We are very pleased with the outcome of the financing and were impressed by Lincoln’s commitment and drive to achieve the best outcome for the company.
Alex Shakibnia
Managing Director at Gemspring

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Rapid Displays Gemspring Capital Outform 2021

Rapid Displays, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, has acquired Outform

Gemspring has completed the acquisition of Outform and merged it with Rapid, an existing portfolio company, forming one of the world’s largest marketing, retail and merchandising services companies. The merger… Read More

York Capital Management Cennox Bancsource 2021

York Capital Management has acquired and merged Cennox and Bancsource

Client: York Capital Management Client Headquarters: United States Targets: Cennox and Bancsource Target Headquarters: United Kingdom and United States Target Descriptions: Cennox provides automated teller machine and technology related services.… Read More

WaterLand Base Staci Ardian 2021

Base Logistics Group has been sold to Staci Group, a portfolio company of Ardian

Base Logistics Group, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a global fourth-party logistics provider of integrated transport and warehouse management services. The group specializes in time- and mission-critical services for high-tech… Read More

Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q1 2021

As we expected early in the year, 2021 is shaping up to be a banner year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the education market. Complementing all of the trends… Read More

Lincoln International Releases Proprietary Q1 2021 Middle Market Index

Private Company Enterprise Value Momentum Continues in Q1 2021 as the Lincoln MMI Climbs to Another Record High In the first quarter of 2021, the Lincoln Middle Market Index (Lincoln… Read More

Facilities Services Market Update Q1 2021

Within the facilities services sector, there has also been a continued rise in activity, specifically within the U.S. market. During Q1 2021, private equity-backed facilities services companies were particularly active… Read More

GreenMo Go Sharing Opportunity Partners 2021

GO Green has raised €50 million in growth capital to fuel the pan-European expansion of its electric Mobility as a Service platform

Headquartered in Waardenburg, the Netherlands, GO Green is a high-growth multimodal electric mobility-as-a-service platform, managing and servicing a fleet of over 30,000 e-mopeds and e-bikes across Europe. GO Green targets… Read More

IK Investment Partners Skill & You Andera 2021

IK Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in Skill & You

Skill & You is a vocational e-learning provider with a market-leading position in France and Spain. The company’s unrivaled portfolio of 220 courses covers a wide range of skills and… Read More

Woolpert Long Point Capital MSD Partners 2021

Woolpert has received a strategic investment from MSD Partners

Founded in 1911, Woolpert is a global provider of architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting services to a wide variety of public, private and government clients. The company’s inventive… Read More

Blackstone_Desotec_EQT_2021

Blackstone has acquired Desotec

Based in Roeselare, Belgium, Desotec’s mission is to help protect the planet through innovative circular filtration solutions, enabling clean water, air and soil. The company was founded in 1990 and… Read More

TriWest PRT InstarAGF 2021

TriWest Capital Partners has sold PRT Growing Services to InstarAGF

Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, PRT is the largest outsourced provider of critical growing services for container-grown forest seedlings in North America. The company is a pioneer in commercial… Read More

THI Investments Oxford International Bowmark Capital 2021

THI Investments has acquired a majority stake in Oxford International

Oxford International Education Group, founded in 1991, has over 30 years of experience in the education sector and helps over 50,000 UK and international students achieve academic success every year.… Read More

Swiss Post Die Schweizerische Post SecurePost Loomis 2021

Swiss Post has sold SecurePost to Loomis

SecurePost is a leading Swiss provider of high-quality and full-service valuables logistics, offering solutions such as end-to-end transportation of cash and valuables, cash handling and automated teller machine (ATM) services.… Read More

New Mountain Capital has acquired Qualus Power Services from Mason Wells

Client: New Mountain Capital Client Location: United States Target: Qualus Power Services Target Location: United States Acquirer: New Mountain Capital Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Qualus is a leading pure-play provider of… Read More

ORR Corporation ORR Safety Northern Safety Wurth Group 2021

ORR Corporation has sold ORR Safety to Würth Industry North America / Northern Safety & Industrial

Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, ORR Safety is one of the largest privately held safety companies in the United States. Since 1948, ORR Safety has provided worker safety products, personal protective… Read More

Audax Private Equity AI Fire Snow Phipps 2021

Audax Private Equity has sold AI Fire to Snow Phipps

Headquartered in Long Beach, California, AI Fire is a leading provider of fire and life safety services to diversified end markets through a unique, highly integrated national and local operating… Read More

HWF Ardonagh 2021

HWF Partners has sold a majority stake to The Ardonagh Group

HWF Partners, founded in 2014, is a specialist mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance broker with expertise in structuring bespoke insurance solutions for M&A transactions. Other services offered by HWF include… Read More

Environmental & Waste Services Market Update Q4 2020

The environmental and waste services sector experienced similar trends to the broader market in Q4 2020.

Webinar | Online Tutoring: Academic Success and College Admissions Prep

On Thursday, March 4, 2021, Lincoln International hosted a webinar with Revolution Prep, one of the leading providers of online instruction and personalized learning, discussing real-time trends in college admissions… Read More

Information Technology Services Market Update Q4 2020

In line with strong public stock performance in the fourth quarter of 2020, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volumes in the information technology (IT) services segment were also robust.

Human Capital Management Services Market Update Q4 2020

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in human capital management services was up significantly in Q4 as compared to Q3. However, the activity level still represented a slight decline from Q4… Read More

ICV Partners One Touch Point 2021

ICV has refinanced OneTouchPoint

Client: ICV Client Headquarters: United States Target: OneTouchPoint Target Headquarters: United States Target Description: OneTouchPoint is a value-added commercial printer and document services company.

Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q4 2020

While uncertainty around school re-opening plans persisted through the summer, schools’ ability to operate (admittedly at varying levels of effectiveness) remotely proved a boon to a whole segment of the… Read More

Lincoln International Releases Proprietary Q4 2020 Middle Market Index

Despite the challenges stemming from the pandemic, the concerted efforts of private equity funds, private debt lenders and their portfolio company management teams led to a substantial resiliency in private… Read More

Distribution Quarterly Review Q4 2020

The record recovery reported in our last Distribution Quarterly Review continued to take hold and gain momentum through the end of the year. Everyone watching the equities markets observed the… Read More