M&A Deal Summary

RightNow Technologies Acquires Q-go.com b.v.

On January 1, 2011, RightNow Technologies acquired internet software and services company Q-go.com b.v. from Prime Ventures and Newion Partners B.V.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RightNow Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is RightNow Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-01
Target Q-go.com b.v.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) RightNow Technologies
Sellers(s) Prime Ventures
Newion Partners B.V.
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Q-go.com b.v.

Diemen, Netherlands
Q-go.com b.v. is a website search solutions in a software-as-a-service.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RightNow Technologies

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees1,033
DESCRIPTION

RightNow Technologies provides Internet-based customer support software and service solutions that deliver rapid time-to-benefit and quick return on investment.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-22 Salesnet

Duluth, Georgia, United States

Salesnet Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service customer relationship management (CRM) software specializing in managing and reinforcing successful sales performance.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Prime Ventures

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 750M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Prime Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries. Prime is based in Amsterdam with an additional office in Cambridge.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 19
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 15
Country: Netherlands M&A 5 of 15
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-01 Nedstat BV

Diemen, Netherlands

Nedstat is a provider of services for measuring, reporting and analyzing website traffic.

Sell $37M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-19 Liquavista BV

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Liquavista BV is a developer of electronic display technology called “electrowetting.” Electrowetting technology has the potential to create bright and colorful images that ensure excellent indoor and outdoor readability while using less battery power than traditional displays.

Sell -
DESCRIPTION

Newion is an early-stage investor in enterprise software companies located across Western and Northern Europe. Specific areas of interest include application development, IT management, cloud computing, business intelligence, customer insights, and customer experience management. Newion was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 10
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 9
Country: Netherlands M&A 4 of 10
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-17 LedNed

Helmond, Netherlands

LedNed develops, produces, and sells high-quality led lighting solutions. LedNed was formed in 2005 and is based in Helmond, Netherlands.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-11 Vector Fabrics B.V.

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Vector Fabrics B.V. specialized in programming tools for the design, analysis and parallelization of multi-core software.

Buy -