M&A Deal Summary

SGT Capital Acquires Utimaco

On August 13, 2021, private equity firm SGT Capital acquired information technology company Utimaco from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SGT Capital’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is SGT Capital’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-08-13
Target Utimaco
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) SGT Capital
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Utimaco

Aachen, Germany
Utimaco is a global provider of specialist professional cybersecurity and compliance solutions, offering hardware-based, high-security appliances (hardware security modules) and compliance solutions for telecommunication provider regulations (lawful interception and data retention). Utimaco was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has around 170 employees worldwide.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

SGT Capital is a global private equity firm focused on company acquisitions in Western Europe, Israel, and North America. The Firm looks for businesses operating in growing markets that can benefit from expansion into Asia. Areas of interest include healthcare, medical technology, advanced industrials, and business services. SGT Capital is based in George Town, Cayman Islands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-05-30 Elatec

Puchheim, Germany

Elatec is a provider in the development and global sales of contactless (RFID, NFC, Bluetooth) and contact (SmartCard) readers/writers. It modules enable the clear identification of individual users on end devices and are used across a broad range of numerous applications and solutions, such as secure printing, elevator systems, fitness devices, industrial production, kiosk, physical access, and point-of-sale systems. Elatec was founded in 1988 and is based in Puchheim, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 151 of 194
Sector: Information Technology M&A 10 of 15
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 45 of 61
Country: Germany M&A 29 of 34
Year: 2021 M&A 13 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-02 Curaeos

Oosterhout, Netherlands

Curaeos is a platform of dental clinics, with activities in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Denmark. The Company focuses on providing affordable high-quality dental care and is known for brands like DentConnect and DentalCoop. Curaeos was founded in 2011 and is based in Oosterhout, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-30 Zemax

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Zemax is a provider of software for optical and illumination designers, engineers, and researchers worldwide. Zemax also offers an application that allows engineers to develop and collaborate through computer-aided design systems. Zemax was founded in 1991 and is based in Kirkland, Washington.

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