Growth Capital • Media

The Carlyle Group and Valhalla Partners Invest In Vubiquity - Avail-TVN

On May 20, 2012, private equity firm The Carlyle Group and venture capital firm Valhalla Partners invested in media company Vubiquity - Avail-TVN

Investment Context
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 8th and Valhalla Partners’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 229th and Valhalla Partners’ 36th transaction in the United States.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 19th and Valhalla Partners’ 10th transaction in Virginia.
Investment Fate
  • Vubiquity - Avail-TVN was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2018.

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Investment Summary

Date May 20, 2012
Target Vubiquity - Avail-TVN
Sector Media
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Valhalla Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Stephens (Financial)

Target Company

Vubiquity - Avail-TVN

Reston, Virginia, United States
Vubiquity, Inc. - Avail-TVN is a provider of digital video services. Working with both service providers and content owners, Avail-TVN is focused on providing its global customer base solutions that simplify content management and distribution, and enable the monetization of content. Vubiquity, Inc. - Avail-TVN is based in Reston, Virginia.
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Investors Overview 2

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

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 Context for Investor #
Overall 429 of 750
Sector: Media 8 of 13
Type: Growth Capital 64 of 114
State: Virginia 19 of 25
Country: United States 229 of 350
Year: 2012 9 of 37
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-13 Three Rivers Operating Co.

Austin, Texas, United States

Three Rivers Operating Company LLC is an oil and gas exploration and acquisition/exploitation company with a focus in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.

Sell $1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-21 AMC

Leawood, Kansas, United States

AMC is a theatrical exhibition company. The Company operates more then 400 locations across North America and China. AMC was incorporated in 1920 and is based in Leawood, Kansas.

Sell $2.6B
Investor

Valhalla Partners

Vienna, Virginia, United States

Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 440M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Valhalla Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused primarily on providing capital to technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic US. Valhalla will invest at all company stages, including early-stage needs as well as more mature company situations such as divestitures. Sub-sectors of tech Valhalla will consider include software, internet, digital media, mobile, and data storage. Valhalla Partners was formed in 2002 and is based in Vienna, Virginia.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 36 of 41
Sector: Media 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 4 of 4
State: Virginia 10 of 11
Country: United States 36 of 41
Year: 2012 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-09 Adaptly

New York, New York, United States

Adaptly, Inc. is a social media ad buying company that is revolutionizing social web advertising by offering agencies a unified buying platform across all social networks. We also help you harness the unique value of each social network in order to increase social engagement. Founded in 2010, Adaptly is headquartered in New York City with nearly 150 employees and has additional offices in Chicago, London, and Los Angeles.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-21 Avail Media

Reston, Virginia, United States

Avail Media provides end-to-end IPTV solutions for service providers, based in Reston, Virginia.

Buy -