M&A Deal Summary

NitroSecurity Acquires Ripple Technologies

On July 15, 2008, NitroSecurity acquired software company Ripple Technologies from NewSpring Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NitroSecurity’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is NitroSecurity’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is NitroSecurity’s 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-07-15
Target Ripple Technologies
Sector Software
Buyer(s) NitroSecurity
Sellers(s) NewSpring Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Agile Equity (Financial)

Target

Ripple Technologies

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
Ripple Technologies, Inc. provides data access and database monitoring solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NitroSecurity

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Information Technology
Employees62
DESCRIPTION

NitroSecurity is a provider of intrusion prevention systems (IPS), one of the fastest-growing network security segments. In contrast to traditional detection methods that react to infiltrations after they've occurred, intrusion prevention systems can proactively block attacks in real time before they enter a corporate network. NitroSecurity combines considerable research and development depth with top-notch sales and marketing talent ? a rare combination for early-stage security entities.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Pennsylvania M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NewSpring Capital

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 3.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

NewSpring Capital is a private investment firm focused on growth companies in the Mid-Atlantic US. The Firm can provide both growth equity and junior capital to prospective companies. NewSpring's target investment size for both mezzanine and equity financing is $2 to $5 million, although for new ventures, the Firm can commit up to $10 million. Sectors of interest include specialty manufacturing, technology, business services, information technology, life science, healthcare services, and medical devices. NewSpring Capital was formed in 1999 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Short Hills, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 92
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 52
State: Pennsylvania M&A 2 of 25
Country: United States M&A 6 of 91
Year: 2008 M&A 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-09 Thermacore

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Thermacore, Inc. is specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high performance thermal management systems and components for the computer, military, aerospace, energy conversion, medical, and telecommunications markets.

Buy $13M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-13 TMG Health

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

TMG Health, Inc. is a national provider of Business Process Outsourcing solutions for Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and Managed Medicaid plans. With more than 19 years of experience in providing technology-enabled services to the government market exclusively, our knowledge of health plan processes, regulatory requirements, and the daily challenges plans face within the government market is second to none.

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