M&A Deal Summary

SFW Capital Partners Acquires act!

On May 23, 2018, private equity firm SFW Capital Partners acquired software company act! from Accel-KKR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-05-23
Target act!
Sector Software
Buyer(s) SFW Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Accel-KKR
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

act!

Denver, Colorado, United States
act! is a provider of customer relationship management software and related information management solutions to small-and-medium-sized businesses. act! was founded in 2001 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SFW Capital Partners

Rye, New York, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in US based, lower middle market companies that provide analytical tools or related outsourced analytical services. Specific areas of interest include test, measurement, and control instruments, as well as analytical software and information services. SFW primarily seeks control positions where the firm can commit $25 to $200 million per transaction. SFW Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 20
Sector (Software) 3 of 4
Type (Secondary Buyout) 3 of 4
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 12 of 19
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-17 Devada

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, United States

Devada is a provider of software-developer-focused technical information and content and related community management software solutions. Devada is comprised of two business units DZone Media and AnswerHub. Devada was founded in 2005 and is based in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-27 Spectro Scientific

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Spectro Scientific, Inc. is a provider of machine condition monitoring solutions for critical assets in high-value industrial applications. Spectro provides both lab-based and onsite instrumentation, consumables and cloud-based software analytics to help customers determine and monitor the condition of fluids in mission-critical equipment. Spectro Scientific, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Sell $190M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Accel-KKR

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Accel-KKR is a private equity firm that seeks control and growth-oriented investments in middle-market technology companies. The Firm targets investments in public and private companies with revenues ranging from $15 to $150 million. Accel-KKR pursues transactions across multiple segments of the technology industry, including software, hardware and internet technologies, and IT enabled services. Accel-KKR's first fund was created in 2000 by Accel Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to invest in technology assets and businesses that were outside of each firm's core focus. Accel-KKR is based in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 53
Sector (Software) 11 of 23
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 16
State (Colorado) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 17 of 43
Year (2018) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-03 ToolsGroup

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

ToolsGroup is a provider of ‘Powerfully Simple’ supply chain planning software for companies experiencing demand volatility. Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers such as Harley-Davidson, Absolut Vodka, and Luxottica use our self-learning demand forecasting to regularly beat consensus forecasts in a fraction of the time and effort, even for the most challenging low-volume items. They shrink inventory and reduced planning overhead while stepping up customer service levels to boost revenue. ToolsGroup was founded in 1993 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-18 Continuity

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Continuity is a provider of regulatory technology (RegTech) solutions that automate compliance management for financial institutions of all sizes. By combining regulatory expertise and cloud technology, Continuity’s solutions are designed to automate all aspects of compliance management, from interpretation of regulatory issuances through intuitive task delegation, vendor management, and board reporting. Continuity was founded in 2008 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

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