Investment Summary

Vitruvian Partners Exits Verastar

On January 1, 2016, invested in software company Verastar from Vitruvian Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-01-01
Target Verastar
Sector Software
Sellers(s) Vitruvian Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Verastar

Sale, United Kingdom
Verastar is a UK provisioning marketplace, matching suppliers of a growing range of essential business services with a highly fragmented micro-SME customer base.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Vitruvian Partners

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 20.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vitruvian Partners is an independent private equity firm that specializes in middle-market buyouts, growth buyouts and growth capital investments in the UK and elsewhere in Northern Europe. Vitruvian looks for companies that are 'operating in dynamic situations, where there is an opportunity to build strategic value'. The Group's target investment size is €40 to €600 million in transactions valued between €75m to €4bn. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, financial services, life science, healthcare services, media, technology, communications, and internet software. Vitruvian Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in London.


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Overall 3 of 25
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 4
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 17
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 6
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