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Bowen Advisors Serves as Strategic Advisor to VisionWare

BOSTON, May 30, 2018 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that VisionWare Ltd., a leading provider of enterprise master data management (MDM) software solutions, has been acquired by Civica Group Limited, a portfolio company of the private equity division of Partners Group, a Swiss-based, global private markets investment manager. Civica is an international market leader in providing business-critical software applications, digital solutions and managed services to customers in the government, healthcare, education and other regulated private market sectors. With a team led … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as Strategic Advisor to FSEnet+

BOSTON, March 20, 2018 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that FSEnet+, a rapidly growing provider of cloud-based product data management solutions, has been acquired by Gladson, a portfolio company of The Wicks Group, a New York City-based private equity firm. Gladson is known for its industry-leading digital content hub of consumer goods product information and images that enables companies to efficiently and accurately transfer information across the brand and retailer ecosystem. Bowen Advisors acted as exclusive sellside M&A advisor to FSEnet+ … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as Strategic Advisor to TelStrat

BOSTON, October 26, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client, TelStrat, a Dallas-based leading provider of call recording, quality, analytics, and workforce management (WFM) solutions, has been acquired by Serenova, a globally scalable contact center-as-a-service (CCaaS) provider. Serenova, formerly known as LiveOps Cloud, is backed by Marlin Equity, a global investment firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management. Bowen Advisors acted as the exclusive sellside M&A advisor to TelStrat. The transaction, Bowen Advisors’ 14th of 2017, represents the … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as Strategic Advisor to BroadReach

BOSTON, October 19, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client, BroadReach Healthcare, LLP, a leading provider of SaaS-based advanced analytics and workflow solutions to healthcare systems in the developing world, has completed a growth financing with PG Impact Investments (PGII). PG Impact Investments is a private sector, mission-driven, global investment firm specializing in investment solutions aimed at delivering financial returns as well as creating a positive social and/or environmental impact. While being independent from Partners Group, PG Impact Investments entities … Read More

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., JULY 6, 2017 — Neutral Connect Networks (NCN), a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure, announced today the purchase of DAS Communications and 5 Bars. Additionally, M/C Partners has committed up to $30 million to fund NCN’s continued expansion.

DAS, founded in 2007 by Tyler Kratz, has successfully built and continues to operate multiple wireless networks at strategic venues in Boston and New York.

5 Bars, an Irvine, California-based neutral host distributed antenna system (DAS) operator, is a leader in deploying DAS systems in the sports … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as Exclusive Strategic Advisor to Miva

BOSTON, May 14, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client, Miva Inc., a leading provider of eCommerce software and hosting services to the “emerging enterprise” market, has completed a growth recapitalization investment with Los Angeles-based private equity firm Bison Capital. With a team led by Managing Director Tom Crews, Bowen Advisors acted as San Diego-based Miva’s exclusive strategic advisor.

Since 1997, Miva’s eCommerce solution has powered over $100 billion in online sales for some of the world’s most successful B2B … Read More

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Transaction expands ams’ value chain in optical sensor solutions for mobile 3D sensing and imaging, consumer augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and automotive applications

Premstaetten, Austria (16 March 2017) – ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor and analog solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Princeton Optronics, Inc., a leading provider of Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), in an all-cash transaction.

Princeton Optronics develops and supplies high performance VCSELs which offer specific differentiation for mobile, consumer, automotive, and industrial applications. In the mobile … Read More

BOSTON, March 21, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client RedShift BioAnalytics, Inc., an innovative provider of bioanalytical instrumentation for the research, development and manufacturing of protein therapeutic drugs, has closed on an $11 million Series C Preferred Stock offering co-led by Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), a developer and manufacturer of advanced analytical and material science technologies for laboratory-dependent organizations, and Technology Venture Partners. Bowen Advisors acted as the exclusive strategic financial advisor to RedShift.

RedShift’s ProLaser™ protein characterization system combines five critical protein characterization tests into … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as M&A Advisor to TARGIT

BOSTON, March 15, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that TARGIT A/S, a developer of agile business intelligence (BI) software solutions for small and mid-tier enterprises (SMEs), has been acquired by GRO Capital, a technology-focused middle market private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. With a deal team led by Bob Cronin and Chris Dubyak, Bowen Advisors acted as the exclusive sellside M&A advisor to TARGIT.

TARGIT’s powerful platform represents one of the few truly “bimodal” BI/analytics offerings that addresses both the self-serve … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as M&A Advisor to Omtool

BOSTON, January 18, 2017 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that Omtool, an Andover, Massachusetts-based provider of enterprise document capture and workflow software solutions, has been acquired by Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD), a leader in cloud-based enterprise work management software. With a deal team led by Bob Cronin, John Emery and Chris Dubyak, Bowen Advisors acted as exclusive sellside M&A advisor to Omtool.

Omtool’s industry-leading AccuRoute® platform enables secure document process automation for customers that include some of the world’s largest financial institutions, … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as M&A Advisor to Bluvision

BOSTON, December 8, 2016 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client Bluvision Inc., a provider of real-time asset tracking and monitoring solutions for the enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) market, has been acquired by HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions and a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY Group (STO: AAY.ST). With a team led by John Emery and Kevin Hawkins, Bowen Advisors acted as the exclusive sellside M&A advisor to Bluvision.

Bluvision’s industry-leading beacon solutions and cloud management platform for asset tracking, … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as M&A Advisor to BroadSoft

BOSTON, June 8, 2016 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that BroadSoft, a global unified communication software as a service (UCaaS) provider, has acquired Intellinote, an enterprise messaging-based team communication and collaboration software application built for the increasingly mobile and millennial workforce.

The acquisition advances BroadSoft’s vision for Project Tempo, an open communications framework that enables team collaboration and productivity by integrating popular enterprise cloud applications with contextual intelligence and real-time unified communications services provided by BroadSoft UC-One.

Bowen Advisors has advised BroadSoft on a … Read More

Bowen Advisors Serves as M&A Advisor to Nakina

BOSTON, April 6, 2016 – Bowen Advisors is pleased to announce that its client Nakina Systems, a provider of security and orchestration software for virtual and hybrid networks, has been acquired by Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK). With a team led by John Emery, Bowen Advisors acted as the exclusive sellside M&A advisor to Ottawa, Canada-based Nakina.

Nakina’s industry-leading access security solutions further reinforce Nokia’s strong position in security software for service providers at a time when these companies are rapidly bolstering defenses to cope with the … Read More