Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2016-2022.
Private Equity Firm
Software
ESW Capital
Austin, Texas, United States
ESW Capital is an Austin-based group focused on buying, strengthening, and growing mature business software companies using an operating platform to revitalize acquisitions and prioritize customer satisfaction.
- Focus Areas
- Enterprise software investing / holding company, Enterprise collaboration, Document management
- Website
- eswcapital.com
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
5 addon · 5 buyout
ESW Capital Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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November 16, 2022
- Buyer
- IgniteTech
- Target
- AnswerHub, Inc.
- Seller
- AnswerHub, Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
IgniteTech has completed an asset acquisition of AnswerHub, Inc., a knowledge-management and developer community platform. The acquisition will add AnswerHub's Q&A, knowledge base and community capabilities to IgniteTech's enterprise software portfolio and make the product available through IgniteTech's 'Unlimited' subscription program.
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March 30, 2020
- Buyer
- Aurea Software, Inc., ESW Capital LLC
- Target
- BroadVision
- Seller
- BroadVision shareholders
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Aurea Software, backed by ESW Capital, has acquired BroadVision, a pioneer in complex document creation, management and collaboration tools. The deal was completed as part of a pre-packaged Chapter 11 reorganization: BroadVision shareholders are to receive at least $4.375 per share and ESW Capital will receive the shares of the reorganized company. Aurea plans to integrate BroadVision's capabilities into its Aurea Unlimited enterprise software library to strengthen its collaboration offerings.
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March 14, 2020
- Buyer
- Swiftcurrent Holdings, Inc., ESW Capital, LLC
- Target
- Conarc, Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swiftcurrent Holdings, an affiliate of ESW Capital, acquired Conarc, Inc., a Georgia-based developer of client management and content collaboration software (including its iChannel product). The deal brings Conarc's CRM, workflow and file management solutions into ESW's portfolio to expand capabilities across finance, real estate, healthcare and insurance end markets.
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November 5, 2019
- Buyer
- Swiftcurrent Holdings, ESW Capital
- Target
- NetPlus Group, LLC
- Seller
- StoneCalibre, BIA Digital Partners
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swiftcurrent Holdings, an affiliate of ESW Capital, acquired NetPlus Group, a Rockville, Maryland-based provider of telecommunications and mobile expense management software and services. The acquisition (terms not disclosed) will support NetPlus’s continued expansion into government and commercial end markets under ESW’s software-focused operating platform.
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July 25, 2019
- Buyer
- ESW Capital LLC, Think3
- Target
- Sococo, Inc.
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Addon
ESW Capital LLC has acquired Sococo, Inc. through a prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization, and Sococo will become part of ESW's Think3 portfolio. The acquisition brings Sococo's virtual office SaaS platform into Think3's portfolio to accelerate growth and support distributed teams and remote-work adoption.
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September 26, 2018
- Buyer
- ZephyrTel, ESW Capital
- Target
- Vasona Networks
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
ZephyrTel, an ESW Capital software company focused on telecommunications solutions, has acquired Vasona Networks, a provider of mobile edge and network performance software for mobile operators. The deal strengthens ZephyrTel’s telco software portfolio and capabilities in mobile edge computing as part of its rapid build-out of a global telecommunications software group.
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June 1, 2018
- Buyer
- ESW Holdings, Inc., ESW Capital, LLC
- Target
- MBI Solutions, LLC
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Addon
ESW Holdings, a portfolio company of ESW Capital, has acquired MBI Solutions, LLC, a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based provider of infrastructure optimization, big data implementation and managed services. The acquisition expands ESW's enterprise software portfolio by adding managed services, capacity planning and big-data capabilities; terms were not disclosed.
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August 1, 2017
- Buyer
- ESW Capital, LLC, Ignite Technologies, Inc.
- Target
- FirstRain, Inc.
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ESW Capital, through its affiliate Ignite Technologies, completed the acquisition of FirstRain, Inc., a Silicon Valley–based provider of sales and marketing intelligence and enterprise business-intelligence SaaS. FirstRain will be managed by Ignite and made available to Ignite customers via the Ignite Prime program to extend Ignite's analytics and customer-intelligence capabilities.
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- Buyer
- ESW Capital, LLC, Wave Systems (affiliate of ESW Capital), Aurea
- Target
- Jive Software
- Seller
- Holders of Jive common stock (public shareholders)
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ESW Capital, through its affiliate Wave Systems, completed an all-cash tender offer to acquire Jive Software for $5.25 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $462 million. Jive becomes part of the Aurea family of companies to expand Aurea's customer- and employee-engagement software capabilities.
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- Buyer
- Ignite Marketing Analytics, Ignite Technologies, ESW Capital
- Target
- ThinkVine
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
Ignite Marketing Analytics, an affiliate of Ignite Technologies and part of the ESW Capital family, has acquired ThinkVine, a provider of cross-channel marketing attribution and optimization technology and services. The deal brings ThinkVine's analytics and advisory capabilities into Ignite's MarTech portfolio to expand capabilities and scale the product and customer-success programs under Ignite's platform.
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