Investment Summary

Monitor Clipper Partners Invests In Accellos

On September 30, 2008, private equity firm Monitor Clipper Partners invested in software company Accellos

Investment Highlights
  • This is Monitor Clipper Partners’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Monitor Clipper Partners’ 23rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Monitor Clipper Partners’ 1st transaction in Colorado.
Investment Fate
  • Accellos was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-09-30
Target Accellos
Sector Software
Investor(s) Monitor Clipper Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target

Accellos

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Accellos is a supply chain execution software provider focused on solutions for logistics service providers and small and medium sized business (SMB).

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Monitor Clipper Partners


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) is a private equity group formed by consulting firm The Monitor Group and private equity firm The Clipper Group. MCP targets private equity investments in middle-market companies in North America and Western Europe and looks to commit $10 to $70 million of equity per transaction. MCP does not focus on any particular sector but current portfolio companies suggest an interest in business services, natural/organic foods, specialty retail, health care services, gaming, logistics, mortgage technology, marketing services, financial services and metals. The Firm will consider both control and minority positions. Monitor Clipper Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with additional offices in Zurich, Switzerland, Toronto, Canada, Luxembourg and London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 41
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 2
Type: Venture M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 23 of 33
Year: 2008 M&A 4 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-01 American Fibers and Yarns Co.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

American Fibers and Yarns is a domestic producer of polypropylene fiber and yarn for a variety of end-use applications including home furnishings, automotive, and apparel as well as polyphenylene sulfide staple fibers for high-performance applications such as hot gas filtration.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-01 Papyrus-Recycled Greetings

Chicago, Illinois, United States

RPG designs, manufactures and distributes a humorous and affectionate line of everyday and seasonal greeting cards and other social expression products throughout the U.S. and Canada. RPG sells over 100 million cards to over 17,500 retail stores in the U.S. and Canada through most major channels of distribution including mass merchandisers, chain drug stores and supermarkets.

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