M&A Deal Summary

Leeds Equity Partners Acquires Simplify Compliance

On December 8, 2016, private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners acquired software company Simplify Compliance

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-12-08
Target Simplify Compliance
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Simplify Compliance

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
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Simplify Compliance is a provider of learning, events and memberships, and information and workflow solutions to the human capital management, healthcare, financial services and communications end markets. Simplify Compliance is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Leeds Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies operating in knowledge industries. Specific areas of interest include education (K-12, postsecondary, at-risk/special education, instruction materials, testing), training (corporate training, professional certification/continuing education, language training), and information/business services (b2b publishing, information databases/research, tradeshows/conferences, business process outsourcing, consulting, staffing, marketing). Leeds prefers investing in established companies that are leaders in their respective markets. Leeds Equity Partners was formed in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 40
Sector (Software) 6 of 9
Type (Consolidation) 1 of 2
State (Tennessee) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 18 of 37
Year (2016) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-04 Evanta

Portland, Oregon, United States

Evanta Inc. is a provider of immersive leadership development programs for high-potential executives also in partnership with MIT Sloan School of Management, University of Texas McCombs School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Sell $275M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-22 Prosci

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Prosci is a provider of change management training, products and digital solutions. Prosci partners with corporations, governments and not-for-profit organizations around the world to help them implement change more successfully. Prosci was formed in 1994 and is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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