Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In Souche

On November 2, 2017, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in internet software and services company Souche

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 25th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 52nd transaction in China.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-11-02
Target Souche
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Venture

Target

Souche

Hangzhou, China
Souche is an online automobile transaction platform in China. The company provides one-stop solutions to second-hand car dealers/buyers, such as SaaS solutions, data, transaction services, and financial services. Souche was founded in 2012 and is based in Hangzhou, China.

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Investor(S) 1

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 347 of 492
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 25 of 37
Type: Venture M&A Deals 48 of 70
Country: China M&A 52 of 68
Year: 2017 M&A 24 of 28
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-26 Vincom Retail

Ha Noi, Vietnam

Vincom Retail runs a wide variety of business lines, including a comprehensive operation in the real estate field, consisting of commercial and leisure property in prime locations throughout Vietnam.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-06 Cyren

Herzliya, Israel

Cyren is a provider of cloud internet security solutions to protect them against cyber attacks and data loss every day. Cyren was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

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