Investment Summary

Viola Partners Exits Global Data Center

On August 16, 2021, EdgeConneX invested in information technology company Global Data Center from Viola Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is EdgeConneX’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is EdgeConneX’s 1st transaction in Israel.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-08-16
Target Global Data Center
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) EdgeConneX
Sellers(s) Viola Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Global Data Center

Herzeliya, Israel
Global Data Center is an Israel-based data center operator that specializes in advanced data center services, ranging from server hosting to cloud computing. Global Data Center was founded in 2013 and is based in Herzeliya, Israel.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

EdgeConneX

Herndon, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

EdgeConneX builds and operates data centers for cloud, content, network, and other service providers requiring both larger purpose-built facilities as well as edge facilities located closer to consumer and enterprise users to support latency-sensitive applications cost-effectively. EdgeConneX was founded in 2009 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Israel M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-20 Chayora

Hong Kong, China

Chayora is a data center provider which offers cloud services, ICT services, financial services or other services. Chayora is based in Hong Kong, China.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Viola Partners

Herzeliya, Israel

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 290M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Viola Partners is the private equity investment arm of Viola Group, a diversified investment firm focused on providing credit as well as investing in venture and private equity deals. Viola Partners specializes in technology buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies. The Firm generally looks to invest in Israel and will consider both public and private companies. Viola seeks businesses operating in attractive markets with strong product differentiation and proven business models. The Firm typically invests up to $30 million equity per transaction. Viola Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Hertzliya, Israel.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 12
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 8
Country: Israel M&A 7 of 7
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-12 SimilarWeb

New York, New York, United States

SimilarWeb is a provider of research tools that helps users understand the traffic of the websites they visit and discover related sites. It also allows users to monitor website traffic, discover valuable insights about competitors’ sites, and identify growth opportunities. SimilarWeb was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

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