Investment Summary

SFW Capital Partners Invests In Devada

On October 17, 2017, private equity firm SFW Capital Partners invested in software company Devada

Investment Highlights
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SFW Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in North Carolina.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-10-17
Target Devada
Sector Software
Investor(s) SFW Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

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.

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Investor

SFW Capital Partners

Rye, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 950M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SFW Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investments in U.S.-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 $100 million per transaction. SFW Capital Partners was formed in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 20
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: North Carolina M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 11 of 19
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-03 Essen BioScience

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Essen BioScience, Inc. is a provider of field of cell-based assays and instrumentation used for drug discovery and basic research applications.

Sell $320M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-23 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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