Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus and Quantum Energy Partners Invest In Trident Energy

On January 1, 2016, private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Quantum Energy Partners invested in oil/gas exploration company Trident Energy

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 29th and Quantum Energy Partners’ 42nd transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 17th and Quantum Energy Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-01-01
Target Trident Energy
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Quantum Energy Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Trident Energy

London, United Kingdom
Trident Energy is an E&P company focused on building a diversified portfolio of operated, cash-generating, onshore and shallow/mid-water offshore mid-life assets. Trident focuses on acquiring proven assets from majors and large independents while materially improving their operating performance. Trident Energy was founded in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 2

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 298 of 492
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 29 of 40
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 95 of 159
Country: United Kingdom M&A 17 of 27
Year: 2016 M&A 7 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-01 NIO

Shanghai, China

NIO is a designer and manufacturer and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. NIO was formed in 2014 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-18 Quest Global Services

Singapore , Singapore

Quest Global Services is a global engineering solutions provider with a proven track record of serving the product development & production engineering needs of high technology companies. Quest Global Services was founded in 1997 and is based in Singapore.

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Investor

Quantum Energy Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 17.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Quantum Energy Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments within the energy sector. Quantum's primary focus is on opportunities within the oil and gas upstream and midstream sectors, however, the Firm will also consider investments in oil field services and equipment, coal, power generation and transmission, and renewable/alternative energy. Quantum's target investment size is $100 to $400 million. Quantum invests in start-ups as well as established companies needing expansion capital. Quantum Energy Partners was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 90
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 42 of 59
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 9
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-08 Intensity Midstream

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Intensity Midstream is a company that constructs, develops, acquires, enhances and operates gathering, treating, processing, storage, transportation and other midstream assets across select North American basins. Intensity Midstream is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-27 Sentinel Peak Resources

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Sentinel Peak Resources is focused on the acquisition and development of onshore oil opportunities, with an emphasis on heavy oil production and thermal enhanced oil recovery in California. Sentinel Peak Resources is based in Englewood, Colorado.

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