Juniper Group is a portfolio company under Vela (www.velasoftwaregroup.com) a division of Constellation Software Inc. (“Constellation”), a publicly traded software conglomerate with revenues of US$4 billion and EBITDA of US$1 billion. Founded in 1995, Constellation has completed more than 600 investments since inception with over 600 offices and greater than 20,000 employees globally (www.csisoftware.com)
OVERVIEW
Juniper Group is a multi-vertical software operating firm that invests in and builds enduring B2B and B2C software businesses across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. We are in a range of Travel industries and new verticals in Spain.
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INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
Juniper Group invests in and partners with software businesses that serve customers in a specific industry vertical or a handful of adjacent industry verticals. We are looking for companies with revenues US$2 million that have the following characteristics:
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MEANINGFUL OR GROWING MARKET SHARE
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DIVERSIFIED CUSTOMER BASE
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HIGH % OF RECURRING REVENUE
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STRONG AND COMMITTED TEAM
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LOW CUSTOMER ATTRITION
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100% BUYOUTS OR MAJORITY
WHY JUNIPER GROUP?
We’re experienced software investors who can move quickly and offer a unique combination of capital and managerial support to ensure the continued growth of our companies.
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY
We offer a decentralized and autonomous operating philosophy with little day-to-day oversight and minimal bureaucracy. Management becomes part of concentric circle where they can network, exchange ideas and best practices from other software executives across the portfolio.
Our process
We explain the investment process
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Attach your NDA
Attached you can find our standard NDA. Please send us a signed copy, so I can share it with our CEO to countersign it and send you the fully executed agreement back for your records.
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Financial information
Also attached there is a workbook with a request of the main financial information we need to collect to be able to build our investment thesis and request Board for approval. It usually doesn’t take more than two business days to fill it out on average. This said, if you have similar information already ready to share, we can look at it and fill the template by ourselves with as many inputs as possible to save your time and get back to you only with the outstanding questions and doubts. Also, we will appreciate to receive your commercial brochure, if you have one.
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Indicative offer
Upon receipt of this financial data and before submitting our indicative offer, we usually set up a call to clarify doubts and conduct a Management Presentation, when I will also introduce our CEO and M&A Director to you.
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Preliminary agreement
If we can reach a preliminary agreement, we will ask you for signing our Letter of Intent to start the due diligence process right after. Afterwards, if there is a good communication between the parties and we receive the required information in due time, the transaction can be completed within the next 45-60 days.
OUR COMPANIES
Acquired companies
Team members
Meet our Executive Team
Jaime Sastre
CEO
Vanesa Espinosa
VP Governance & Organization
Ray Alabern
VP Organic Growth
Alberto Dominguez
Head of M&A
Andreu Szempruch
CLOThe mission for any company is to add value to employees, customers and shareholders. To me, this transaction is a great success for the former shareholders, bringing to fruition a project which began several decades ago. Becoming part of a leading international and well-reputed group of software companies is also an exciting opportunity for our employees and customers. For our employees, it will lead to accelerate and improve their development, having the possibility to move up within the career path. Likewise, our customers will benefit from the financial strength and operational expertise, as well as market insights and knowledge-sharing that, without doubt, Juniper Group will continuously provide us with going forward.
Gerardo Navarro
CEO of AvalonWe thank our colleagues from Juniper Group and IN2 who, with their commitment and expertise, made this demanding process pleasant. As a company based on long-term relationships with employees and customers, it was crucial for us that CSI guarantees business continuity, while retaining all employees and all users. We are especially pleased with CSI’s desire for further development of our OperaOpus ERP system and, in general, the plan for further growth and development of the company. We are sure that this is an important and big step for our company and we are looking forward to new business synergies and opportunities
Hrvoje Zrilic
CEO of SVAM plusWe are especially pleased and proud to be recognized as a desirable and trusted software and services provider of a leading international software conglomerate as Juniper Group. For us it was crucial that Juniper Group ensures business continuity and the development of our core solutions and growth plan. For our employees it is an opportunity to enhance their careers and personal development.
Nikola Juranić
CEO de MCSACQUISITION EXPERIENCE
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ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE
We’re experienced software investors who can move quickly and offer a unique combination of capital and managerial support to ensure the continued growth of our companies.
Jaime Sastre, CEO of Juniper on Vela
Interview with Jaime Sastre
NEWS
Latest news and articles
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Juniper-group - August 2, 2022
Juniper Group acquires IST Cruise Technology
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain, August 2, 2022 – Juniper (a division of Juniper Group), a leading supplier of technological solutions in the tourism industry, has announced today the completion of IST acquisition, the trailblazing technology-company offering solutions for the online sale of cruises. “The goal of our project is to grow based on the great […]
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- April 25, 2022
Airport Information Systems acquired by Juniper Group
United Kingdom, April 21, 2022 – TPF Software (TSI), a division of Juniper Group, is pleased to announce it has acquired Airport Information Systems (AIS), an all-in-one Airport Operations Management System across the British Islands. This transaction represents an exciting milestone for TSI as it is the first acquisition made by them within Constellation Software, only […]
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- February 3, 2022
MCS Grupa acquired by Juniper Group
Zagreb, February 3, 2022: IN2 Group a division of Juniper Group, an operating group of Vela Software and Constellation Software, Inc., is pleased to announce it has acquired MCS Grupa, an advanced Croatian developer of web-based information systems for Primary and Secondary Health Care. With this acquisition, IN2 Group expands and consolidates its portfolio of services and products for all […]
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- November 10, 2021
Juniper Group appoints Alberto Domínguez to Head of M&A
November 9th, 2021 Juniper Group, a division of Vela Software International Inc. and Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU), has appointed Alberto Domínguez as the new Head of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). The Juniper Group’s M&A team is comprised of M&A practitioners with a wide range of profiles, cultures and nationalities, being based out of Juniper Group’s Headquarters, […]
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