Investment Summary

Trident Capital and Galen Partners Invest In PeriGen

On July 1, 2009, Trident Capital and growth capital firm Galen Partners invested in software company PeriGen

Investment Highlights
  • This is Trident Capital’s 14th and Galen Partners’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Trident Capital’s 59th and Galen Partners’ 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Trident Capital’s 1st and Galen Partners’ 2nd transaction in New Jersey.
Investment Fate
  • PeriGen was sold to a strategic buyer in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2009-07-01
Target PeriGen
Sector Software
Investor(s) Trident Capital
Galen Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target

PeriGen

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States
PeriGen is a provider of fetal monitoring and surveillance software systems for perinatal clinicians. PeriGen is based in Cranbury, New Jersey.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Trident Capital

San Mateo, California, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 1.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Trident Capital was a venture capital firm focused on investments at all company stages, from early and expansion stage investments to buyouts and recapitalizations. Trident focused on investments in tech-enabled sectors, including enterprise software/services, outsourcing and payments, healthcare software/services, internet/consumer, and energy/clean tech. In 2015, Trident ceased investing and the Firm's employees split to form Sunstone Partners, a growth equity firm, and Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a venture firm focused on the cyber security sector.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 66 of 86
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 18
Type: Venture M&A Deals 50 of 62
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 59 of 78
Year: 2009 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-07 Aran Technologies

Co. Dublin, Ireland

Arantech is the world leader in end-to-end customer experience management (CEM) software for wireless operators that is enabling a revolution in revenue generation possibilities in real time, for individual and corporate customers, for any service, in any location from any network, protocol or device.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-09 Datatel

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Datatel has focused exclusively on helping colleges and universities manage their business processes. Datatel today provides fully integrated enterprise information management software solutions to more than 600 colleges, universities and other higher education institutions serving almost 4 million students

Sell $570M
Investor

Galen Partners

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Galen Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in the healthcare industry. Areas within healthcare that Galen will consider include medical devices & technology, specialty pharmaceuticals, and information technology/services. Galen typically invests between $10 and $30 million per transaction in companies with a proprietary product or service that have attained revenues above $10 million. Prospective transactions include growth equity investments, complete buyouts, family business or other recapitalizations, going-private transactions, roll-overs of a portion of existing equity, and management buyouts. Galen Partners was formed in 1990 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 29
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Venture M&A Deals 8 of 13
State: New Jersey M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 15 of 28
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-10 Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences

Petaluma, California, United States

Developer, manufacturer and marketer as well as formulator of topical therapies focused on the dermatology market.

Sell $285M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-01 Nautilus Neurosciences

Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

Nautilus Neurosciences, Inc. is a neurology-focused specialty pharmaceutical company that identifies and develops drugs that could benefit those affected by neurological disorders.

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