M&A Deal Summary

Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Talkwalker

On January 11, 2018, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners acquired information technology company Talkwalker from Main Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 10th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Luxembourg.
Investment Fate
  • Talkwalker was sold to a strategic buyer in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-01-11
Target Talkwalker
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Main Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Talkwalker

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Talkwalker is a social data intelligence company through cutting-edge technology it provides actionable social media insights through real-time social listening and advanced social media analytics. Talkwalker helps marketers to prove the value of their social efforts and enhances the speed and accuracy of business decision-making. Talkwalker’s state-of-the-art social media analytics platform monitors and analyzes online conversations on social networks, news websites, blogs, and forums in 187 languages. Talkwalker was formed in 2009 and is based in Luxembourg.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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 66 of 116
Sector (Information Technology) 10 of 23
Type (Secondary Buyout) 7 of 22
Country (Luxembourg) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-27 Bazaarvoice

Austin, Texas, United States

Bazaarvoice is a social software and data analytics company, brings the voice of customers to the center of business strategy for more than 700 global clients like Best Buy, Costco, Dell, Macy's, P&G, Panasonic, QVC, and USAA. On a monthly basis, more than one-half billion consumers utilize the Bazaarvoice Network to view and share authentic consumer-generated content, including ratings and reviews, as well as curated visual content, across 5,000 brand and retail websites. This visibility into shopper behavior allows Bazaarvoice to capture unique first-party data and insights that enable its targeted advertising and personalization solutions. Bazaarvoice was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-06 ATC

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

ATC is a re-manufacturer of transmissions, engines, advanced battery packs, and related components for light, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. ATC Drivetrain’s services include process and salvage engineering, warranty root cause analysis and testing, machining for repair and salvage of components, and recycling of n on-reclaimable material. ATC was founded in 1994 and is based in Oklahoma City.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Main Capital Partners

The Hague, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 6.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Main Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring enterprise software companies in the Benelux, DACH, Nordics, and the US. Within software, the Firm looks for businesses with scalable business models, recurring revenues, and IP ownership. Main Capital will consider later stage growth capital financings, as well as small to medium-sized buyouts. The Firm's target revenue range is €3 to €100 million. Main Capital Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in The Hague, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 26
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 4
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 10
Country (Luxembourg) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-11 Regas BV

GW Woerden, Netherlands

Regas offers a comprehensive set of software solutions for patient- and health professional monitoring dedicated to amongst others the social services-, youth care- and mental care industry. Its solutions are currently used by more than 600 customers across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-22 SDB Ayton BV

Den Haag, Netherlands

SDB Ayton has been developing and supplying innovative and specialist ICT solutions for the healthcare sector. The company focusses on the elderly- and home care, daycare and disabled care market. SDB Ayton does this with innovative SaaS solutions that customers use to automate HR, salary administration and personnel planning processes. In addition, the company provides a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) proposition that relieves care institutions from the payroll process and financial advice and consultancy services related to AVG legislation.

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