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Nordic Capital buys Siteimprove in first deal for latest fund

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  • 04 September 2020
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Nordic Capital has acquired a 70% stake in website and digital marketing software provider Siteimprove.

A source close to the transaction confirmed the deal value to be close to €500m, as reported by Danish business newspaper Finans.dk, which estimated the value to be around DKK 4bn (€537m). 

The deal is the GP's first investment from its latest vehicle, Nordic Capital X, the source told Unquote, also confirming that the vehicle held a first close last month on its target of €5bn. The fund has a hard-cap of €5.75bn.

Siteimprove

  • DEAL:

    SBO

  • VALUE:

    c€500m

  • LOCATION:

    Copenhagen

  • SECTOR:

    Software

  • FOUNDED:

    2003

  • TURNOVER:

    $73.1m (2019)

  • EBITDA:

    $5m (2019)

  • STAFF:

    550

  • VENDOR:

    Summit Partners

The GP will own the business alongside founder and CEO Morten Ebbesen and his brother Niels Ebbesen, who will retain a combined stake of 30% in the business. Growth equity investor Summit Partners, the company's current minority shareholder, will divest its holding upon completion of the transaction. The US-based GP invested in Siteimprove in 2015.

The deal is a proprietary transaction, with the GP having been in talks with the founder for several years, the source said.

According to the company's accounts, Siteimprove generated revenues of $73.1m in 2019, up from $61.4m in 2018; and EBITDA of $5m in 2019, up from a $4.2m loss in 2018.

The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Nordic Capital declined to comment.

Company
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Siteimprove is a B2B software-as-a-service provider of cloud-based website and digital marketing optimisation tools. The company has offices across Europe, North America and Asia, and employs 550 people in 15 countries. In 2019, it generated revenues of $73.1m and EBITDA of $5m. 

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Nordic Capita
l – Fredrik Näslund (partner).
Siteimprove – Morten Ebbesen (CEO)

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Equity
– Goldman Sachs (corporate finance); Plesner (legal); PwC (financial due diligence); KPMG Tax (tax); BCG (commercial due diligence); Implement (IT due diligence).

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