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Investment Summary

TCV Invests In MarketAxess

On June 3, 2008, private equity firm TCV invested in financial services company MarketAxess

Investment Highlights
  • This is TCV’s 6th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is TCV’s 37th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TCV’s 8th transaction in New York.

Investment Summary
Date 2008-06-03
Target MarketAxess
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) TCV
Deal Type PIPE
Advisor(s) Financial Technology Partners - FT Partners (Financial)

Target

MarketAxess

New York, New York, United States
MarketAxess is an electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to efficiently trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using MarketAxess' patented trading technology. MarketAxess was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.

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Investor

TCV

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in growth technology companies. TCV looks to provide capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and buyouts of technology companies in sectors such as internet, financial technology, infrastructure & communications, and software. TCV targets opportunities in North America and looks to commit between $10 and $500 million of equity capital per transaction. TCV was formed in 1995 and is based in Palo Alto, New York City, and London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 84
Sector: Financial Services M&A 6 of 7
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: New York M&A 8 of 12
Country: United States M&A 37 of 70
Year: 2008 M&A 4 of 5
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-23 Tiny Prints

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Tiny Prints, Inc. is a web-based company comprised of two brands offering premium, personalized, social stationery, Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas. Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas provide simple, modern and unique stationery from birth announcements to baby shower and wedding and party invitations to thank you cards and holiday photo cards.

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2008-06-30 CNet Networks

San Francisco, California, United States

CNet is a portfolio of brands that reach close to 100 million unique visitors monthly, advising passionate consumers about everything they love. Its portfolio reaches diverse global audiences in technology, B2B, gaming, and entertainment. These iconic properties include the world’s largest tech media brand CNET, as well as GameSpot, ZDNet, Metacritic, TVGuide.com, Chowhound, and more. CNet was formed in 1994 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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