Boutique
Investment Bank Announces Multiple Deals in May 2004
Boston,
MA (June 29, 2004) -- Revolution Partners, LLC, a technology
investment banking boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions,
as well as private capital fundraising, announced its best month
in firm history. The firm closed or announced five transactions
in May 2004.“The deals we’re closing show momentum
in what appears to be a continuing shift in the M&A landscape,”
said David Lavallee, co-founder of Revolution Partners. “We
are seeing more buyers in the market now than we have since
1999 and 2000.”
The
five deals in May include:
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The
sale of Curl Corporation to Sumitomo Corporation. Revolution
was the exclusive financial advisor to Curl in completing
the sale of the company to the $28 billion Japanese conglomerate.
Curl was originally established to commercialize the results
of a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative
being conducted at MIT.
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The
sale of CES International to SPL WorldGroup, Inc. SPL acquired
the assets of CES, a pioneer and market leader in utility
outage management. Revolution was the exclusive financial
advisor to CES.
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The
acquisition of WorldChain, Inc., a supply-chain execution
firm, by Optum, Inc. Revolution was the exclusive financial
advisor to WorldChain.
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The
acquisition of Optika, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTK), a leading enterprise
content management provider, by Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEL),
a global provider of content management solutions. Revolution
was the exclusive financial advisor to Optika.
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A
valuation analysis assignment for OpenPages, Inc., a leading
independent provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance
management software solutions.
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