M&A Deal Summary

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires I/O Concepts Software

On January 1, 2008, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired software company I/O Concepts Software

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Washington.
Investment Fate
  • I/O Concepts Software was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2012.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-01-01
Target I/O Concepts Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed

Target

I/O Concepts Software

Bellevue, Washington, United States
I/O Concepts Software Corp. is a provider of software that helps enterprise data center operations increase IT efficiency and responsiveness, maximize accessibility, and ensure availability of systems using a single, focused and cost-effective event management solution.

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Buyer

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 118
Sector: Software M&A 4 of 35
Type: Special Situations/Distressed M&A Deals 2 of 4
State: Washington M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 83
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 5
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