M&A Deal Summary

ABRY Partners Acquires Aftermath Services

On April 26, 2019, private equity firm ABRY Partners acquired environmental company Aftermath Services from Serent Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 116th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 4th transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-04-26
Target Aftermath Services
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) ABRY Partners
Sellers(s) Serent Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Aftermath Services

Aurora, Illinois, United States
Aftermath Services is a provider of biohazard management, crime scene and trauma cleanup services, on a national scale. Aftermath also provides awareness training to law enforcement agencies, first responders, medical examiners, and other professionals to educate them on the hazards of bloodborne pathogens and other infectious diseases, as well as proper safety procedures. Aftermath Services was founded in 1996 and is based in Aurora, Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


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 132 of 175
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 30 of 42
State: Illinois M&A 4 of 6
Country: United States M&A 116 of 145
Year: 2019 M&A 7 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-13 PowerFleet

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, United States

PowerFleet is a manufacturer of communication equipment for wireless M2M solutions to securing, tracking and managing high-value enterprise assets, including industrial vehicles such as forklifts, airport ground support and handling equipment, transportation assets including trailers and containers and even rental car fleets. PowerFleet was founded in 1993 and is based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-10 Confirma Software

Solna, Sweden

Confirma Software is a provider of vertical enterprise software solutions across the Nordics. The subsidiaries continue independent operations under current management. Confirma Software will drive value generation through sharing of best practices and resources across the target companies. Confirma Software is based in Solna, Sweden.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Serent Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Serent Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in profitable, growing businesses featuring scalable business models and operating in sectors undergoing significant change. Serent looks for companies with $5 to $100 million in growing annual sales where it can commit $20 to $200 million of capital. Target transaction situations include buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth financings. Serent Capital was formed in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 31
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 6
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 10 of 29
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-12 Real Green Systems

Walled Lake, Michigan, United States

Real Green Systems is a producer of Service Assistant software and marketing tool for service industry companies. Service Assistant is an app for lawn care, landscaping, pest control, HVAC, carpet and residential cleaning businesses and so many more service industry companies. Real Green Systems was founded in 1984 and is based in Walled Lake, Michigan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-03 tango

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

tango is a home-based clinical care management services, empowering patients to remain in their homes as they receive quality healthcare. tango provides the value-based care enablement platform for payors, risk-bearing entities and providers to more collaboratively serve medicare advantage, managed medicaid, and dual-eligible populations. tango was founded in 1987 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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