Stake Purchase • Internet Software and Services

Madison Dearborn Partners Invests In Quickplay Media Co.

On July 9, 2012, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners invested in internet software and services company Quickplay Media Co.

Investment Context
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 1st transaction in Ontario.
Investment Fate
  • Quickplay Media Co. was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2016.
  • Quickplay Media Co. was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2020.

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Investment Summary

Date July 9, 2012
Target Quickplay Media Co.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Madison Dearborn Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) William Blair (Financial)
Stikeman Elliott (Legal)

Target Company

Quickplay Media Co.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Quickplay Media Co. is a cloud-based mobile video platform that allows pay-TV operators, wireless carriers, and content providers to outsource the collection, storage, manipulation, and delivery of audio and video content to IP-connected devices such as smartphones and tablets. QuickPlay was formed in 2004 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Madison Dearborn Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 52 of 104
Sector: Internet Software and Services 2 of 6
Type: Stake Purchase 10 of 13
State: Ontario 1 of 5
Country: Canada 1 of 5
Year: 2012 3 of 6
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-09 Bolthouse Farms

Bakersfield, California, United States

Bolthouse Farms is a vertically integrated carrot and premium beverage manufacturer and distributor serving a broad customer base, including traditional retail grocery stores, mass merchants, club stores, and the natural foods channel. Bolthouse Farms was founded in 1915 and is based in Bakersfield, California.

Sell $1.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-02 Bway

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Bway Corp. is a manufacturer and distributor of metal and rigid plastic containers that are used primarily for packaging of industrial and consumer products.

Sell $1.2B