Investment Summary

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Edison Partners and 4C Insights Invest In Kinetiq

On September 21, 2015, asset manager Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, growth capital firm Edison Partners and 4C Insights invested in information technology company Kinetiq

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 4th, Edison Partners’ 2nd and 4C Insights’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 122nd, Edison Partners’ 9th and 4C Insights’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 3rd, Edison Partners’ 2nd and 4C Insights’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-09-21
Target Kinetiq
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Edison Partners
4C Insights
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Kinetiq

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
Kinetiq is a unified TV intelligence network, offering paid and earned media measurement, monitoring and signaling across local, national and global markets. Kinetiq is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 36.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is an alternative investment management firm focused on hedge funds, public funds, energy private equity, growth private equity, real estate private equity, and mezzanine finance opportunities. Kayne's energy private equity group focuses on $20 to $100 million investments in high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. The energy group considers both majority or minority stakes in public and private businesses. Kayne's growth private equity practice involves structured investments in public and private companies looking for capital to finance expansion. This group will also consider middle-market leveraged transactions and management buyouts. Kayne's real estate private equity group invests in established, cash-flow generating projects. Areas of interest include student housing and campus-oriented retail properties, amongst other opportunistic investments. The Group looks for acquisitions of $25 to $100 million. Kayne's mezzanine team looks to provide $20 to $35 million of capital for mid-market businesses with $100 to $500 million of sales and $10 to $50 million of EBITDA. Kayne Capital Advisors was formed in 1984 and is based in Los Angeles with additional offices in Armonk, New York; New York City, and Houston.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 178
Sector: Information Technology M&A 4 of 10
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 28 of 52
State: Pennsylvania M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 122 of 161
Year: 2015 M&A 14 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-14 You.i TV

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

You.i TV provides a proprietary user-interface engine to enterprise-level media and telecommunications companies to create world class video applications that run across multiple media devices, including mobile phones, tablets, game consoles, smart TVs and set-top boxes. You.i TV was founded in 2008 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-30 Crestwood Midstream Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP is a provider of pipeline, gathering and processing, storage and other assets in the midstream energy sector to build a North American midstream business.

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Investor

Edison Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 2.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Edison Partners is a growth capital firm focused on investing in high-growth vertical SaaS, financial technology, healthcare IT and marketplace companies. The Firm looks for businesses with $10 to $40 million in revenue operating throughout the US. Edison Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 60
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 22
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 38
State: Pennsylvania M&A 2 of 4
Country: United States M&A 9 of 56
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-11 TripleLift

New York, New York, United States

TripleLift is a programmatic native advertising platform. The company's technology allows brands to amplify their content through in-feed native ads that match the unique look and feel of thousands of publishers. Publishers leverage TripleLift’s technology to create a new revenue stream through monetizing their in-feed inventory. TripleLift was founded in 2012 and is based in New York City.

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2016-01-01 Dash Solutions

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Dash Solutions provides electronic payment solutions including payroll, expense, gift, reward and incentive card products to employers, financial institutions, and government agencies. Dash Solutions was founded in 1998 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Investor

4C Insights

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

4C Insights, Inc. is a provider of an integrated data analytics and social intelligence platform that allows advertisers to find the most valuable audiences. The 4C product suite includes activation on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Twitter as well as TV synced ads across digital display, mobile, search, social, and video.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Pennsylvania M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-30 Teletrax

London, United Kingdom

Teletrax Ltd. is a provider of advanced and accurate solution for real-time television analytics and cross-screen synchronized marketing campaigns.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-10 Teletrax

London, United Kingdom

Teletrax Ltd. is a provider of advanced and accurate solution for real-time television analytics and cross-screen synchronized marketing campaigns.

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