M&A Deal Summary

Elevation Capital Acquires CSS

On January 1, 2006, venture capital firm Elevation Capital acquired information technology company CSS for 23M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Elevation Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Elevation Capital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Elevation Capital’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Elevation Capital’s 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • CSS was sold to a consortium of buyers in 2013 for 270M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-01-01
Target CSS
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Elevation Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 23M USD

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CSS

Milpitas, California, United States
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CSS Corp. is a global technology consulting and support company. With more than 140 clients and 5500 professionals, CSS delivers on customers' need to transform technology-driven business processes. CSS’s mission is to have “100% reference-able customers”, and delivers services across technology support, remote infrastructure management, virtualization, and mobility from 13 locations globally.

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Buyer

Elevation Capital

Gurgaon, India

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Elevation Capital is a private investment firm focused on growth capital investments in Indian companies. The Firm will consider opportunities at all growth-oriented stages. Sectors of interest include information technology, internet, mobile, consumer products, consumer services, healthcare, clean technolgy, education, agriculture, financial services, and manufacturing. Elevation Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Gurgaon, India.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 17
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 3
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 4
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-05-01 Intelligroup

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Intelligroup Inc. is a enterprise resource planning implementers in the U.S. and provides a wide range of information technology solutions and services, including the development, integration, implementation, hosting and full lifecycle support of e-commerce and enterprise applications to companies of all sizes.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-12 One97 Communications

Noida, India

One97 Communications is one of India’s Mobile Value Added Service Company. One97’s Innovative mobile content, messaging, commerce services and made-to-order network applications offer new revenue streams to telecom operators. Working closely with service providers and enterprises, it offers customer lifecycle management and mobile marketing to enhance their profitability. Championing speed of delivery, One97 thrives on its widely deployed telecom applications service platform to deliver scalable, flexible and customized services. One97 Communications is based in Noida, India.

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