Software Sector

The South East sees more than its fair share of high growth software businesses and we have worked with a number. We continue to see really strong businesses and some promising early stage opportunities. We have worked strategically with many of these to establish the most efficient route to exit, affording differing solutions to different shareholders as appropriate. We have explored, for example, trade sales, equity release transactions and listing, either directly or via reverse takeover transactions.

Software businesses are by definition people driven. Often the shareholder objectives differ perhaps by dint of age of the shareholders or perhaps simply very different approaches to risk. Development of marketing leading software products is always going to be a risky affair so careful and controlled growth (albeit potentially rapid) underpins valuation and can ensure very strong market share.

 

Software Sector Transaction Examples:

• Acquisition of Revive by iSOFT