Explore All 45 IPO Media Deals - Search the Database Free
Investment Summary |
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| Date | March 9, 2012 |
| Target | Ziggo |
| Sector | Media |
| Sellers(s) |
Emisys Capital SGRpA
Stockwell Capital Warburg Pincus Cinven Ardian HarbourVest Partners Adams Street Partners |
| Deal Type | IPO |
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| Category | Mezzanine Finance Firm |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| PE ASSETS | 130M EUR |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
AF Mezzanine is a provider of junior capital to support leveraged buyouts, growth capital financings, as well as recapitalizations. AF generally focuses on mid-sized companies with sales of €50 to €500 million. AF does have any sector preferences, however the Firm prefers stable businesses with predictable cash-flows. The Firm's target investment size is €4 to €20 million. AF will not invest in start-ups or turnaround situations. AF Mezzanine is controlled by financial group Fineurop and is based in Milan.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 14 |
| Sector: Media | 1 of 1 |
| Type: IPO | 2 of 3 |
| Country: Netherlands | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2012 | 1 of 3 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-01 |
Kabel Deutschland
Unterfohring, Germany Kabel Deutschland is the cable television operator in Germany |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-18 |
Ducati
Bologna, Italy Ducati is the European manufacturer and distributor in the niche of high-performance sport motorcycles with a 6.3% market share in the sport segment of the high displacement road market (greater than 500 cc). Ducati’s headquarters and manufacturing operations are based in Bologna (Italy). |
Sell | €900M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| PE ASSETS | 750M USD |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Stockwell Capital is a co-investment firm, focused on making minority investments alongside private equity sponsors. Stockwell is a generalist investor, with no sector preferences and looks to commit $3 to $10 million per investment. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US and Europe and prefers late-stage or growth equity situations. Stockwell Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Chicago.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 14 of 41 |
| Sector: Media | 2 of 3 |
| Type: IPO | 7 of 12 |
| Country: Netherlands | 2 of 2 |
| Year: 2012 | 3 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-08 |
Contech Engineered Solutions
West Chester, Ohio, United States Contech Engineered Solutions is a provider of engineering and site solutions for the residential, commercial and infrastructure markets. The company's primary end markets are the US infrastructure, commercial and residential construction markets. Contech Engineered Solutions was formed in 1986 and is based in West Chester, Ohio. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-01 |
Tumi
South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States Tumi is a manufacturer and supplier of travel suitcases and bags. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1966 |
| PE ASSETS | 83.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 68 of 265 |
| Sector: Media | 4 of 4 |
| Type: IPO | 20 of 65 |
| Country: Netherlands | 4 of 6 |
| Year: 2012 | 2 of 12 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-22 |
Ceres
Thousand Oaks, California, United States Ceres, Inc. is a plant genomics biotechnology company that develops proprietary seeds for energy crops to be used as feedstock in cellulosic ethanol production. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-12 |
AU Small Finance Bank
Jaipur, India AU Small Finance Bank is a diversified Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) focusing on secured retail lending across four segments - commercial vehicles, Small & Medium Enterprise (SME), Micro SME (MSME), and affordable housing loans. AU Small Finance Bank was founded in 1996 and is based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| PE ASSETS | 39.0B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Cinven is a private equity firm focused on buyout investments in growing, profitable businesses located throughout Europe and North America. Sectors of interest include business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, retail, leisure, consumer, technology, media, and telecommunications. Cinven looks to invest a minimum of €200 million in companies with minimum enterprise values of €400 million. Cinven does not invest in start-ups or development phase companies. Cinven was established in 1977 and is headquartered in London.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 89 of 130 |
| Sector: Media | 4 of 5 |
| Type: IPO | 32 of 40 |
| Country: Netherlands | 5 of 6 |
| Year: 2012 | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-29 |
Ahlsell
Stockholm, Sweden Ahlsell is a distributor of heating & plumbing and electrical installation products. The company is focused on five core markets: Heating & Plumbing, Electrical, Tools & Machinery, Refrigeration and DIY, and has built leading market positions in a number of these sectors across the Nordic region. Ahlsell's diversified customer base has access to over 125,000 products from the company's 216 outlets across the region and can access a further 200,000 products from Ahlsell's suppliers. Ahlsell was founded in 1877 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. |
Sell | €1.8B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-25 |
Pronet
Istanbul, Turkey Pronet is a provider of monitored electronic security systems across Turkey. The business offers a range of monitored security products including alarms, CCTV, access control and perimeter protection systems. Pronet primarily installs and services intruder alarms as well as provides the ongoing monitoring and management of alarm activation. Pronet was founded in1995 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 49 of 248 |
| Sector: Media | 4 of 7 |
| Type: IPO | 10 of 32 |
| Country: Netherlands | 2 of 6 |
| Year: 2012 | 3 of 14 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-01 |
DelicPol Sp. z o.o.
ul. Grunwaldzka 8, Poland DelicPol Sp. z o.o. is a producer of sponge cakes with jelly covered with chocolate. DelicPol produces cookies, dry biscuits, cocktail biscuits, and gingerbread. DelicPol Sp. z o.o. was founded in 1992 and is based in ul. Grunwaldzka 8, Poland. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-14 |
Allison
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Allison is a designer and manufacturer of automatic transmissions for the medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets. Allison was incorporated in 1915 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| PE ASSETS | 147.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 32 of 150 |
| Sector: Media | 1 of 2 |
| Type: IPO | 12 of 32 |
| Country: Netherlands | 3 of 4 |
| Year: 2012 | 3 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-15 |
Kiala SA
Brussels, France Kiala SA operates collection points in Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and France for the delivery of parcels. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-25 |
Envivio
San Francisco, California, United States Envivio is a global provider of media processing, delivery and TV service platforms. Envivio has a longstanding and broad customer base in cable, satellite, and telecom service providers, as well as major broadcasters. The wide-ranging media portfolio of end-to-end offerings includes Emmy award-winning hardware and software video compression solutions for Contribution and Direct-to-Consumer video service distribution, advertising and content personalization solutions, high efficiency Cloud DVR, and TV and video delivery platforms. Envivio was founded in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Asset Manager |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 |
| PE ASSETS | 60.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Adams Street Partners is a diversified, global investment firm that targets direct, fund of funds, and secondary investments. Adams' direct investing group covers co-investments in buyout transactions, as well as growth equity and venture capital commitments. The direct buyout and growth equity team looks to commit $5 to $30 million per transaction. For venture related investments, commitments of $5 to $20 million are provided to companies in the technology, life sciences and technology enabled services sectors. Typically, target companies have received prior financing from early stage venture firms and are seeking additional capital to fund product development and commercialization. Adams Street Partners was formed in 1972 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 37 of 101 |
| Sector: Media | 1 of 2 |
| Type: IPO | 13 of 32 |
| Country: Netherlands | 2 of 2 |
| Year: 2012 | 3 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-02 |
AVG Technologies N.V.
Amsterdam, Netherlands AVG Technologies N.V. is a provider of software services to secure devices, data and people. AVG’s award-winning consumer portfolio includes internet security, performance optimization, location services, data controls and insights, and privacy and identity protection, for mobile devices and desktops. The award-winning AVG Business portfolio, delivered through a global partner network, provides cloud security and remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions that protect small and medium businesses around the world. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-07 |
Convio
Austin, Texas, United States Convio, Inc. provides on-demand software and services that enable nonprofit organizations (NPO) to raise funds, influence public policy, and support their missions by leveraging the Internet to build relationships with constituents in North America. It offers Constituent360 platform, an online constituent relationship management (eCRM) solution, which includes a suite of on-demand software modules for fundraising, advocacy, email marketing, and Web content management. |
Sell | $335M |
