M&A Deal Summary

Inmar Acquires Collective Bias

On November 17, 2016, Inmar acquired information technology company Collective Bias from Updata Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Inmar’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Inmar’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Inmar’s 1st transaction in Arkansas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-11-17
Target Collective Bias
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Inmar
Sellers(s) Updata Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) GCA Corp. (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Collective Bias

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
website
Collective Bias, Inc. is a provider of proprietary data and technology services enables influencer selection and management, resulting in campaigns that drive true engagement and impact sales for leading brands across multiple verticals. Collective Bias was named one of Forbes' "Most Promising Companies" three years in a row and listed in the "Inc. 5000." Social Fabric® is Collective Bias' hand-selected community of over 8,000 shopping-focused influencers with an aggregate multi-channel reach in excess of 80 million.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Inmar

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1980
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Inmar operates intelligent commerce networks, connecting offline and online transactions in real time for retailers, manufacturers and trading partners across multiple industries. In addition, Inmar’s platforms generate meaningful data and enable the Company to provide clients with actionable analytics and insights to meet the evolving needs of shoppers, patients and businesses. Inmar was founded in 1980 and is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 13
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 10
State (Arkansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 12
Year (2016) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-21 Willard Bishop

Barrington, Illinois, United States

Willard Bishop LLC is a provider of food retail consulting services to retailers, suppliers and trade associations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-11 Aethon - MedEx Product Line

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Aethon, Inc. - MedEx Product Line is a pharmacy logistics management solution geared specifically toward medications prepared and delivered from hospital pharmacies, addressing issues related to late, missing or divergent medication deliveries. The line includes three products: MedSafe, TubeSafe and TraySafe, which consist of software and connected hardware that control, secure and track the preparation and distribution of medications.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Updata Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Updata Partners is the investment affiliate of Updata Advisors, an East Coast US based investment bank. Updata Partners looks to invest in growth oriented information technology businesses from early-stage to buyout, with revenues up to $50 million. Updata Partners typically invests between $15 and $100 million as a lead or co-lead investor. Within information technology, Updata has specific interest in; infrastructure software, physical and digital security, storage software, educational software, internet and interactive technology, media and wireless infrastructure and services, financial technology software, retail technology, business intelligence, subscription-based and on-demand information services, and business services. Updata Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 44
Sector (Information Technology) 5 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 31
State (Arkansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 28 of 40
Year (2016) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-06 MPO

Rotterdam, Netherlands

MPO offers a natively unified cloud platform for Multi-Party Orchestration. The platform complements existing enterprise systems with visibility and control and optimizes order, inventory, and transportation across dynamic, multi-party networks. MPO helps diverse brand owners and logistics service providers embrace the increasing complexity of their global, regional, and domestic supply chains to become more flexible, agile, efficient, reliable, compliant, and sustainable to their customers. MPO was formed in 2000 and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-23 iSheriff

Redwood City, California, United States

iSheriff is a provider of content and endpoint security from the cloud. The Company keeps organizations and individuals safe from cybercrime, malware and digital threats.

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