M&A Deal Summary

Skyview Capital Acquires Fidelis Cybersecurity

On January 15, 2020, private equity firm Skyview Capital acquired information technology company Fidelis Cybersecurity from Marlin Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Skyview Capital’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Skyview Capital’s 14th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Skyview Capital’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-01-15
Target Fidelis Cybersecurity
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Skyview Capital
Sellers(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Fidelis Cybersecurity

Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Fidelis Cybersecurity is a provider of threat detection, hunting, and response solutions. Fidelis combats the full spectrum of cybercrime, data theft, and espionage by providing full visibility across hybrid cloud / on-prem environments, automating threat and data theft detection, empowering threat hunting and optimizing incident response with context, speed, and accuracy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Skyview Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 400M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Skyview Capital is a private investment firm that targets divestitures of larger public corporations. Skyview focuses primarily on legacy, mature businesses in technology, business services, software, and niche manufacturing. Other areas of interest include networking solutions, information systems, transaction processing, logistics, and supply chain management. Skyview prefers business units located in North America with revenues of at least $10 million. Skyview Capital was formed in 2003 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 16
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 4
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 2
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 14 of 15
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-21 Passport Foods

Ontario, California, United States

Passport Foods is a manufacturer and distributor of internationally-flavored foods to foodservice and retail channels in North America. Today Passport offers over 125 product SKUs across a comprehensive range of authentic, boldly-flavored product categories to food retailers and restaurants around the country. Headquartered in Southern California, Passport Foods has over 170 employees and was founded in 1978.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-24 Digital Lumens

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Digital Lumens is a designer and developer of LED lighting systems for commercial and industrial sectors. The company specializes in intelligent lighting systems for industrial and commercial buildings. Digital Lumens was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 63
Sector (Information Technology) 5 of 9
Type (Secondary Buyout) 6 of 11
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 31 of 46
Year (2020) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-15 Whitlock

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Whitlock is a provider of audiovisual (AV) and video collaboration (VC) solutions. Whitlock's primary services include strategic planning, roadmap consulting, enterprise management, workplace integration and managed support. Additional expertise includes “as a service” (aaS) opportunities as well as integrated design and deployment of furniture, surroundings, technologies, and tools through their partnership with Herman Miller. Whitlock was founded in 1956 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-27 RevenueWell

Bannockburn, Illinois, United States

RevenueWell is a provider of cloud-based dental software. The company also offers desktop two-way texting, VoIP phones, electronic patient intake forms and an enterprise management dashboard that allows group practices and dental service organizations to manage their portfolios. RevenueWell was founded in 2010 and is based in Bannockburn, Illinois.

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