M&A Deal Summary

Partners Group and eyeo Acquire Softonic

On February 28, 2013, asset manager Partners Group and eyeo acquired software company Softonic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Partners Group’s 1st and eyeo’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Partners Group’s 1st and eyeo’s 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-02-28
Target Softonic
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Partners Group
eyeo
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) NOAH Advisors (Financial)

Target

Softonic

Barcelona, Spain
Softonic is a multiplatform software guide that allows users to explore, download and manage software applications on multiple devices in more than ten different languages. Softonic was formed in 1997 and is based in Barcelona. Spain.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Partners Group

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 174.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Partners Group is a global investment management firm with a variety of funds and institutional clients. The Firm's direct investment group looks to invest in or acquire market leading companies with growth opportunities linked to technology. Partners is a hands-on investor and looks to actively support its portfolio companies with expansion, operational, and governance structure support. Partners Group was established in 1996 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 97
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 8 of 53
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-01 International Schools Partnership

London, United Kingdom

International Schools Partnership operates 50 schools across 15 countries, serving more than 45,000 students aged 2-18 years. ISP's growing group of private schools have over 8,000 staff and are located in USA, Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, Mexico, and Peru. International Schools Partnership was founded in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-26 Movate

Plano, Texas, United States

Movate is a global technology consulting and support company. Movate delivers on customers' need to transform technology-driven business processes. Movate’s mission is to have “100% reference-able customers”, and delivers services across technology support, remote infrastructure management, virtualization, and mobility from 13 locations globally. Movate was founded in 1996 and is based in Plano, Texas.

Buy $270M
Buyer

eyeo

Cologne, Germany

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

eyeo GmbH is a developer of Adblock Plus is used by over 100 million users worldwide. The built-in Acceptable Ads program is a unique approach to creating better online advertising that other ad blockers have employed as well, allowing it to reach more than 130 million users. eyeo was formed in 2011 and is based in Cologne, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-05 Flattr AB

Malmo, Sweden

Flattr AB is a provider of cloud based micropayment services to promote and sustain a free and open internet by allowing users to value online content and support creators monetarily to help them create more awesomeness. Flattr AB was formed in 2011 and is based in Malmo, Sweden.

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