Investment Summary

Integral Capital Partners, JMI Equity and Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe Exit Lytx

On February 18, 2016, private equity firms GTCR and Clearlake Capital invested in information technology company Lytx from Integral Capital Partners, JMI Equity and Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe for 500M USD

Investment Highlights
  • This is GTCR’s 11th and Clearlake Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is GTCR’s 11th and Clearlake Capital’s 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is GTCR’s 88th and Clearlake Capital’s 29th transaction in the United States.
  • This is GTCR’s 6th and Clearlake Capital’s 7th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Lytx was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2020.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-02-18
Target Lytx
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) GTCR
Clearlake Capital
Sellers(s) Integral Capital Partners
JMI Equity
Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 500M USD
Advisor(s) Rothschild Global Advisory (Financial)
Ropes & Gray (Legal)

Target

Lytx

San Diego, California, United States
Lytx is a provider of all-in-one video telematics, analytics, safety, and productivity solutions for commercial, public sector, and field services fleets. Lytx customizable services and programs span driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking, compliance, and fuel management. Lytx was founded in 1998 and is based in San Diego, California.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

GTCR

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 15.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GTCR is a private equity firm that typically partners with management when pursuing acquisitions. The Firm looks to grow companies through build-on acquisitions, consolidations, and internal growth. GTCR will consider both equity and mezzanine capital commitments and concentrates its investment activity in consumer products & services, healthcare services, outsourced business services, technology, transaction processing, and pharma/medical products. GTCR was formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 92 of 157
Sector: Information Technology M&A 11 of 15
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 14 of 40
State: California M&A 6 of 10
Country: United States M&A 88 of 148
Year: 2016 M&A 4 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-04 TerSera Therapeutics

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

TerSera Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics to improve patient outcomes. The company was formed to acquire specialty pharmaceutical companies and products with a focus on select physician specialties. TerSera Therapeutics was founded in 2016 and is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-16 Optimal Blue

Plano, Texas, United States

Optimal Blue operates mortgage secondary marketing technology & facilitates transactions among mortgage market participants through its Marketplace Platform, actionable data, and technology vendor connections. Optimal Blue was formed in 2002 and is based in Plano, Texas.

Buy -
Investor

Clearlake Capital

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 90.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Clearlake Capital Group is a private equity firm that focuses on corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, buyouts, restructurings, rescue financing, growth capital, turnarounds, and other equity investments. Clearlake seeks to partner with strong management teams by providing long-term capital and operational expertise. Areas of interest include technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake Capital Group was formed in 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 93
Sector: Information Technology M&A 3 of 10
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 40
State: California M&A 7 of 16
Country: United States M&A 29 of 88
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-14 Diligent

New York City, New York, United States

Diligent is a provider of cloud-based corporate governance and collaboration solutions for boards and senior executives. Diligent’s multi-tenant SaaS platform provides directors with a single application to securely and reliably access, edit and share materials while satisfying security and compliance requirements. Diligent was founded in 2007 and is based in New York City, New York.

Buy $624M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-17 Globe Energy Services

Snyder, Texas, United States

Globe Energy Services LLC provides a full range of services primarily focused on production activities and the maintenance of existing wells, with capabilities that include fluid services, completion services, artificial lift, well services, fishing and rental, production chemicals, water infrastructure solutions and other environmental services.

Buy -

Seller(S) 3

SELLER

Integral Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1991
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 67 of 67
Sector: Information Technology M&A 14 of 14
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 4
State: California M&A 48 of 48
Country: United States M&A 66 of 66
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-03 Jasper Technologies

Santa Clara, California, United States

Jasper is an IoT service platform and many of the world’s largest enterprises and service providers are using the Jasper platform to scale their IoT services business globally. With Jasper, companies can connect any device – from cars to jet engines to implanted pacemakers – over the cellular networks of the top global service providers, and then manage connectivity of IoT services through Jasper’s Software as a Service (SaaS) platform.

Sell $1.4B
SELLER

JMI Equity

La Jolla, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 7.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

JMI Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in software, internet, business service, and healthcare IT. Targeted businesses typically help automate and optimize business and information technology processes. The Firm will consider investments at all stages of development, including early-stage companies, self-funded businesses requiring growth capital, and later stage businesses in need of buyout or recapitalization funding. JMI looks to commit at least $25 million per transaction. JMI Equity was formed in 1992 and maintains offices in San Diego and Baltimore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 76 of 107
Sector: Information Technology M&A 11 of 14
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 10 of 18
State: California M&A 12 of 18
Country: United States M&A 70 of 95
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 34
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-25 CoreHR

Cork, Ireland

CoreHR manages all strategic and transactional HR and Payroll processes with highly intuitive and easy to use solutions that streamline processes, improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-15 Navicure

Duluth, Georgia, United States

Navicure, Inc. is a provider of internet-based medical claims software solutions that help physician practices increase profitability through improved claims reimbursement and staff productivity. Navicure’s technology solutions automate account receivables processes, including claims management; patient eligibility verification; remittance and denial management including automated secondary claims filing, appeals, and posting; reporting and analysis; and patient payment collections at and near the time of service. Navicure’s solutions are supported by its unique 3-Ring Client Service which guarantees that a client service representative will answer every client call in three rings or less. Navicure is the exclusive billing and patient payment solution of the MGMA Executive Partner network.

Sell -
SELLER

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1979
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a mega-sized, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and technology/tech-enabled services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including venture investments, growth equity investments, buy-and-build transactions, public-to-private acquisitions, and corporate carve-outs. The Firm prefers control situations and generally seeks opportunities in the US. Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe was formed in 1979 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 76
Sector: Information Technology M&A 9 of 12
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 8 of 16
State: California M&A 3 of 6
Country: United States M&A 53 of 73
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 23 of 33
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-04 CareSpot Express Healthcare

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

CareSpot Express Healthcare LLC is a provider of walk-in urgent care, worker injury, occupational health and wellness services.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-08 Quickbase

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Quickbase provides a cloud-based platform that empowers problem solvers to quickly turn ideas for better ways to work into apps that make their organizations more efficient. Quickbase was founded in 1999 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy -