M&A Deal Summary

Warburg Pincus Acquires eSentire

On September 19, 2017, private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired information technology company eSentire from Edison Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 24th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 11th transaction in Canada.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 2nd transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-09-19
Target eSentire
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Warburg Pincus
Sellers(s) Edison Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)

Target

eSentire

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
eSentire is a pure-play managed detection and response (MDR) service provider, keeping organizations safe from constantly evolving cyber-attacks that technology alone cannot prevent. eSentire was founded in 2001 and is based in Waterloo, Ontario.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 346 of 482
Sector (Information Technology) 24 of 44
Type (Secondary Buyout) 45 of 63
State (Ontario) 2 of 6
Country (Canada) 11 of 17
Year (2017) 23 of 28
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-22 GaiaWorks

Jiangsu, China

GaiaWorks is a SaaS provider of Workforce Management (WFM) solutions in Asia Pacific. GaiaWorks helps clients manage their workforce forecasting, scheduling, time & attendance, hours & sales performance, and workforce big data analysis based on machine learning and algorithms. With its products, customers are able to precisely control their workforce costs, rapidly increase labor efficiency, avoid compliance risk, and improve employee satisfaction. GaiaWorks was founded in 2009 and is based in Jiangsu, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-26 Camil Alimentos

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Camil Alimentos is a rice distributor in Brazil and has successfully diversified geographically and to other food categories. The Company holds a portfolio of very strong brands with undisputed leadership in all of the categories it operates: Rice in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay and Sugar in Brazil, and is the No. 2 player in canned fish in Brazil. Camil Alimentos was incorporated in 1963 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Edison Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 1.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 22
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 9
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 3
State (Ontario) 1 of 3
Country (Canada) 1 of 3
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-05 PathFactory

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PathFactory is a provider of an intelligent content platform for B2B digital marketing. PathFactory was founded in 2012 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-21 Zagster

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Zagster provides fleet management capabilities as a service to mobility brands and host partners (cities, universities, and real estate companies) in over 200 markets nationwide. The company’s fleet management software platform is purpose-built to pair with an in-market staffing model to deliver best in class unit economics for mobility brands and a high level of quality for host partners.

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