Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2008-08-01 |
| Target | Cheniere Energy |
| Sector | Energy Services and Equipment |
| Investor(s) |
Scorpion Capital Partners
The Blackstone Group |
| Deal Type | Venture |
| Deal Value | 250M USD |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| PE ASSETS | 120M USD |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 11 of 12 |
| Sector (Energy Services and Equipment) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Venture) | 5 of 5 |
| State (Texas) | 2 of 2 |
| Country (United States) | 11 of 12 |
| Year (2008) | 4 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 4 |
| 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 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-07 |
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. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 131.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Blackstone Group is a global alternative investment management firm. The Firm's investment activities span real estate, secondary investments, hedge funds, credit, infrastructure, and private equity. Blackstone's private equity group targets opportunities globally including buyout acquisitions of established companies, development projects, growth equity financings, and industry consolidations. Sectors of interest include automotive, healthcare, chemicals, industrial, commercial property, lodging, communications, media/publishing, consumer & retail, packaging, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, theme parks, food & beverage, and transportation. Blackstone's private equity real estate group looks for opportunities across North/South America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe. The real estate group will consider both equity and debt investments. Areas of interest include healthcare, hotel, industrial, office, residential, and retail. The Blackstone Group was formed in 1987 and is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 129 of 336 |
| Sector (Energy Services and Equipment) | 4 of 9 |
| Type (Venture) | 4 of 6 |
| State (Texas) | 13 of 33 |
| Country (United States) | 91 of 211 |
| Year (2008) | 10 of 14 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 143 of 172 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-31 |
Optiv
Denver, Colorado, United States Optiv is a provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions. The company help clients plan, build and run successful cybersecurity programs that achieve business objectives through depth and breadth of cybersecurity offerings, extensive capabilities and proven expertise in cybersecurity strategy, managed security services, incident response, risk and compliance, security consulting, training, and support, integration, and architecture services, and security technology. Optiv was founded in 2002 and is based in Denver, Colorado. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-21 |
Osum Oil Sands
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Osum Oil Sands Corp is a privately-held company focused on bitumen extraction. Osum is positioned in the thermal trend of the Cold Lake oil sands region of Canada, where a substantial majority of the country’s current “in situ” bitumen is produced. Osum Oil Sands was founded in 2006 and is based in Calgary, Alberta. |
Buy | CA$275M |
