M&A Deal Summary

NVT Group Acquires Data Physics

On January 1, 2015, NVT Group acquired test/measurement equipment company Data Physics from Battery Ventures and Monroe Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NVT Group’s 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is NVT Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is NVT Group’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-01
Target Data Physics
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) NVT Group
Sellers(s) Battery Ventures
Monroe Capital
Deal Type Merger

Target

Data Physics

San Jose, California, United States
Data Physics Corporation designs and manufactures test and measurement equipment and software for acoustic testing, machinery diagnostics, shock and drop testing, structural vibration testing, and shaker testing applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NVT Group

Burlington, Washington, United States

Category Company
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
DESCRIPTION

NVT Group is a platform company which focuses on measuring, simulating and analyzing the effects of vibration, noise, shock, and other environmental variables for the benefit of a variety of industries. NVT Group is Burlington, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Battery Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 13.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Battery Ventures is a private investment firm focused on opportunities in the technology and related-sectors. Battery will invest at all company stages, from seed and early-stage capital situations to leveraged buyouts, PIPEs, spin outs, rollups and take-privates of established companies. Battery's private equity group focuses on investments in companies with revenue of $5 to $200 million and EBITDA up to $25 million. Battery can commit up to $100 million in equity per transaction. Specific areas of interest include software; IT services and outsourcing; communications components, systems, and services; and financial services and tech-enabled businesses. Battery will consider investments throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Battery Ventures was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 63
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 3 of 5
Type (Merger) 2 of 4
State (California) 5 of 12
Country (United States) 28 of 51
Year (2015) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 NVT Group

Burlington, Washington, United States

NVT Group is a platform company which focuses on measuring, simulating and analyzing the effects of vibration, noise, shock, and other environmental variables for the benefit of a variety of industries. NVT Group is Burlington, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-05 Data Innovations

South Burlington, Vermont, United States

Data Innovations LLC is a clinical and blood laboratory middleware company. Through more than 40 industry business partnerships and directly with laboratory end users, DI has installed over 6,500 middleware systems in 65 countries. The company’s Instrument Manager (IM) and Laboratory Production Manager (LPM) represent the most complete offerings in the market for pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical sample processing and non analytical tasks such as equipment maintenance. With a focus solely on laboratory data management and offices in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, and the United Kingdom, DI is the only middleware company with a true global scope.

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SELLER

Monroe Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Lender
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 14.1B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Monroe Capital is a provider of senior and junior debt and equity co-investments to middle-market companies in the US and Canada. Investment types include unitranche financings, cash flow and enterprise value based loans, asset based loans, acquisition facilities, mezzanine debt, second lien or last-out loans and equity co-investments. Monroe Capital is a generalist investor and will consider companies in the healthcare, technology, media, retail, consumer sectors. Monroe Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 53
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 3
State (California) 1 of 8
Country (United States) 8 of 53
Year (2015) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-17 Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams

Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is a manufacturer of high-quality furniture in the U.S. The company's innovative and stylish products are sold in many of the country's specialty home furnishings retailers, catalog retailers, and the company's signature stores. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams was founded in 1989 and is based in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-08 Incipio

Irvine, California, United States

Incipio is a designer and manufacturer of mobile device accessories and technology. Incipio is widely recognized for consistently creating a state of the art protective solutions for the mobile industry. Incipio was founded in 1999 and is based in Irvine, California.

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