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朋友(57)2011年8月17日,226 0评论TouchTunes互动网络,数字音乐盒制造商,已经完成了4500万美元系列E一轮融资,该公司3亿美元的投资前估值,TouchTunes首席执行官查尔斯Goldstruck告诉peHUB。英国私人股本公司3 i,在该公司投资4000万美元,虽然VantagePoint Capital Partners,拥有大多数TouchTunes,将在另一个500万美元,Goldstruck说。这是TouchTunes第五轮融资,Goldstruck说,他拒绝透露公司筹集的资金总额。Caisse de得宝、魁北克养老基金持有股份,但魁北克养老基金转移2006年VantagePoint感兴趣。(Caisse de仓库仍然是一个投资者,Goldstruck说。)TouchTunes在加拿大上市公司从2002年到2005年。2006年,该公司就私人当VantagePoint成为多数投资者和接管Caisse de仓库的位置。我是TouchTunes第一外部投资者自2006年以来,Goldstruck说。昨天的4500万美元交易结束,Goldstruck说。VantagePoint拥有最大的公司(控股),其次是我,有一个少数股权。 Goldstruck himself also owns part of TouchTunes. “I’m very happy,” he says. “When you get the capital you need with the right partner that is a good place to be.” New York-based TouchTunes calls itself a digital, interactive out-of-home entertainment network. TouchTunes’ jukeboxes can be found in 50,000 restaurants and bars in North America, including Hooters, TGIF and Buffalo Wild Wings. Goldstruck wouldn’t disclose revenue for TouchTunes. In February, TouchTunes began looking for a strategic investor and tapped GCA Savvian to run the process. A number of parties were interested, including growth investors, buyout firms and some strategics. TouchTunes plans to use the $45 million funding to expand globally (Europe and Asia), for M&A and for product development, Goldstruck says. “We chose 3i because of their global footprint,” he says. 3i has offices in 13 countries including Brazil, China, France, Germany and India. The firm invested in TouchTunes because of its attractive profitability and growth characteristics, says Andrew Olinick, a 3i principal. “They have been gaining locations for a long period of time,” says Olinick. “They have a good business, good growth and good management.” Most of 3i’s deals are for controlling stakes, but the PE firm is no stranger to taking minority stakes. 3i even has a pool, its Growth Capital Fund, of which a “substantial chunk” goes into making minority investments, says Olinick. The Growth Capital Fund raised $1.7 billion in March 2010. With the fund, 3i targets later stage companies that are established and profitable, he says. 3i typically invests $40 million to $200 million per deal in sectors including TMT (technology, media and telecom), business services and industrial growth. When asked if 3i planned to increase its investment in TouchTunes to a majority, Olinick said: “In the recent past, we have just done minority. We haven’t done minority to control.” 3i did not use an outside investment bank. GCA Savvian team members Richard Jasen, John Lambros, Jimmy Orozco, Cliff Platt and Yuji Maruyama provided financial advice to TouchTunes. Leave a Reply