Outsourcers Keep Value In Downturn
Outsourcing remains a hot sector for private equity investments. On Tuesday, the Charterhouse Group and Thompson Street Capital Partners announced they have bought Colo4 LLC, an outsourced provider of colocation services to third parties. Companies outsource their computing infrastructure to Colo4 rather than build their own data centers. It's unclear what Colo4 sold for, but Charterhouse has invested in the sector before. In 2004, Charterhouse bought Lason inc., a provider of information management and business process outsourcing to customers in financial services, healthcare and government. Charterhouse sold it in 2007 for more than $120 million, or roughly 5x return on invested capital.
14 July 2010•2 mins read
