M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2014-03-12 |
| Target | ECI Software Solutions |
| Sector | Software |
| Buyer(s) |
The Carlyle Group
Ardian |
| Sellers(s) | Bregal Sagemount |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | Harris Williams (Financial) Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 487 of 750 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 34 of 57 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 55 of 130 |
| State: Texas M&A | 45 of 51 |
| Country: United States M&A | 252 of 350 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 8 of 31 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-03 |
Bonotel Exclusive Travel
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Bonotel is an aggregator and wholesale distributor of both branded and boutique luxury hotel rooms to a longstanding base of international wholesale clients. The Company works with a network of more than 2,200 hotel partners and provides seamless electronic distribution to more than 1,500 international tour operators through the Company’s IT platform. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-13 |
Traxys
Strassen, Luxembourg Traxys is an intermediary between base metal, noble alloy, industrial mineral producers, and industrial end-users. The Company provides a full range of commercial services such as marketing, sales, distribution, hedging, supply chain financing, raw materials sourcing, credit risk coverage, and logistics. Traxys was founded in 1919 and is based in Strassen, Luxembourg. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 208 of 465 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 7 of 16 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 58 of 155 |
| State: Texas M&A | 5 of 8 |
| Country: United States M&A | 23 of 70 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 3 of 22 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-12 |
Pets at Home Group
Handforth, United Kingdom Pets at Home Group is a specialist retailer of pet food, pet related products and accessories. Pets at Home was founded in 1991 and is based in Handforth, the United Kingdom. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-13 |
ISS
Soborg, Denmark ISS is a provider of workplace experience and facility management services, operating across regions including the UK, Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Türkiye, Spain, Denmark, and various international markets. The company delivers a broad portfolio of offerings such as office space solutions, enhanced workspace services, and production-area support. Its cleaning services cover manufacturing sites, transport and infrastructure facilities, food-related environments, and hospitality or event venues.. ISS was founded in 1901 and is based in Soborg, Denmark. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.7B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bregal Sagemount is a growth-focused private capital firm. The Firm provides flexible capital and strategic assistance to market-leading companies in high-growth sectors across a wide variety of transaction situations. Bregal Sagemount invests $8 to $150 million per transaction in a variety of sectors including software, digital infrastructure, healthcare IT, healthcare services, business and consumer services, financial technology, and specialty finance. Bregal Sagemount was formed in 2012 and is headquartered in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 11 of 39 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 5 of 10 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 7 of 20 |
| State: Texas M&A | 2 of 4 |
| Country: United States M&A | 10 of 36 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 2 of 3 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-18 |
AFS Technologies
Phoenix, Arizona, United States AFS Technologies is a provider of fully integrated business software solutions, specifically engineered for the Food and Beverage industries. AFS new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), based on Web Services and built on Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0, provides its customers with greater IT flexibility, increased scalability of their existing systems, and more powerful functionality, all at an affordable price. AFS Technologies was founded in 1985 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-02 |
MicroEdge
New York, New York, United States MicroEdge LLC, is a provider of IT solutions to the grantmaking community, including private foundations, corporate philanthropy and employee giving programs, community foundations and various other giving organizations. The Company’s suite of products streamlines the full grantmaking lifecycle, from upfront submission through back-end evaluation and measurement, freeing up foundation staff to focus on issues more central to their organization’s mission. |
Sell | $160M |
