Clarivate - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Clarivate M&A Summary

Clarivate has acquired 19 companies, including 15 in the last 5 years. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Clarivate’s largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired ProQuest for $5.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2022, when it sold MarkMonitor to Newfold Digital for $303M. Clarivate has acquired in 7 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (29%) and information technology (29%).

Clarivate Business Overview

Where is Clarivate headquartered?

Clarivate is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Clarivate’s revenue?

Clarivate disclosed revenue of 2,629M USD for 2023 and 2,660M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Clarivate have?

Clarivate has 12,000 employees.

What sector is Clarivate in?

Clarivate is an information services company.

When was Clarivate founded?

Clarivate was founded in 1864.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity16
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 11
  • M&A Advisors 3

Clarivate

Clarivate Plc

70 Saint Mary Axe,
London, EC3A 8BE
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7433 4000
www.clarivate.com

Clarivate is a provider of solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. Clarivate bold mission is to help customers solve some of the world's most complex problems by providing actionable information and insights that reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing inventions in the areas of science and intellectual property. We help customers discover, protect, and commercialize their inventions using our trusted subscription and technology-based solutions coupled with deep domain expertise. Clarivate was founded in 1864 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 5 3 3 - - 3 14
vol $950M $5.3B $6.3B
Sell (0.4/yr) # - - - 1 - 1 2
vol $303M $303M
  16

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
ScholarOne 2024-10-28 - Divestiture
Charlottesville, Virginia
Rowan TELS Corp. 2024-07-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.rowanpatents.com
Global Q, Inc. 2024-04-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Warsaw, Indiana · www.globalqinc.com
MotionHall, Inc. 2024-03-21 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.motionhall.com
MarkMonitor, Inc. 2022-09-12 303M USD Divestiture
Meridian, Idaho · www.markmonitor.com
Patient Connect 2021-12-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Guildford, United Kingdom · www.patientconnect.eu
Bioinfogate S.L. 2021-08-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Barcelona, Spain · www.bioinfogate.com
ProQuest LLC 2021-05-17 5.3B USD Add-on Acquisition
Ann Arbor, Michigan · www.proquest.com
Hanlim IPS Co. LTD 2020-11-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Seoul, South Korea · www.hanlimips.com
CPA Global Ltd. 2020-07-29 - Merger
Jersey, Channel Islands · www.cpaglobal.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 3 (21%) - 2 (100%) 303M (100%)
Information Services 4 (29%) 5.3B (85%) - -
Information Technology 4 (29%) 950M (15%) - -
Business Services 1 (7%) - - -
Life Science 1 (7%) - - -
Software 1 (7%) - - -
Total 14 $6.3B 2 $303M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 7 6.3B 2 303M
  Idaho 1 - 1 303M
  Washington 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Michigan 1 5.3B - -
  Massachusetts 1 950M - -
  Indiana 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
  Virginia - - 1 -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Belgium 1 - - -
Channel Islands 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
South Korea 1 - - -
Spain 1 - - -
Domestic 2 (14%) - - -
Cross-border 12 (86%) 6.3B (100%) 2 (100%) 303M (100%)
Total 14 $6.3B 2 $303M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
4
Legal Deals
Davis Polk & Wardwell
3
Blank Rome
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $5.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $950M
TOTAL $6.3B
Largest ProQuest LLC
$5.3B (2021-05-17)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $303M
TOTAL $303M
Largest MarkMonitor, Inc.
$303M (2022-09-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
2 (14%)
Strategic(s)
14%
2 (14%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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