Qatalyst Partners
Private | |
Industry | Banking |
Founded | 2008 |
Founder | Frank Quattrone |
Headquarters | San Francisco |
Area served | United States |
Key people |
Frank Quattrone (Founder, CEO) |
Products | Boutique investment bank |
Number of employees | 47 |
Qatalyst Partners is a technology-focused boutique investment bank that specialises in mergers and acquisitions and is based in San Francisco with an additional office in London.[1]
History
Founded in March 2008 by Frank Quattrone, Adrian Dollard, and Jonathan Tracy, the company's advisory and acquisition deals have included eBay, LifeSize, Google, GoDaddy.com, Taleo, Motorola, and others.[2] Qatalyst has acted as lead adviser on over $70 billion in transactions and has advised on some of the highest-profile assignments in the technology industry. Some of the firm's recent notable deals have included Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, VMWare's $1.3 billion acquisition of Nicira, Texas Instruments' $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor, and Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola. Since its foundation, Qatalyst has been lead sell-side adviser on over $50 billion of deals involving public technology companies with price tags of $1 billion or more, a record unmatched by any other firm for the same period.[3]
Qatalyst has also been recognized for garnering above-average premiums for its sell-side clients. "The typical tech firm sells for 37 percent more than where its shares were trading four weeks before the deal announcement, according to Thomson Reuters data; [Qatalyst’s] clients garnered premiums of about 70 percent."[4] In 2012, CEO Frank Quattrone was named the "Financial Dealmaker of the Year" by the San Francisco Business Journal for his work with the firm.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Companies Qatalyst Partners". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ↑ "Qatalyst Partners LP". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ↑ "Financial Dealmaker of the Year: Frank Quattrone". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "Frank Quattrone's Golden Touch at Qatalyst". New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Financial Dealmaker of the Year: Frank Quattrone". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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