Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In 1&1 IONOS

On November 8, 2016, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in information technology company 1&1 IONOS from United Internet

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 17th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 9th transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-11-08
Target 1&1 IONOS
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Sellers(s) United Internet
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

1&1 IONOS

Montabaur, Germany
1&1 IONOS is a web hosting company. 1&1 offers mass-market hosting services, domains, managed hosting and cloud applications to consumers and SMEs in 13 countries, including Germany, the UK, the US, Spain, and Poland. 1&1 IONOS was founded in 1988 and is based in Montabaur, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

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 322 of 482
Sector (Information Technology) 17 of 44
Type (Stake Purchase) 21 of 36
Country (Germany) 9 of 10
Year (2016) 31 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-07 Rivigo

Gurugram, India

Rivigo is a tech-enabled trucking company that offers full truckload, part truckload and online freight brokerage services to a range of industries, including fast-moving consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and automotive. Rivigo employs a driver-relay model, enabling it to offer lower transit times on long-haul routes. Rivigo was formed in 2014 and is based in Gurugram, India.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-16 Santander Asset Management

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Santander Asset Management is the asset management division of the Santander Group, the largest bank in the Eurozone by market capitalization. Santander Asset Management is present in 11 countries in Europe, Latin America and North America and has asset under management of over EUR 152 billion through mutual funds, pension funds and institutional mandates which invest in a wide range of underlying assets.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

United Internet

Montabaur, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees10,953
Revenue 6.2B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

United Internet is a German Internet services company. United Internet was founded in 1988 and is based in Montabaur, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-10 Home.pl Sp. z o.o.

Szczecin, Poland

Home.Pl is a provider of server hosting and domain registration services in Poland.

Buy €135M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-15 uberall

Berlin, Germany

uberall is an online presence management platform for stores, restaurants, doctors, gas stations, museums, hospitals, police stations and any other type of local business or public institution to automatically optimise their online presence. uberall was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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