Spratley, Inês Simões Lopo de CarvalhoAnderson, Martim Melo Gouveia2022-11-092022-11-092022-01-132021-12-17http://hdl.handle.net/10362/145343This Investment Committee paper focuses on a potential Leveraged Buyout of Teradata, a software and hardware company based out of San Diego California. It operates internationally and is currently restructuring its product offering to become a cloud first company. The group performed a company and market overview to understand the potential areas for an investment thesis. Value creation is possible through strategic acquisitions in the IoT and cybersecurity space, increasing operational efficiency and through a strong revenue growth from a change in product placement towards high growth geographical areas, where demand is stronger. An LBO simulation is performed and exit returns are calculated.engValuationPrivate equity challengeCorporate financeIpoFinancial modellingLboMerger and acquisitionSaasLeverage buyoutDiscounted cash flowInvestment committee paperSoftware as a serviceRestructuringTeradataIcpInitial public offeringmaster thesis203082982