M&A Deal Summary

Riverside Acquires Netwatch Group

On April 1, 2018, private equity firm Riverside acquired safety/security company Netwatch Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Riverside’s 4th transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is Riverside’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-04-01
Target Netwatch Group
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) Riverside
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Netwatch Group

Carlow, United Kingdom
Netwatch Group provides proactive commercial and residential video surveillance in Europe and North America, the Middle East and Africa. Netwatch Group is based in Carlow, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Riverside

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm that seeks investments in profitable lower middle-market companies valued under $400 million. Riverside looks to invest in growth businesses headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia (primarily Japan and South Korea), that have been in operation for at least five years. Riverside targets investments in a wide array of industries including distribution, automotive, healthcare, education, manufacturing, software, consumer services, plastics, publishing, food, communications, marine, and business services. Riverside was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 230 of 295
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 4 of 9
Type: Consolidation M&A Deals 5 of 10
Country: United Kingdom M&A 6 of 6
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-29 Summit Medical

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Summit Medical is a supplier of single use medical devices to the global market. The company’s products focus on orthopedics and infection control and include cement mixing devices, autologous blood transfusion and wound drainage devices, disposable anti-bacterial hospital privacy curtains and specialist implants used in knee and hip replacements. Summit Medical was founded in 1984 and is based in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-03 Simcro

Hamilton, New Zealand

Simcro Ltd. develops specialized animal merchandise like nozzles, injectors and fan sprays for worldwide pharmaceutical firms like Pfizer Inc , Novartis and Sanofi's animal health unit Merial Ltd.

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