M&A Deal Summary

VIA equity Acquires Sonat

On June 2, 2023, private equity firm VIA equity acquired information technology company Sonat

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VIA equity’s 10th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is VIA equity’s 5th transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-06-02
Target Sonat
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) VIA equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Sonat

Bergen, Norway
Sonat is an IT-services company offering senior expertise within cloud back-end architecture, AR/VR front-end visualization, data science, machine learning, innovation design, digital strategy and low-code/no-code. Sonat was founded in 2012 and is based in Bergen, Norway.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

VIA equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 500M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

VIA equity a/s is a private equity firm focused on buyouts and growth capital investments in Northern European companies. VIA can commit up to €35 million per investment and seeks companies generating revenues of €10 to €100 million. VIA will consider investing across a range of sectors, however, the Firm prefers opportunities in the technology, media, and telecom industries. VIA equity was formed in 2006 and is based in Hellerup, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 39 of 44
Sector: Information Technology M&A 10 of 11
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 11 of 14
Country: Norway M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-21 GleSYS

Falkenberg, Sweden

GleSYS is a Cloud and IT Infrastructure as a Service company that provides dedicated and cloud server solutions to businesses worldwide. GleSYS was formed in 1999 and is based in Falkenberg, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-24 Frida

Glostrup, Denmark

Frida is an insurance agent within latent defect house buyer insurances (in Danish “ejerskifteforsikring”) and new build house insurance (in Danish “byggeskadeforsikring”). Frida is based in Glostrup, Denmark.

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