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Investment Summary

TA Associates Invests In Monotype

On November 5, 2004, private equity firm TA Associates invested in software company Monotype

Investment Highlights
  • This is TA Associates’ 29th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is TA Associates’ 109th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TA Associates’ 17th transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • Monotype went public in 2007.
  • Monotype was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2019 for 825M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2004-11-05
Target Monotype
Sector Software
Investor(s) TA Associates
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Monotype

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Monotype is a provider of typefaces, technology, and expertise that enable the best user experience and ensure brand integrity. Monotype provides customers worldwide with typeface solutions for a broad range of creative applications and consumer devices. Monotype was founded in 1887 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.

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Investor

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 119 of 375
Sector: Software M&A 29 of 90
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 7 of 39
State: Massachusetts M&A 17 of 25
Country: United States M&A 109 of 271
Year: 2004 M&A 9 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-10-25 Triumph HealthCare

Houston, Texas, United States

Triumph HealthCare is a privately-owned hospital company that was formed to develop and operate long-term acute care hospitals. Triumph hospitals specialize in providing services to medically complex patients for whom the short-term care hospital is no longer the most appropriate or cost-effective setting for necessary continued care.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-18 Florida Career College

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Florida Career College now offers programs in the fields of allied health, massage therapy, information technology and business. Florida Career College was founded in 1982 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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