M&A Deal Summary

Thoma Bravo Acquires Talend

On March 10, 2021, private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired software company Talend for 2.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Thoma Bravo’s 48th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Thoma Bravo’s 20th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Thoma Bravo’s 2nd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Talend was sold to a strategic buyer in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-03-10
Target Talend
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Thoma Bravo
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 2.4B USD
Advisor(s) Qatalyst Partners (Financial)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Gide Loyrette Nouel (Legal)

Target

Talend

Suresnes, France
Talend is a provider of open-source software with a range of products including data integration, data quality, master data management and application integration tools. Talend was formed in 2005 and is based in Suresnes, France.

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Buyer

Thoma Bravo

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm that primarily invests in or acquires US-based middle-market businesses. While Thoma Bravo will consider a variety of transaction situations, including take-privates, buyouts, carve-outs, recapitalizations, and growth equity financings, the Firm has a special interest in tech consolidation opportunities. Target companies generally have a history of profitability with EBITDA of at least $20 million. The Firm's equity commitment size range is $100 to $750 million. Sectors of interest include enterprise and infrastructure software, education, distribution, financial services and consumer goods/services. The Firm will not invest in new inventions or technologies, developmental products or services, start-ups, biotech, motion pictures, distressed businesses, oil/gas, or real estate. Thoma Bravo was formerly known as Thoma Cressey Bravo and before that Golder Thoma & Co. The Firm was originally formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 101 of 151
Sector: Software M&A 48 of 69
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 23 of 43
Country: France M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 20
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-16 Personetics

Tel Aviv, Israel

Personetics is a global provider of data-driven personalization and customer engagement solutions for banks and financial services providers. Personetics was founded in 2011 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-22 Adenza

New York, New York, United States

Adenza provides customers with end-to-end, trading, treasury, risk management, and regulatory compliance platforms which can be delivered on-premise or on-cloud. It enables financial institutions to consolidate and streamline their operations with front-to back solutions integrated with data management and reporting, benefitting from a single source of truth across the business. Adenza is based in New York, New York.

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