M&A Deal Summary

ABRY Partners Acquires Blue Mantis

On December 17, 2020, private equity firm ABRY Partners acquired information technology company Blue Mantis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 30th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 125th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-12-17
Target Blue Mantis
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) ABRY Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Blue Mantis

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
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Blue Mantis is a provider of product procurement services, project services, and maintenance and managed IT services for state, local, and education (SLED) institutions. Blue Mantis was founded in 1992 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Buyer

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 144 of 169
Sector (Information Technology) 30 of 36
Type (Recapitalization) 15 of 15
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 125 of 144
Year (2020) 10 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-28 Sleep Doctor

Seattle, Washington, United States

Sleep Doctor is a digital content marketing business. Sleep Doctor maintains a proprietary portfolio of consumer-facing online destinations within the health vertical, which it monetizes through partnerships with hundreds of brands. Its leading brands in sleep, telehealth, behavioral health, and testing include SleepFoundation.org, Tuck.com Testing.com Help.org, and OnlineDoctor.com. Sleep Doctor is based in Seattle, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-01 Alvaria

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Alvaria is a provider of fully integrated customer engagement, workforce optimization, and self-service omnichannel software solutions. Alvaria was founded in 1973 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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