M&A Deal Summary

Mustard Capital Partners Acquires Rising Data Solutions

On July 1, 2007, private equity firm Mustard Capital Partners acquired information technology company Rising Data Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mustard Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Mustard Capital Partners’ 8th transaction in Ghana.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-01
Target Rising Data Solutions
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Mustard Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Rising Data Solutions

Accra, Ghana
Established in January 2002 as a subsidiary of Rising Data Solutions LLC US, Rising Data Solutions - Ghana started as a software development and business process outsourcing company. The company now provides outsourced call centre services for both inbound customer support and outbound sales , data and voice transcription services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Mustard Capital Partners

Accra, Ghana

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 32M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Jacana Partners (formerly Fidelity Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on investments in West Africa. Jacana has specific interest in opportunities located in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Target sectors include consumer products and services, agri-business, food and beverage, distribution, media, information technology, telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, tourism, hospitality and manufacturing. The Firm prefers to make 'significant' minority investments (about 25%). Jacana Partners was established in 1997 and is located in Accra, Ghana with addtional offices in London, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 21
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Ghana M&A 8 of 14
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-01 Premier Milling

Monrovia, Liberia

Premier Milling is a private limited liability company that produces high-quality wheat flour. Premier Milling was founded in 2004 and is based in Monrovia, Liberia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-01 Emerald Properties

Accra, Ghana

Emerald Properties is a property developer that creates luxury homes in prime locations of Accra at competitive prices. Emerald Properties was founded in 2000 and is based in Accra, Ghana.

Buy -