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Telefonica Acquires Acens Technologies S.L.U.

On June 8, 2011, Telefonica acquired internet software and services company Acens Technologies S.L.U. from Nazca Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Telefonica’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Telefonica’s 3rd transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-06-08
Target Acens Technologies S.L.U.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Telefonica
Sellers(s) Nazca Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Arcano (Financial)

Target

Acens Technologies S.L.U.

Alcobendas, Spain
Acens Technologies, S.L.U. is a web hosting provider for Spanish SMEs offering hosting and housing through its 5.000m2 datacenter facilities in Madrid and Barcelona and with a recurrent base of 50.000 clients of which a large number have long term contracts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Telefonica

Madrid, Spain
Category Company
Founded 1924
Sector Communications
Employees100,870
Revenue 41.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Telefonica is a telecommunications group that provides fixed and mobile telephony services through networks in Spain, Europe, and Latin America. Telefonica was founded in 1924 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 13
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: Spain M&A 3 of 5
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-13 Tuenti Technologies SLU

Madrid, Spain

Tuenti Technologies SLU is an online social network in Spain with more than 7 million users. Tuenti allows its users to communicate over the Internet the same way they do in the real world.

Buy $35M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-29 Telefónica Móviles Colombia S.A.

Bogota, Colombia

Telefónica Móviles Colombia, S.A. is a provider of mobile telecommunications services.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Nazca Capital

Madrid, Spain

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 755M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Nazca Private Equity is an investment firm focused on investing in private, small and medium-sized Spanish companies. Nazca looks for businesses with value-added products or services, proven track records, leading market positions, and sustainable competitive advantages. Prospective companies generally have sales of €10 to €300 million. The Firm's target investment size is €7 to €50 million. Funds are typically used to support buyouts, growth capital financings, add-ons, and consolidations. Nazca began investing in 2001 and is based in Madrid.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 28
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 13
Country: Spain M&A 10 of 28
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-13 Guzmán Gastronomía SL

Mercabarna, Spain

Food Guzman ("Guzman") is a manufacture, marketer and distributor throughout the Spanish territory of fruits and vegetables and preserves and other gourmet products for the hotel, restaurant,-hotels, restaurants, catering companies and communities.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-27 Eurekakids

Girona, Spain

Eurekakids specializes in the design and sale of instructional and educational toys aimed at children between 0-12 years old company, whose mission is to transmit values, to awaken the child's curiosity and help boost the child's five senses, offering toys that are truly supports learning. Eurekakids was founded in 2002 and is based in Girona, Spain.

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