Investment Summary

Mercato Partners Invests In Galileo

On May 12, 2014, growth capital firm Mercato Partners invested in information technology company Galileo

Investment Highlights
  • This is Mercato Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Mercato Partners’ 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Mercato Partners’ 8th transaction in Utah.

Investment Summary
Date 2014-05-12
Target Galileo
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Mercato Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Galileo

Sandy, Utah, United States
Galileo is a payment processing technology company provides payment processing solutions. Galileo was founded in 2000 and is based in Sandy, Utah.

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Investor

Mercato Partners

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2007
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mercato Partners is a private equity firm focused on later stage growth capital financings. Mercato generally targets minority investments in high growth technology and consumer businesses with $5 to $50 million in annual sales. The Firm looks for profitable, US-based companies where additional capital can help continue expansion opportunities. Mercato Partners is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 29
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 6 of 9
State (Utah) 8 of 16
Country (United States) 10 of 28
Year (2014) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-10 Primary Data

Sandy, Utah, United States

Primary Data is an emerging enterprise software company towards the next evolution in software-defined data center technologies. Primary Data is based in Sandy, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-23 Fusion-io

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Fusion-io, is a developer of flash-based PCIe hardware and software solutions that enhance application performance in enterprise and hyperscale datacenters.

Sell $1.1B
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