AAA Teradata stores portfolio company

Teradata stores portfolio company

Teradata, a New York-listed data management and analysis service, has agreed to acquire the remaining shares in one of its corporate venturing portfolio companies, Aster Data Systems, for $263m.

Teradata acquired 11% of Aster in September, and has agreed to pay an additional $263m for the remaining ownership interest, net of debt and other expenses and including $21m in cash on its book.

Teradata’s investment in September was part of a $30m series C round for Aster from a consortium of venture capital (VC) firms Sequoia Capital, Jafco Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners and Cambrian Ventures and a then-undisclosed strategic investor.

Aster’s B round raised $17m in February 2009 from its VCs, while Sequoia led the reported $10m seed and A round.

Mike Koehler, executive president of Teradata, said: "This [purchase of Aster], coupled with our recent integrated marketing management acquisition with Aprimo, and our increased investments into our core data warehouse business – provide three best-in-class platforms to fuel future growth for Teradata."

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