M&A Deal Summary

STG Acquires Escalent

On June 26, 2018, private equity firm STG acquired business services company Escalent from VSS Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is STG’s 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is STG’s 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is STG’s 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-06-26
Target Escalent
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) STG
Sellers(s) VSS Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Escalent

Livonia, Michigan, United States
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Escalent is a human behavior and analytics firm specializing in industries facing disruption and business transformation. Escalent was formed in 1989 and is based in Livonia, Michigan.

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Buyer

STG

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

STG is a private equity firm focused on making investments in software and services companies. STG looks to leverage operational expertise in helping its portfolio companies 'increase customer value' and grow. In addition to its focus within the software/services sectors, STG also has interest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, retail, financial services, and communications. STG was formed in 2002 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 36 of 63
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 7 of 11
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 24 of 47
Year (2018) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-22 Maincare Solutions

Cestas, France

Maincare Solutions is a provider of IT solutions for healthcare organizations. Maincare Solutions is a provider of electronic patient records in France and works with 80% of the French academic hospitals. Maincare Solutions was founded in 1999 and is based in Cestas, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-20 Extenda Retail

Stockholm, Sweden

Extenda Retail is a global software provider to retailers by creating solutions for the next generation of retail experience. Extenda Retail was formed in 2018 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

VSS Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

VSS Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications, education, and information services sectors. VSS looks for opportunities with valuable brand franchises, stable cash flows, and infrastructure to support add-ons. The Firm will consider businesses throughout North America and Europe valued between $50 and $750 million. Prospective investment situations include management buyouts/buy-ins, expansion or acquisition financings, recapitalizations, build-ups, going private transactions, and partnerships. VSS was formed in 1981 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 56
Sector (Business Services) 12 of 12
Type (Secondary Buyout) 22 of 23
State (Michigan) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 37 of 43
Year (2018) 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-16 QuadraNet

Los Angeles, California, United States

QuadraNet is a full-service data center provider one of the most well-regarded peering-exchanges locations. Their data center locations include the cities of Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, and New Jersey. QuadraNet’s exclusive services and large portfolio of services, all engineered and optimized with their proprietarily developed Intelligent Monitoring Platform (IMP) include infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployments; colocation and data center space of all sizes; both managed services and remote hands services; public and private cloud service offerings; bespoke enterprise-architected solutions, and traditional dedicated services and IP Transit services that have high-capacity backbones world-wide. QuadraNet was formed in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-15 VKIDZ Holdings

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States

VKIDZ Holdings, Inc. is an edtech company dedicated to helping deliver the best education to students using technology. Organized in two business units, Vkidz serves both school systems and homeschooling families with innovative, research-based educational products. Company mission is to provide superior educational experiences to students providing full support to their parents and the school systems. The products have many game-like elements reflecting the founder’s experience developing Playstation games in his previous career. Prospective employees are urged to review the open positions on the career pages on the VocabularySpellingCity and Time4Learning websites. Additionally, the company is building a board of directors and a deeper management team.

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