Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In Kontron

On July 28, 2009, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in technology hardware company Kontron

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 4th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Kontron merged with another company in 2017.

Investment Summary

Date 2009-07-28
Target Kontron
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Kontron

Augsburg, Germany
Kontron is a manufacturer of embedded computer technology (ECT) and supplier of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in a broad range of market segments, including data and telecommunications, automation, mobile computing, medical technology, military technology, aerospace, and measuring and control engineering. Kontron is based in Augsburg, Germany.

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Investor

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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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 149 of 492
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 3 of 3
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 14 of 23
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 12
Year: 2009 M&A 8 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-15 RegionalCare Hospital Partners

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

RegionalCare Hospital Partners is an owner and operator of regional acute care facilities. RegionalCare Hospital Partners is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-10 ProStrakan Group

Galashiels, United Kingdom

ProStrakan Group plc was created in 2004 by the merger of Strakan Group plc and ProSkelia. The combined company, based in Galashiels, Scotland, is a rapidly growing international specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of unmet therapeutic needs in major markets

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