M&A Deal Summary

Monolith Holdings Acquires 1st Holdings

On May 23, 2013, Monolith Holdings acquired software company 1st Holdings from Advantage Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Monolith Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Monolith Holdings’ 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-05-23
Target 1st Holdings
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Monolith Holdings
Sellers(s) Advantage Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

1st Holdings

Tokyo, Japan
R&D, Sales and support of business software package.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Monolith Holdings

United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Monolith Holdings, Inc. based in UK.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advantage Partners

Singapore, Japan

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 4.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Partners LLP is a Japanese private equity firm focused on investing public and private companies. Advantage targets businesses operating in the fields of distribution/retail, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT/software and financial services. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including corporate divestitures, acquisitions, buyouts, public to private, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Advantage Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 29
Sector (Software) 6 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 19
Country (Japan) 18 of 26
Year (2013) 3 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Credge Limited engages in planning, manufacturing, and sales of clothing for women, men.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-26 Ray Cassin

Tokyo , Japan

Ray Cassin engages in Planning, manufacturing, wholesale, and sales of women’s fashion and general merchandise. Ray Cassin has been active and has successfully established itself in the “Young Women’s Fashion Market”. The Company has multiple well-known brand names such as Ray Cassin, DOUBLE NAME, and mjuka. Ray Cassin was established in 1994 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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