M&A Deal Summary

Greenwoods Capital Partners and Scorpion Capital Partners Acquire Champion Broadband

On May 7, 2009, private equity firm Greenwoods Capital Partners and Scorpion Capital Partners acquired communications company Champion Broadband

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Greenwoods Capital Partners’ 1st and Scorpion Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Greenwoods Capital Partners’ 5th and Scorpion Capital Partners’ 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Greenwoods Capital Partners’ 2nd and Scorpion Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-05-07
Target Champion Broadband
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Greenwoods Capital Partners
Scorpion Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Champion Broadband

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
Champion Broadband is a provider of advanced video, high-speed internet access, and digital telephony services. The Company's services are supported by one of the most advanced networks in the cable and broadband industry. Champion Broadband was founded in 2003 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Greenwoods Capital Partners

Norfolk, Connecticut, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Greenwoods Capital Partner is a private investment firm focused on acquiring interests in small cap, emerging growth companies valued between $25 and $75 million. The Firm typically targets smaller investments of $1 to $3 million per transaction, to support strategic growth initiatives, corporate restructurings and potential acquisitions. Target sectors include retail, business services, and applied technologies. Prospective companies are generally experiencing double digit revenue and cash flow growth, have acquisition candidates, or have an opportunity to enhance intrinsic value. Greenwoods Capital has offices in Norfolk, Connecticut and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Colorado M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-30 Neterion

Cupertino,, California, United States

Neterion is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters that provide high speed solutions for customers' server and storage systems. It delivers the industry's highest performing line of 10 GbE adapters, allowing IT managers to virtualize many more applications per physical server including the most I/O-intensive ones drastically decreasing costs when deploying virtualized servers.

Buy $18M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-10 Neterion

Cupertino,, California, United States

Neterion is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters that provide high speed solutions for customers' server and storage systems. It delivers the industry's highest performing line of 10 GbE adapters, allowing IT managers to virtualize many more applications per physical server including the most I/O-intensive ones drastically decreasing costs when deploying virtualized servers.

Sell $10M
Buyer

Scorpion Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 120M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Scorpion Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm that partners with management to invest in smaller middle-market companies. Scorpion looks to make equity or equity like investments of $5 to $10 million in businesses with $10 to $100 million of revenue and EBITDA of $4 to $25 million. The Firm will consider both control and minority investment to support growth capital needs, recapitlizations, divestitures, take privates, and family successions. Scorpion has no industry focus, however the Firm will not invest in real estate, gaming, tobacco, biotechnology, software development, as well as start-up and early stage ventures. Scorpion Capital Partners was originally established in 1995 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 12
Sector: Communications M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Colorado M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 12 of 12
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-01 Cheniere Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Cheniere Energy is an energy company that primarily engages in the development, construction, ownership, and operation of onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals and natural gas pipelines along the Gulf Coast of the United States. Cheniere Energy was founded in 1983 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Buy $250M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-10 Neterion

Cupertino,, California, United States

Neterion is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters that provide high speed solutions for customers' server and storage systems. It delivers the industry's highest performing line of 10 GbE adapters, allowing IT managers to virtualize many more applications per physical server including the most I/O-intensive ones drastically decreasing costs when deploying virtualized servers.

Sell $10M