Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2000-01-11 |
| Target | QS Communications |
| Sector | Communications |
| Investor(s) | Invision |
| Sellers(s) | Baker Capital |
| Deal Type | PIPE |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 400M EUR |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Invision AG is a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in European companies or companies with opportunities in Europe. Target sectors include information technology, software, electronics, telecommunications, medical devices, healthcare services, financial services, and media. Invision looks to invest between €20 and €100 million in businesses generating €25 and €200 million in sales. Invision was formed in 1996 as the corporate venture capital arm of Metro Holding. Invision is based in Zug, Switzerland.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 6 of 61 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 1 of 4 |
| Type: PIPE M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Germany M&A | 2 of 21 |
| Year: 2000 M&A | 5 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01-01 |
Xelector
London, United Kingdom Xelector is a pan-European digital marketplace where consumers can compare, select and buy financial services and utilities products, matched to their precise needs. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-02-16 |
IPIX
Reston, Virginia, United States IPIX is a virtual tour service for the Internet. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.5B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Baker Capital is a specialist private equity firm focused on the opportunity in the communications industry created by deregulation, new technology, and growth of the internet. Baker looks for investments in communications equipment, services, and applications providers. Baker prefers to exit investments within 5 years. Baker Capital was formed in 1995 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 17 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Type: PIPE M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Germany M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Year: 2000 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-07 |
Sequoia Software
Columbia, Maryland, United States Sequoia Software Corp. is a provider of XML-based Internet infrastructure software for creating interactive e-business portals. |
Buy | $10M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03-31 |
Connected
Framingham, Massachusetts, United States Connected Corp. is a provider of storage software for automated protection, archiving and recovery of distributed data. The company's powerful, yet easy-to-use solutions help customers protect and centrally manage data from desktop and laptop PCs, Windows servers and email systems, while eliminating costs and burdens associated with capturing and recovering highly distributed data. Customers range from mid-size businesses to more than 600 of the world's largest corporations, including Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, EDS, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, SAP, Schlumberger and Toyota. The company's solutions are offered as a subscription service or as licensed software. |
Buy | - |
