M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2019-05-13 |
| Target | Conexus AS |
| Sector | Education |
| Buyer(s) | Verdane |
| Sellers(s) | Stroer |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
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| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.2B EUR |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Verdane is a Norwegian private investment focused on acquiring portfolios of investments. In addition to secondary investing, Verdane also invests in co-investment pools as well as makes direct investments in individual growth companies. Sectors of interest include consumer products/services, software, energy, technology, and communications. Verdane provides support to portfolio owners to reduce exposure to private equity risk, achieve liquidity and free owners from the burden of managing direct investments. The majority of Verdane's investments are growth stage, however, the Firm can invest at any stage of development. Verdane was formerly known as Four Seasons Venture AS and was established in 1985. Verdane is based in Oslo, with additional offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 61 of 85 |
| Sector: Education M&A | 2 of 3 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 4 of 4 |
| Country: Norway M&A | 8 of 15 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 3 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-30 |
Guardsquare
Leuven, Belgium Guardsquare is a developer of premium software for the protection of mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Guardsquare was founded in 2014 and is based in Leuven, Belgium. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-29 |
Educations Media Group
Stockholm, Sweden Educations Media Group is a search engines for education and training. EMG works with 4,000 education providers in 40 countries and helps 2 million students find the right course for their needs among the 50,000 programs available each month. EMG was founded in 2000 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. |
Buy | - |
Stroer is a German provider of out-of-home media and offers advertising customers individualized and fully integrated, end-to-end solutions along the entire marketing and sales value chain. Stroer was founded in 1990 and is based in Cologne, Germany.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector: Education M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Norway M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-26 |
D+S Europe
Hamburg, Germany D+S Europe specializing in e-commerce and customer contact management solutions for large enterprises, with operations in various countries and a focus on online shops for major brands. D+S Europe was founded in 1984 and is based in Hamburg, Germany. |
Buy | - |
