M&A Deal Summary

Summit Partners Acquires EMED Co.

On April 30, 1999, growth capital firm Summit Partners acquired distribution company EMED Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Summit Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 105th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 4th transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • EMED Co. was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2004 for 190M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1999-04-30
Target EMED Co.
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

EMED Co.

Williamsville, New York, United States
EMED is a direct marketer and manufacturer of safety signage and related products to industrial, government, and other commercial customers.

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Buyer

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 45.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 107 of 415
Sector: Distribution M&A 2 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 31 of 84
State: New York M&A 4 of 18
Country: United States M&A 105 of 335
Year: 1999 M&A 16 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-04-20 The Galtney Group

Houston, Texas, United States

The Galtney Group is an insurance and reinsurance broker and advisor that specializes in medical malpractice and professional liability insurance policies for medical professionals.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-05-01 Insync Systems

Palm Desert, California, United States

Insync Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets ultra clean gas control systems and gas system subassemblies to semiconductor equipment manufacturers.

Sell -