto, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1939
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees58,000
Revenue 53.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

HP is the hardware successor to Hewlett-Packard Company. HP focuses on providing hardware, printers, and personal computing products. HP was founded in 1939 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 78 of 96
Sector (Software) 29 of 37
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 71 of 87
State (Colorado) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 64 of 76
Year (2010) 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-02 ExcellerateHRO World Services

Plano, Texas, United States

ExcellerateHRO, LLP (EHRO), a global benefits administration and relocation services provider. EHRO’s client list includes a broad selection of FORTUNE 500 clients and growing mid-market customers, who are served by more than 1,800 human resources specialists.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-22 Fortify Software

San Mateo, California, United States

Fortify's Software Security Assurance products and services protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Adams Street Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 1972
PE ASSETS 60.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Adams Street Partners is a diversified, global investment firm that targets direct, fund of funds, and secondary investments. Adams' direct investing group covers co-investments in buyout transactions, as well as growth equity and venture capital commitments. The direct buyout and growth equity team looks to commit $5 to $30 million per transaction. For venture related investments, commitments of $5 to $20 million are provided to companies in the technology, life sciences and technology enabled services sectors. Typically, target companies have received prior financing from early stage venture firms and are seeking additional capital to fund product development and commercialization. Adams Street Partners was formed in 1972 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 96
Sector (Software) 3 of 20
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 51
State (Colorado) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 29 of 88
Year (2010) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-19 Syneos Health

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Syneos Health is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. Syneos Health translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Syneos Health was founded in 2010 and is based in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Sell $600M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-08 Solaria

Fremont, California, United States

Solaria designs develop and manufacture industry-leading silicon PV products. Solaria's unique cell multiplication technology maximizes the energy yield of silicon PV, accelerating the cost savings that will make solar energy competitive in the world market. Solaria was founded in 2000 and is based in Fremont, California.

Buy -
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