Investment Summary

KKR Invests In dataX

On August 7, 2019, private equity firm KKR invested in internet software and services company dataX

Investment Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 24th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is KKR’s 7th transaction in Japan.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-08-07
Target dataX
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) KKR
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

dataX

Tokyo, Japan
dataX offers a solution called ‘b-dash’, an integrated data-driven marketing SaaS platform. dataX was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

KKR

New York, New York, United States

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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 317 of 500
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 24 of 38
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 55 of 82
Country: Japan M&A 7 of 13
Year: 2019 M&A 21 of 33
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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