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Investment Summary

Searchlight Capital Partners Invests In Shift4

On June 1, 2016, private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners invested in information technology company Shift4

Investment Highlights
  • This is Searchlight Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Searchlight Capital Partners’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Searchlight Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Pennsylvania.
Investment Fate
  • Shift4 went public in 2020.

Investment Summary
Date 2016-06-01
Target Shift4
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Searchlight Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi (CSG Law) (Legal)

Target

Shift4

Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
Shift4 is a provider of secure payment processing solutions, powering the top point-of-sale and software providers across numerous verticals, including Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Lodging, Gaming, Retail, and e-Commerce. This includes the company’s Harbortouch, Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS brands, as well as over 300 additional software integrations in virtually every industry. With eight offices across the U.S. and Europe, 7,000 sales partners, and three state-of-the-art data centers, the company securely processes over 1 billion transactions annually for nearly 200,000 businesses, representing over $100 billion in payments each year. Shift4 was formed in 1999 and is based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Searchlight Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2010
PE ASSETS 860M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Searchlight Capital Partners is a private investment firm founded in 2010. The Firm will invest across the capital structure, including equity and debt and will consider a variety of transaction situations, from simple to complex. Areas of focus include communications, media, information, IT services, business services, financial services, consumer services, consumer products, education, and industrial goods/services. The Firm will consider opportunities across North America and Europe. Searchlight Capital has offices in New York, London, and Toronto.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 39
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 4 of 13
State: Pennsylvania M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 7 of 21
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 3
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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