Investment Summary

Waud Capital Partners Invests In PSI

On March 1, 2015, private equity firm Waud Capital Partners invested in business services company PSI

Investment Highlights
  • This is Waud Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Waud Capital Partners’ 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Waud Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Kansas.
Investment Fate
  • PSI was sold to a strategic buyer in 2024.

Investment Summary
Date 2015-03-01
Target PSI
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) Waud Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

PSI

Olathe, Kansas, United States
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PSI focuses on delivering frictionless and fair test-taker experiences through valid test content, authorized test centers, secure remote testing with online proctoring, multi-modal test delivery, testing windows, or continuous testing on demand. It partners with certification test sponsors covering the breadth of professional specialisms from healthcare, architecture, finance, and IT to numerous highly specialized sectors. PSI is based in Olathe, Kansas.

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Investor

Waud Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Waud Capital Partners is a private equity firm that pursues investments in mid-sized manufacturing, distribution and service companies. Waud looks for businesses with proven management, operating in well defined markets, and that demonstrate strong growth potential. The Firm typically invests $50 to $200 million. Specific areas of interest include adhesives, air/water treatment, alarm monitoring, auto components, coatings, consumer products, home healthcare services, hospitals, lighting, litigation support, medical distribution, petroleum distribution, pharmaceuticals, publishing, sealants, specialty hospitals, and tax consultants. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, recapitalizations and industry consolidations. Waud Capital Partners was established in 1993 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 45
Sector (Business Services) 4 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 8
State (Kansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 24 of 44
Year (2015) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-24 ProNerve

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

ProNerve LLC is a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring ("IONM") services in the U.S. IONM involves the use of a variety of electro-physiological monitoring procedures during surgery to allow early warning and avoidance of injury to nervous systems structures.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-02 Bonterra

Austin, Texas, United States

Bonterra is a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for corporate philanthropy, including workplace giving, employee engagement, and grants management. Bonterra was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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