Deutsche Börse Acquires Axioma and Partners with General Atlantic to Create Analytics and Index Business
April 9, 2019
Deutsche Börse agreed to acquire Axioma for US$850 million and will combine Axioma with its STOXX and DAX index businesses into a new company valued alongside the index business at about €2.6 billion. General Atlantic will be a minority investor (investing ~US$715 million) in the new company; the combined business will be led by Axioma CEO Sebastian Ceria and is expected to capture synergies of ~€30 million.
- Buyers
- Deutsche Börse AG, General Atlantic
- Targets
- Axioma, Inc.
- Sellers
- Salmon River Capital, Other Axioma shareholders (including Axioma management who are partially rolling equity)
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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