Investment Summary

Pharos Capital Group and Cipio Partners Invest In Time Domain

On September 17, 2007, private equity firm Pharos Capital Group and secondary investor Cipio Partners invested in technology hardware company Time Domain

Investment Highlights
  • This is Pharos Capital Group’s 1st and Cipio Partners’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Pharos Capital Group’s 16th and Cipio Partners’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Pharos Capital Group’s 1st and Cipio Partners’ 1st transaction in Alabama.
Investment Fate
  • Time Domain was sold to a strategic buyer in 2018.

Investment Summary

Date 2007-09-17
Target Time Domain
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Pharos Capital Group
Cipio Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target

Time Domain

Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Time Domain Corporation produces ultra wideband location, sensing, telemetry, and sense through the wall products for commercial, industrial, and military markets. It offers Precision Location Ultra Wideband System (PLUS), a real- time location system that enables enterprises to have location information on their people and assets, as well as brings people and assets together by locating and documenting interactions of staff and patients in healthcare environments, as well as by securing assets, clients, and facilities.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Pharos Capital Group

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Pharos Capital Group is a private equity firm that provides later-stage equity funding to companies at or near cash-flow break even. Investment funds are typically used to support growth, acquisitions, management buyouts, or recapitalization. Pharos looks to commit $20 to $50 million per transaction. Target sectors include healthcare, business services, and technology. Pharos prefers US-based opportunities. Pharos Capital Group was formed in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 39
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Venture M&A Deals 9 of 9
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 16 of 38
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-09 Nursefinders

San Diego, California, United States

Nursefinders, Inc. is a nurse staffing companies to hospitals and other healthcare facilities and a major provider of home healthcare services. Through its network of approximately 120 medical staffing and home health care offices, Nursefinders provides RNs, LPN/LVNs, home health aides, therapists, medical social workers, nursing assistants, companions and other healthcare and medical clerical professionals to more than 4,200 hospitals, nursing homes, healthcare centers and patients across the U.S.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-06 Back Yard Burgers

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Back Yard Burgers is a fast casual, better-burger concept that takes pride in its commitment to providing custom, flame-grilled burgers and sandwiches with care. The company's franchise partners and employees are passionate about offering fresh ingredients, allowing their guests to customize their meals and serve the same high-quality food they would offer at home to their own family. Back Yard Burgers was founded in 1987 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Buy -
Investor

Cipio Partners

Munich, Germany

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Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2003
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cipio Partners is an investment management firm focused on secondary investments, as well as early and later-stage venture capital transactions. Sectors of interest include technology, media, and communications. Cipio Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 27
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 2
Type: Venture M&A Deals 6 of 15
State: Alabama M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 9
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-01 Zolo Technologies

Boulder, California, United States

Zolo Technologies manufactures unique instruments which measure in ultra-harsh environments; from coal-fired power-plants to jet engines. The ability to directly measure the combustion process enables the process to be optimized. For coal-fired power plants this means improved efficiency, increased reliability, and reduced emissions of NOx and CO2, the leading cause of climate change.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-16 u-blox

Thalwil, Switzerland

u-blox is a fabless semiconductor company, provides wireless communications positioning semiconductors and modules for the industrial, automotive. u-blox was founded in 1997 and is based in Thalwil, Switzerland.

Sell -