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Lincoln International’s TMT Group Achieves Another Record Year
Trends accelerated by COVID-19 continue to drive investor interest in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector Lincoln International’s global TMT M&A and financing activity in 2021 eclipsed that of… Read More
Five Arrows Growth Capital has acquired KidsKonnect from BB Capital and Vortex Capital
KidsKonnect Headquartered in Haarlem, the Netherlands, KidsKonnect is an early education software provider that offers an integrated software solution for daycare centers, out-of-school care, childminder organizations and primary education centers.… Read More
Vista Equity Partners has acquired BigTime Software, a portfolio company of Wavecrest Growth Partners
Client: Vista Equity Partners Client Location: United States Target: BigTime Software, Inc. Target Location: United States Acquirer: Vista Equity Partners Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: BigTime Software, Inc. is… Read More
New Water Capital has acquired Nelson-Miller
Client: New Water Capital Client Location: United States Target: Nelson-Miller, Inc. Target Location: United States Acquirer: New Water Capital Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Nelson Miller designs, engineers and manufactures custom interface and… Read More
Career Path Options for Prospective Investment Bankers
If you are seeking an opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you can learn a wide variety of skills and advise clients on mergers and acquisitions as well as raising… Read More
2021 Record Results
Lincoln International is pleased to celebrate another outstanding year. In 2021, the firm advised on a record number of transactions and achieved significant growth across all of its M&A industry… Read More
Firstronic, LLC has been sold to LACROIX Group (ENXTPA:LACR) and Bpifrance
Firstronic Firstronic is an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) supplier to the automotive space and Tier 1 suppliers whose products are found predominately in emerging, fast growing applications, such as light… Read More
A group of shareholders have sold Fortress IQ to Automation Anywhere
Client: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Tiger Global Management, Comcast Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, M12 Client Location: United States Target: FortressIQ, Inc. Target Location: United States Acquirer: Automation Anywhere, Inc. Acquirer… Read More
VertexOne, a portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners, has acquired ECI
Client: VertexOne (DFW Capital Partners) Client Location: United States Target: ECI Target Location: United States Acquirer: VertexOne (DFW Capital Partners) Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: ECI is a provider of customer information… Read More
Narrative Science, a portfolio company of Sapphire Ventures and Jump Capital, has been sold to Salesforce
Narrative Science is a leading provider of automated data storytelling and analytics solutions for customers across industries and applications. The company’s technology translates data analysis into human language, which helps… Read More
Nautic Partners has sold ESS to Vistria Group
Client: Nautic Partners Client Location: United States Target: ESS Target Location: United States Acquirer: Vistria Group Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: ESS is a technology-enabled provider of substitute teachers and paraprofessionals (non-teaching educators and aides) to… Read More
Operational Solutions Group has sold a minority stake to BGF
Operational Solutions Group Founded in 2010 and based in Reading, England, Operational Solutions Group Limited (OSL) is a leading U.K. counter-drone technologies business. It actively supports major international airports, national… Read More
Madison Dearborn Partners has acquired Zilliant from Goldman Sachs
Client: Madison Dearborn Partners Client Location: United States Target: Zilliant, Inc. Target Location: United States Acquirer: Madison Dearborn Partners Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Zilliant’s industry-leading suite of offerings… Read More
Brightspot, a portfolio company of Carrick Capital Partners, has sold a majority stake to Tailwind Capital
Brightspot Brightspot is a leading, cloud-based, API-first, enterprise-grade content management platform that global brands leverage to transform their content and curate digital experiences. The Brightspot platform enables enterprise content teams… Read More
par8o has been sold to Cloudmed, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
Client: par8o Client Location: United States Target: par8o Target Location: United States Acquirer: Cloudmed (New Mountain Capital) Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Par8o is an innovative healthcare technology company… Read More
Cybersecurity M&A Momentum: Digitalization to Drive Accelerated Demand and Total Available Market Expansion
As C-suite executives focus intensely on corporate digital transformation efforts, cybercriminals are following suit and adjusting tactics to exploit the resulting massively broader cloud attack surface. This big new challenge… Read More
SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder has been sold to Ascential plc
SKU Ninja + WhyteSpyder is an e-commerce software and digital merchandising company that helps brands succeed on Walmart’s digital marketplace. Founded and headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas, the company employs approximately… Read More
Gauge Capital has agreed to sell Irth Solutions to Blackstone (NYSE: BX)
Irth Solutions Irth is a leading provider of cloud-based, Software as a Service solutions that automate processes for damage prevention and asset protection across critical network infrastructure assets. Additionally, Irth… Read More
Secure-IC has raised funding from Alliance Entreprendre, BNP Paribas Développement and GO Capital
Secure-IC Deployed across hundreds of millions of chips in smartphones, laptops, cars, cloud servers and so on, Secure-IC is a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected… Read More
Founders, management, Serena, XAnge and Seventure have sold PrestaShop to MBE, a portfolio company of Oaktree
Founded in 2007 as a pioneer in open-source software, PrestaShop is now a leading e-commerce platform in Europe and Latin America, with expanding global market share. The company enables small… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q3 2021
The education mergers and acquisitions market continued its robust streak in Q3 2021, with sustained enthusiasm for businesses that thrived during COVID-19 or now as we near a post-COVID-19 world.
IK Partners has agreed to acquire Truesec from Sobro
Truesec is a leading, independent provider of cybersecurity services in the Nordics. The company provides an end-to-end offering based on a combination of consultancy and managed services, covering the entire… Read More
Bridgepoint Development Capital has invested in Plug In Digital
Founded in 2012, Plug In Digital (PID) is one of the world’s largest independent video game distributors and a rising video game publisher. PID supports many industry leaders and is… Read More
Advent International and Eurazeo have acquired Datatrans
As part of their co-operation and co-investment in Planet, Advent International and Eurazeo have also acquired Datatrans and will now co-own the company. Datatrans’ management team will continue in their… Read More
A group of private shareholders has sold babyartikel.de and EURET to Avedon Capital Partners
About KP Family International (babyartikel.de) With its pure digital distribution model, babyartikel.de is one of the largest online distributors of baby products and accessories in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland… Read More