M&A Deal Summary

KKR Acquires Emerald Media

On November 2, 2015, private equity firm KKR acquired business services company Emerald Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 5th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is KKR’s 8th transaction in India.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-02
Target Emerald Media
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) KKR
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Emerald Media

Mumbai, India
Emerald Media is a Pan-Asian platform that provides growth capital to media, entertainment, and digital media companies and looks to acquire control or significant minority positions in growing public and private media companies. Emerald Media was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, India.

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Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 510.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 189 of 483
Sector (Business Services) 5 of 17
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 33 of 66
Country (India) 8 of 26
Year (2015) 24 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-02 China International Capital

Beijing, China

China International Capital Corporation is a provider of financial services in Mainland China and internationally. Its business scope includes economic, securities, and market research, debt and equity issuance and underwriting, merger and acquisition advisory, equity sales, and trading, fixed income, principal investment, asset management, wealth management, private equity, and investment advisory. China International Capital Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Beijing, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-13 GetYourGuide

Berlin, Germany

GetYourGuide is an independent online marketplace for discovering and booking travel activities worldwide. GetYourGuide was formed in 2009 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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