HGGC Explores Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype

Buyout firm working with adviser to gauge takeover interest Monotype was taken private in $825 million deal in 2019 By and Gillian Tan Buyout firm ...

September 29, 2023
3:56 AM

Buyout firm working with adviser to gauge takeover interest Monotype was taken private in $825 million deal in 2019 By and Gillian Tan Buyout firm HGGC is exploring a sale of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. that could value the typeface firm at more than $4 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. HGGC is working with a financial adviser to gauge takeover interest in the Woburn, Massachusetts-based company and is expected to launch a formal auction process in the coming weeks, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter isn't public.

Ryan Gould