Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Software

Spotlight Equity Partners Acquires Ease

On December 1, 2013, private equity firm Spotlight Equity Partners acquired software company Ease

Acquisition Context
  • This is Spotlight Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Spotlight Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spotlight Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Ease was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2023.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date December 1, 2013
Target Ease
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Spotlight Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Ease

San Clemente, California, United States
Ease is a SaaS platform that automates plant floor audits, inspections, and data collection for manufacturers, replacing manual, paper-based processes with digital workflows. Ease was founded in 1986 and is based in San Clemente, California.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Spotlight Equity Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2012
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Spotlight Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market tech and software companies throughout the US. Spotlight looks to invest $5 to $50 million per transaction and generally seeks control. Spotlight Equity Partners has offices in San Francisco and New York City.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Software 1 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 of 5
State: California 2 of 4
Country: United States 2 of 9
Year: 2013 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-03 EM Assist

Folsom, California, United States

EM-Assist, Inc. is government’s trusted partner for environmental program management, technical support, and training solutions. The company helps clients cost-effectively address their most challenging environmental compliance, information management, conservation and planning, and restoration needs. EM-Assist also helps clients deliver the right training to the right people at the right time by blending custom eLearning courseware with instructor-led training, and by providing efficient training program administration through powerful, easy-to-use learning management systems. EM-Assist, founded in 1996, is headquartered in Folsom, CA and has 120 professionals in multiple offices throughout California, Utah, and Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-01 Identity Automation

Houston, Minnesota, United States

Identity Automation is a provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) software products that help customers automate and manage individual user identities (provisioning and lifecycle management) while providing attribute-based and role-based user authentication, authorization, and access privileges within and across on-premises and cloud-based enterprise systems. Identity Automation was founded in 2004 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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