M&A Deal Summary

Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners Acquire Indigo

On July 14, 2016, asset manager Maven Capital Partners and private equity firm YFM Equity Partners acquired communications company Indigo from Team Telecom Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Maven Capital Partners’ 4th and YFM Equity Partners’ 5th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Maven Capital Partners’ 79th and YFM Equity Partners’ 50th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Indigo was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-07-14
Target Indigo
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Maven Capital Partners
YFM Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Team Telecom Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Indigo

Magor, United Kingdom
Indigo is a designer and installer of telecom networks across the UK and Europe, enabling customers such as Vodafone, Sky, and BT to deliver fixed line, broadband, mobile, and other data services to a wide variety of corporate, enterprise, and consumer end users. Indigo was formed in 1998 and is based in Magor, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Maven Capital Partners

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 760M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Maven Capital Partners UK LLP (MCP) invests in lower mid-market companies throughout the UK. The Firm also provides mezzanine financing. MCP focuses on profitable companies with proven track records, balanced management teams, and diverse products and services. Maven looks to invest £2 - £20 million in businesses valued from £10 - £40 million. Sectors of interest include specialist manufacturing, health/pharmaceuticals, energy services, leisure, financial services, software and computer services, communication/IT, chemicals, food/beverage, media, consumer products, and support services. Types of transactions include MBOs, MBIs, BIMBOs, take privates, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Maven Capital Partners UK LLP was formed in 2009, following a management buyout of Aberdeen Asset Management's Private Equity division. Maven is based in Glasgow with additional offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 79 of 221
Sector: Communications M&A 4 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 79 of 218
Year: 2016 M&A 7 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-13 Prime Document

Whitefield, United Kingdom

Prime Document Ltd. is a provider of outsourced document management services, backing the management team’s plans to expand Prime’s footprint into the global electronic document management (EDM) sector, currently growing at around 9% annually according to industry experts, and to expand the sales and marketing capability of the business. Prime Document Ltd. was established in 1999 and is based in Whitefield, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-18 Rockar

South Newbald, United Kingdom

Rockar is a motor retailer that provides customers with access to the services of a traditional dealership online. Rockar has also developed an online solution that helps car manufacturers digitalize their traditional routes to market. Rockar was founded in 2012 and is based in South Newbald, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

YFM Equity Partners

Leeds, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 300M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

YFM Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth oriented investments in UK-based companies. The Firm looks to invest up to £10 million to support a variety of established, growing, and profitable businesses. YFM Equity Partners was formed in 1982 and is based in Leeds, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 91
Sector: Communications M&A 5 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 50 of 90
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-04 Sipsynergy

Eastleigh, United Kingdom

Sipsynergy is a cloud collaboration solutions provider for small to medium-sized businesses. The business has developed a solution that provides a range of communications technologies to SMEs on a cost-effective basis. Sipsynergy has been working closely with technology firm, Cisco, to create the solution which is sold on a white-label basis through IT and telecoms resellers and managed service providers. Sipsynergy was founded in 2011 and is based in Eastleigh, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-17 B2M Solutions

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

B2M Solutions is a provider of software for rugged and industrial enterprise mobile devices. B2M’s real-time mobile intelligence platform helps customers to build devices perfectly suited to real-world applications and enables partners to manage their customer deployments to optimize critical processes, leading to unprecedented operational efficiency. Tracking Key Performance Indicators and using this information provides the springboard for product and service differentiation and puts competitive advantage within grasp. B2M Solutions was founded in 2002 and is based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Team Telecom Group

Derby, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Team Telecom Group Ltd. is a provider of engineering services covering installation, commissioning, 24x7 first line maintenance, network operations and project management to major telecommunications equipment manufacturers and telecommunications network operators.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-08 Red-M Group

Wooburn Green Bucks, United Kingdom

Red-M Group Ltd is a provider of wireless LAN networking infrastructure and security solutions

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