M&A Deal Summary

KKR Acquires Yayoi

On December 17, 2021, private equity firm KKR acquired software company Yayoi from Orix

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 21st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is KKR’s 10th transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-12-17
Target Yayoi
Sector Software
Buyer(s) KKR
Sellers(s) Orix
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Yayoi

Tokyo, Japan
Yayoi is a financial and accounting software service company. Yayoi also provides software related to other functions, including payroll, sales force automation and customer relations management. Yayoi was founded in 1978 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B 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 419 of 500
Sector: Software M&A 21 of 23
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 46 of 54
Country: Japan M&A 10 of 13
Year: 2021 M&A 51 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-16 Reintel

Madrid, Spain

Reintel is a neutral infrastructure telecom provider focused on leasing dark fiber optic backbone network. Reintel was founded in 1997 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-23 Spark Infrastructure

Barangaroo, Australia

Spark Infrastructure owns and manages a portfolio of electricity infrastructure assets. Spark Infrastructure was founded in 2005 and is based in Barangaroo, Australia.

Buy AU$5.2B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Orix

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1950
Sector Financial Services
Employees33,982
Revenue 1.83T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Orix is a financial company engaged in financing, leasing and financial instrument selling. The Maintenance Leasing segment provides automobile leasing service, car renting, measuring equipment leasing. Orix was founded in 1950 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: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-11 Greenko

Hyderabad, India

Greenko acquires self-sustainable and profitable renewable energy plants with no technology risks, with the aim to invest in forward and backward integration platforms to produce value-added processed agricultural and energy products. Greenko was founded in 2004 and is based in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-01 Lines

Tokyo, Japan

Lines engaged in the development and sales of educational software, with its strength in digital workbooks for elementary and junior high schools. Lines was founded in 2005 and is based in Tokyo, japan.

Buy -