M&A Deal Summary

MetaSolv Software Acquires Orchestream Holdings

On March 19, 2003, MetaSolv Software acquired software company Orchestream Holdings from Kennet Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MetaSolv Software’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is MetaSolv Software’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-03-19
Target Orchestream Holdings
Sector Software
Buyer(s) MetaSolv Software
Sellers(s) Kennet Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Orchestream Holdings

London, United Kingdom
Orchestream provided software to manage Internet protocol (IP) services across carrier and enterprise networks.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MetaSolv Software

Plano, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

MetaSolv offers communications service providers a comprehensive product set for OSS service fulfillment - including provisioning, network inventory and activation. MetaSolv's standards-based solutions support all types of services including next-generation IMS, VoIP, IPTV, IP VPN, broadband and mobile services, as well as traditional voice and data services.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kennet Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kennet Partners is a private investment firm that invests in fast-growing companies providing information technology products and technology-enabled services. Kennet typically commits $10 to $50 million of equity per transaction in companies with revenues up to $50 million. The Firm generally invests in businesses located in Western Europe and the US. In addition to providing growth capital, Kennet also finances private mergers, shareholder liquidity needs, corporate divestitures or spin-outs, and restructuring situations. Kennet Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 41
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 17
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 32
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 14
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-08-13 Monis Software

London, United Kingdom

Monis Software Ltd. is a provider of software for pricing, analysis, and hedging solutions for convertible bonds and other equity-linked securities.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-01 MedeAnalytics

Richardson, Texas, United States

MedeAnalytics provides evidence-based insights to solve a real problem that plagues healthcare – how to use the immense amount of patient data collected along the care continuum to deliver cost-effective care and promote a healthier population. Its analytics platform delivers intelligence that helps healthcare organizations detect their greatest areas of risk and identify opportunities to improve their financial health. It empowers providers and health plans to collaborate and use data to strengthen their operations and improve the quality of care. MedeAnalytics was founded in 1994 and is based in Richardson, Texas.

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