M&A Deal Summary

Transom Capital Group Acquires Pelco

On May 29, 2019, private equity firm Transom Capital Group acquired electronics company Pelco from Schneider Electric

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Transom Capital Group’s 3rd transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Transom Capital Group’s 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Transom Capital Group’s 6th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Pelco was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2020 for 110M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-05-29
Target Pelco
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Transom Capital Group
Sellers(s) Schneider Electric
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Pelco

Clovis, California, United States
Pelco designs, develops and distributes end-to-end video technology, including video security cameras and video management system software. The company’s scalable solutions and commitment to service delivery enables customers of all sizes to mitigate risk, increase operational efficiencies and enhance safety.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Transom Capital Group

El Segundo, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 1.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Transom Capital Group is an operationally-focused private equity firm that seeks buyouts and control investments in middle-market companies with established revenue streams and business models. Transom is sector agnostic and will consider opportunities throughout North America. Target companies typically have cash-flows up to $100 million. Transom Capital Group was formed in 2008 and is based in El Segundo, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 27
Sector: Electronics M&A 3 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 7
State: California M&A 6 of 9
Country: United States M&A 16 of 27
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-08 SemiTorr

Tualatin, Oregon, United States

SemiTorr Group is a sales and distribution company for gas and fluid handling systems and components. Focused on three major market segments high purity, sanitary and industrial – its products include process equipment, pumps, tubing, hoses, fittings, valves, filtration and instrumentation. Semitorr Group was founded in 1988 and is based in Tualatin, Oregon.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-09 Beauty Quest Group

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Beauty Quest Group is a manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label hair care, color and styling products to professional salons and specialty retailers. Beauty Quest Group sells a wide range of hair care products including Aquage, RUSK and One and Only, as well as private label brands for leading retailers. In addition, Beauty Quest Group provides contract manufacturing services to other leading marketers of hair care and other topical products. Beauty Quest Group is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Schneider Electric

Rueil Malmaison, France

Category Company
Founded 1836
Sector Electrical Equipment
Employees155,822
Revenue 38.2B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Schneider Electric is a provider of electricity distribution, automation management and produces installation components for energy management. Schneider Electric develops connected technologies and solutions to manage energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. Schneider Electric was founded in 1836 and is based in Rueil-Malmaison, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 15
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 6 of 10
State: California M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 5 of 7
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-28 AutoGrid

Redwood City, California, United States

AutoGrid builds AI-powered software applications that enable a smarter distributed energy world. The company’s suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers, and energy service providers to deliver clean, affordable, and reliable energy by optimizing networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real-time and at scale. AutoGrid was formed in 2011 and is based in Redwood City, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-05 Converse Energy Projects

Berlin, Germany

Converse Energy Projects GmbH specializing in turnkey industrial power distribution projects in Germany.

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