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CALASTONE

Acquired by

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES

UNITED KINGDOM Fintech & Payments EV [500m GBP - 1b GBP] 01/2025

Target

CALASTONE

Acquirer

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES

Context

SS&C Technologies acquired Calastone from Carlyle. Upon completion, Calastone's team of 250 employees was integrated into SS&C's Global Investor & Distribution Solutions (GIDS) division. The strategic rationale is to combine Calastone's network with SS&C's fund administration and AI automation capabilities to create a more connected, automated global fund ecosystem.

CALASTONE, which reported an EBITDA margin of LOGIN in 2024, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of LOGIN, representing a LOGIN premium to the 14.0x average currently observed in the Financial Services sector.

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Target

Calastone is the largest global funds network, serving as a digital marketplace for trading and settling investment funds. It leverages blockchain technology and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to automate traditionally manual processes such as order routing, settlement, and transaction reporting.

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Other operations with CALASTONE

DateAcquirerTargetCountrySectorDeal Context
10/2020THE CARLYLE GROUPCALASTONEUNITED KINGDOMFintech & Payments

The Carlyle Group acquired a majority stake in Calastone from Accel and Octopus Ventures. The deal followed a competitive auction process involving other bidders like Nordic Capital. The strategic rationale was to transform a highly successful, VC-backed fintech into a global institutional-grade market utility. Carlyle aimed to leverage the company's "sticky" recurring revenue (85% from mutual fund routing) and its first-mover advantage in blockchain-based fund infrastructure to drive global scale.

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