M&A Deal Summary

Silver Lake Acquires Facile.it

On June 22, 2022, private equity firm Silver Lake acquired internet software and services company Facile.it from EQT and Oakley Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 19th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 2nd transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-06-22
Target Facile.it
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Silver Lake
Sellers(s) EQT
Oakley Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Facile.it

Milan, Italy
Facile.it is an online destination for consumers to compare prices for motor insurance, energy, telecoms, and personal finance products. Facile.it was founded in 2008 and is based in Milan, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 130 of 136
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 19 of 21
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 19 of 20
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-14 Shadowbox Studios

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Shadowbox Studios develops, owns, and operates state-of-the-art soundstages for film and media production, and provides a range of on-site support services for clients. Shadowbox Studios was formed in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-09 DBH

Syracuse, New York, United States

DBH owns and operates select minor league baseball clubs affiliated with major league baseball. DBH seeks to support, promote and enhance its clubs through professional management, best practices, innovation and investment, with the mission to elevate fan and player experiences and enrich communities across the country. DBH was formed in 2021 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

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 165 of 194
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 50 of 61
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 5 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-22 SPT Labtech

Melbourn, United Kingdom

SPT Labtech is a manufacturer of liquid-handling instrumentation and sample- storage systems for sample-preparation and sample-management applications. The company’s products are used for process control and to optimize workflow efficiency across a variety of tasks in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic-research markets. SPT Labtech was founded in 2001 and is based in Melbourn, United Kingdom.

Buy £650M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-18 UTA

Beverly Hills, California, United States

UTA is a global talent and entertainment company. UTA represents many of the most acclaimed figures across film, television, news, music, sports, theater, fine art, literature, video games, podcasts and other social and digital content. UTA was founded in 1991 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.

Buy -
SELLER

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 15.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 24
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 11 of 13
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 8 of 10
Country: Italy M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-08 Contabo

Munich, Germany

Contabo is a cloud infrastructure and hosting provider, offering SMEs, developers, prosumers, and gamers simple, easy-to-use cloud services with a best-in-class price-performance proposition. Contabo is based in Munich, Germany.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-26 Primavera

Madrid, Spain

Primavera is an independent business software platform in the Iberian market that offers a wide range of cloud-based software solutions covering invoicing, accounting, payroll, and Enterprise Resources Planning Software (ERP). These offerings serve a broad spectrum of customer sizes with a focus on entrepreneurs, SMB, and mid-market segments across Spain, Portugal, and Africa, together with a strong footprint in accountants. Primavera is based in Madrid, Spain.

Sell -