M&A Deal Summary

LANDesk Software Acquires AppSense

On March 14, 2016, LANDesk Software acquired software company AppSense from The Goldman Sachs Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LANDesk Software’s 4th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is LANDesk Software’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LANDesk Software’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-03-14
Target AppSense
Sector Software
Buyer(s) LANDesk Software
Sellers(s) The Goldman Sachs Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AppSense

New York, New York, United States
AppSense is a provider of user virtualization solutions for enterprises, makes physical and virtual desktop deployment possible by ensuring a seamless user experience across all delivery platforms. AppSense accelerates multi-platform desktop deployments by eliminating costly user management tools, enabling single-image application delivery, and ensuring users have the same experience from any desktop. AppSense is based in New York City.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LANDesk Software

South Jordan, Utah, United States

Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

LANDesk Software, Inc. is a provider of desktop and security management software solutions. LANDesk software solutions maximize user productivity while reducing the associated IT complexities, risks, and costs to the business. Its products focus on systems management, security management, and asset lifecycle management for IT devices, servers, and networks.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Software M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-31 Xtraction Solutions Pty

Hawthorn, Australia

Xtraction Solutions Pty Ltd. is a provider of data-aggregation technology allows IT organizations to connect multiple data sources into a single, easy-to-use solution that allows even non-technical users to quickly visualize the state of their IT environment and make informed decisions to improve processes, technology, projects, security and service levels across the business.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Goldman Sachs Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1869
Sector Financial Services
Employees46,500
Revenue 53.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

The Goldman Sachs Group is an investment banking, securities and investment management firm. The Firm offers a range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The Goldman Sachs Group was founded in 1869 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 7
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 6
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 ReNew Power

Gurgaon, India

ReNew Power is an independent power producer (IPP) with an expanding portfolio of assets, delivering cleaner, smarter energy choices and reducing India’s carbon footprint. ReNew Power has utility-scale wind and solar energy projects as well as renewable energy projects catering to the energy requirements of commercial and industrial customers while helping reduce India’s carbon footprint. ReNew Power was founded in 2011 and is based in Gurgaon, Haryana.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-23 Honest Dollar

Austin, Texas, United States

Honest Dollar develops retirement products for underserved audiences that work for everyone: employee, employer and the economy. Honest Dollar’s mission is to remove potential barriers that keep these underserved audiences from establishing and maintaining retirement accounts. By focusing on IRA-based programs rather than 401(k)s, Honest Dollar offers retirement solutions that work for employees, self-employed individuals and independent contractors.

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