Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Internet Software and Services

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Lengow

On February 15, 2021, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired internet software and services company Lengow

Acquisition Context

This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 26th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in France.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	February 15, 2021
Target	Lengow
Sector	Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s)	Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Lengow

Nantes, France

Lengow is an e-commerce automation platform that connects brands and online sales channels and enables its customers to streamline their e-commerce strategies across multiple channels to improve performance, automate business processes and grow internationally. Lengow was founded in 2009 and is based in Nantes, France.

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Buyer

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	2005
PE ASSETS	10.0B USD
Size	Mega
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	92 of 118
Sector: Internet Software and Services	26 of 40
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	27 of 32
Country: France	2 of 4
Year: 2021	2 of 11

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2021-02-03	Uniface Amsterdam, Netherlands Uniface is a provider of model-driven, low-code application development and deployment software. Uniface was founded in 1984 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.	Sell	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2021-02-03

Uniface

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Uniface is a provider of model-driven, low-code application development and deployment software. Uniface was founded in 1984 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sell

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2021-02-16	DTC Ashburn, Virginia, United States DTC is an established technology provider for high bandwidth wireless communications with specialist capabilities in MIMO Mesh networks (next generation software-defined networks where multiple antennas stream data to and from devices across a network that is self-forming and self-healing). DTC was formed in 1979 and is based in Ashburn, Virginia.	Sell	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2021-02-16

DTC

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

DTC is an established technology provider for high bandwidth wireless communications with specialist capabilities in MIMO Mesh networks (next generation software-defined networks where multiple antennas stream data to and from devices across a network that is self-forming and self-healing). DTC was formed in 1979 and is based in Ashburn, Virginia.