M&A Deal Summary

SoftBank Acquires Aldebaran Robotics SA

On March 12, 2012, SoftBank acquired technology hardware company Aldebaran Robotics SA from Omnes Capital for 100M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SoftBank’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is SoftBank’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SoftBank’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-03-12
Target Aldebaran Robotics SA
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) SoftBank
Sellers(s) Omnes Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 100M USD
Advisor(s) Arma Partners (Financial)

Target

Aldebaran Robotics SA

Paris, France
ALDEBARAN Robotics designs, produces and commercializes autonomous humanoid robots for the well-being of humankind. Today over 900 NAOs are utilized throughout the world as research and educational platforms in 30 countries. ALDEBARAN Robotics brings together more than 100 people—including 45 engineers and PhDs—that are involved in the development and production of the robot.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SoftBank

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Diversified
Employees67,229
Revenue 7.24T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 30
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 16
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-27 Vodafone K.K

Tokyo, Japan

Vodafone K.K provides mobile communications services in Japan. The provision of mobile phone services and the sale of handsets that can be used in conjunction with those services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-01 eAccess

Tokyo, Japan

eAccess Ltd. is the largest mobile broadband service provider in Japan with 2.9 million subscribers. eAccess also provides fixed broadband services to 2.0 million subscribers by primarily selling ADSL connections to ISPs and offering ISP services under the AOL brand.

Buy $2.6B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Omnes Capital

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 5.7B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Omnes Capital formerly known as Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) is the investment arm of financial services group Credit Agricole. Omnes Capital looks to invest in a range of investment stages and transaction types, including LBO/expansion, venture capital, mezzanine, renewable energy, co-investment, infrastructure, and special situations. The Firm's LBO/expansion group looks to invest €25 to €80 million to support growth initiatives and buyouts of small and mid-cap businesses operating in a variety of industries. Omnes Capital generally invests in businesses operating in France and Italy. Omnes Capital's mezzanine area was formed in 2002 and looks to provide €5 to €30 million of junior capital to similar sized established businesses. In addition to Omnes Capital's traditional equity and subordinated debt investment arm, the Firm also invests in infrastructure projects as well as provides capital for distressed businesses with €10 to €150 million in revenue. Omnes Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 118
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 53
Country: France M&A 34 of 89
Year: 2012 M&A 5 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-13 AGB

Merignac, France

AGB is a high-speed precision manufacturer of mechanical components, and integrator of mechanical and mechatronic sub-assemblies, in sectors including military hardware, aeronautics, space, and medicine. AEMI is based in Mérignac, and has three production sites: one in France (via its AGB subsidiary), one in Portugal (via its MPV subsidiary) and one in Tunisia (via its AGBI subsidiary). All three have ISO 9011 and EN 9100 certification. Customers consist mainly of large European manufacturing groups and include Safran, Thalès, Dassault, and Nexter. AGB was founded in 1980 and is based in Merignac, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-25 Envivio

San Francisco, California, United States

Envivio is a global provider of media processing, delivery and TV service platforms. Envivio has a longstanding and broad customer base in cable, satellite, and telecom service providers, as well as major broadcasters. The wide-ranging media portfolio of end-to-end offerings includes Emmy award-winning hardware and software video compression solutions for Contribution and Direct-to-Consumer video service distribution, advertising and content personalization solutions, high efficiency Cloud DVR, and TV and video delivery platforms. Envivio was founded in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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