Investment Summary

Red Barn Investments Exits CoreXchange

On March 6, 2014, Zayo invested in internet software and services company CoreXchange from Red Barn Investments

Investment Highlights
  • This is Zayo’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Zayo’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Zayo’s 2nd transaction in Colorado.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-03-06
Target CoreXchange
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Zayo
Sellers(s) Red Barn Investments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

CoreXchange

Boulder, Colorado, United States
CoreXchange is a data center, bandwidth and managed services provider. CoreXchange’s online presence that facilitates simple, real-time online sales and ordering of colocation services.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Zayo

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Communications
Employees3,700
Revenue 2.6B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.

Zayo is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo's services allow its customers, which include telecom carriers, wireless service providers, media and content companies, and other bandwidth-intensive businesses, to transport data, voice, video, and internet traffic, as well as to interconnect their networks. Zayo was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 36
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 20 of 33
State: Colorado M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 18 of 29
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-07 FiberLink

Chicago, Illinois, United States

FiberLink, LLC (“FiberLink”), a Midwest-based dark fiber operator.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-28 Neo Telecoms

Paris, France

Neo Telecoms is a metropolitan optical fiber operator and an international hosting and IP services provider.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Red Barn Investments

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Red Barn Investments is a private equity firm that seeks investments in small and middle-market companies. Red Barn targets profitable companies with sustainable competitive advantages and diverse customers. Red Barn looks to invest $1 to $5 million (equity or quasi-equity securities) in transactions valued greater than $25 million. Sectors of interest include business services, software, niche manufacturing, consumer products/services, media/entertainment, energy, retail, and healthcare services. Red Barn Investments was founded in 2000 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-09 Prime Visibility

New York, New York, United States

Prime Visibility LLC is a provider of contextual and behavioral advertising solutions for advertisers and publishers through its own online ad network, and Prime Visibility, a rapidly expanding search engine marketing (SEM) company specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) and PPC Search Engine Internet Marketing.

Sell £22M