TA Associates is a global middle-market growth private equity investment firm founded in 1968. The firm has 125 employees with 75 investment professionals in its offices in Boston, Menlo Park, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
TA Associates focus on buyouts and minority recapitalizations in business services, communications, consumer, financial services, financial technology, healthcare and online / software business sectors. Since its inception, the firm has raised more than USD 16 billion in capital and invested in more than 400 companies worldwide.
TA Associates typically invests between USD 60 million and USD 500 million in equity, in companies with value between USD 150 million and USD 3 billion.
Current TA Associates portfolio companies by business sector:
- Business Services: Circle Graphics, Dealer Tire, LLC, MicroSeismic, Inc., Professional Warranty Service Corporation and Tega Industries Ltd.
- Communications: Aicent, Inc., Aurora Networks, Inc., CoSentry, LLC, CyOptics, Inc., FreeWave Technologies, Inc., MetroPCS Communications, Inc., Micromax Informatics Limited and WIND TELECOM S.p.A.
- Consumer: 5.11, Inc., Cath Kidston, Dymatize Enterprises, Inc., Full Sail, The Los Angeles Film School, The Rocky Mountain School of Design and Vatterott Educational Centers, Inc.
- Financial Services: DNCA Finance SA, Evanston Capital Management, LLC, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, Jupiter Fund Management plc, K2 Advisors, Keeley Asset Management Corp., Numeric Investors LLC and Stadion Money Management, LLC.
- Financial Technology: eSecLending, IndiaIdeas.com Ltd. (BillDesk), ION Investment Group Ltd. and RGM Advisors, LLC.
- Healthcare: Alma Lasers, Ltd., Amann Girrbach AG, Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc., Dr Lal PathLabs, MedSolutions, Millennium Laboratories, Quotient Bioresearch Holdings Limited, Senior Whole Health and Twin Med, LLC.
- Online/Software: AVG Technologies, Bigpoint GmbH, eCircle GmbH, Epic Media Group, e-Rewards, Inc., Fotolia Holdings, Inc., IntraLinks, Inc., Kinetic Social, M and M Direct, Radialpoint and TEOCO Corporation.
On April 19, 2012, Zadig & Voltaire announced that TA Associates has signed an agreement to acquire 30% stake in the company. Founded in 1995, Zadig & Voltaire is a successful French brands in the luxury ready-to-wear market.
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