M&A Deal Summary

ISID Acquires Brainyworks

On March 12, 2001, ISID acquired software company Brainyworks from Advantage Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ISID’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is ISID’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-03-12
Target Brainyworks
Sector Software
Buyer(s) ISID
Sellers(s) Advantage Partners
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Brainyworks

Tokyo, Japan
Brainyworks Ltd. provides software packages for operation and maintenance process.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ISID

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1975
Sector Information Technology
Employees4,413
Revenue 152.6B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

ISID is a computer time-sharing service (TSS) provider. ISID was founded in 1975 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-17 PT. Ebiz Cipta Solusi

Jakarta, Indonesia

PT. Ebiz Cipta Solusi is an IT company engaged in sales of self-developed and third party’s software solutions as well as the provision of technical support services. PT. Ebiz Cipta Solusi is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advantage Partners

Singapore, Singapore

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 4.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Partners LLP is a Japanese private equity firm focused on investing public and private companies. Advantage targets businesses operating in the fields of distribution/retail, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT/software and financial services. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including corporate divestitures, acquisitions, buyouts, public to private, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Advantage Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 36
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 2 of 33
Year: 2001 M&A 2 of 2
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Tokyo, Japan

Actus Co., Ltd. is a Specialty Retail - Imported Furniture.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-07-01 Keyport Solutions

Tokyo, Japan

Systems Integration, Software Development.

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