Halyard Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Halyard Capital’s most common sectors for investment aremarketing (27%) and publishing (16%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (43%) and growth capital (24%). In total, Halyard Capital has invested in 14 US states. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2008 when it acquired NuLink Digital for $70M.

In the last 3 years, Halyard Capital has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (60%). Halyard Capital’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2005 when it sold Hanley Wood for $650M.

Join Mergr to view Halyard Capital’s full profile and discover more middle-market private equity firm investors just like it.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity51
    • M&A Buy Activity26
    • M&A Sell Activity25
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 33
  • M&A Advisors 2

Halyard Capital

19 W. 44th Street, Suite 1401,
New York, New York 10036
United States
(212) 554-2121
www.halyard.com
info@halyard.com

Halyard Capital is a private equity firm that focuses exclusively within the media, communications and business services industries. Halyard looks to commit between $10 and $40 million of equity per transaction in companies valued up to $250 million. Investments are typically made to help support leveraged buyouts, growth equity and other structured investments. Halyard will consider both control and non-control investment situations and prefers North American based opportunities. Halyard Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Digital Media, Education, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Marketing, Media, Publishing, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Consolidation, Divestiture, Going Private, Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Acquisition Financing, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US, Canada, Western Europe, Eastern Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA 2 20
Investment Size 10 40
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 26 - - - - - 26
vol $183M $183M
Sell (0.6/yr) # 22 1 1 1 - - 25
vol $1.5B $1.5B
  51

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
OneSource Virtual, Inc. 2022-11-01 - Trade Sale
Dallas, Texas · www.onesourcevirtual.com
Focal Point Data Risk LLC 2021-08-02 - Trade Sale
Tampa, Florida · www.focal-point.com
Aberdeen Group, Inc. 2020-11-24 - Trade Sale
Boston, Massachusetts · www.aberdeen.com
StratEx Partners LLC 2019-07-24 - Trade Sale
Chicago, Illinois · www.stratex.com
Jun Group 2018-09-10 - Trade Sale
New York, New York · www.jungroup.com
Halyard MD Opco LLC 2018-07-30 53M USD Divestiture
New York, New York · www.tihealth.com
Practice Insight LLC 2017-09-14 - Secondary Sale
Houston, Texas · www.practiceinsight.net
Focal Point Data Risk LLC 2017-01-17 - Consolidation
Tampa, Florida · www.focal-point.com
StratEx Partners LLC 2016-12-22 - Growth Capital
Chicago, Illinois · www.stratex.com
Strategy Execution Partners LLC 2016-12-21 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chicago, Illinois · www.stratexpartners.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Marketing 1 (100%) 53M (100%) 7 (27%) 53M (29%)
Publishing - - 4 (15%) 60M (33%)
Information Technology - - 4 (15%) -
Communications - - 3 (12%) 70M (38%)
Business Services - - 2 (8%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (8%) -
Media - - 2 (8%) -
Information Services - - 1 (4%) -
Software - - 1 (4%) -
Total 1 $53M 26 $183M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 1 (100%) 53M (100%) 26 (100%) 183M (100%)
  New York 1 (100%) 53M (100%) 4 (15%) 53M (29%)
  Massachusetts - - 4 (15%) 60M (33%)
  Texas - - 3 (12%) -
  Ohio - - 2 (8%) -
  New Jersey - - 2 (8%) -
  Illinois - - 2 (8%) -
  Florida - - 2 (8%) -
  Georgia - - 1 (4%) 70M (38%)
  Washington - - 1 (4%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (4%) -
  North Dakota - - 1 (4%) -
  District of Columbia - - 1 (4%) -
  Colorado - - 1 (4%) -
  California - - 1 (4%) -
Total 1 $53M 26 $183M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) - - 11 (42%) 70M (38%)
Growth Capital - - 6 (23%) -
Divestiture 1 (100%) 53M (100%) 3 (12%) 53M (29%)
Stake Purchase - - 2 (8%) -
Recapitalization - - 1 (4%) 60M (33%)
Consolidation - - 1 (4%) -
Secondary Buyout - - 1 (4%) -
Venture - - 1 (4%) -
Total 1 $53M 26 $183M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 10 (40%) 419M (28%)
Secondary Sale 7 (28%) 835M (56%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 5 (20%) 240M (16%)
Recapitalization 2 (8%) -
IPO 1 (4%) -
Total 25 $1.5B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Petsky Prunier LLC
1
Legal Deals
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
2

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 3 $183M
TOTAL $183M
Largest NuLink Digital
$70M (2008-04-22)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 5 $1.4B
< $100M 1 $80M
TOTAL $1.5B
Largest Hanley Wood LLC
$650M (2005-05-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
4%
1 (4%)
Strategic(s)
12%
3 (12%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
32%
8 (32%)
Strategic(s)
60%
15 (60%)

FAQ

When was Halyard Capital founded?

Halyard Capital was founded in 2000.

What type of investor is Halyard Capital?

Halyard Capital is a private equity firm.

Where is Halyard Capital headquartered?

Halyard Capital is headquartered in New York, New York.

How much capital does Halyard Capital have under management?

Halyard Capital has 600M USD under management.

 Subscribe to unlock this and 201,455
investor and company profiles

Sign-up today to get full access

  • check  Unlimited Searches
  • check  Unlimited Profile Views
  • check  Build and Export Lists of
    • PE Backed Companies
    • Direct Investors & Acquirers
    • Advisors
    • Deals
    • & More

What's Mergr?

We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.

Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.

Try us for 1 week free today!

Mergr, the Easiest-to-Use PE and M&A DB


Key Benefits

  • Stay informed on events in your industry
  • M&A research that takes seconds (not all afternoon)
  • Better understand your customers and prospects
  • Discover active buyers (or sellers)
Search
  • 4.5K Private Equity Firms
  • 193K M&A Transactions
  • 197K Companies Involved in M&A
    (Buyer, Seller, or Target)
  • 3.6K M&A Advisors
    (Investment Banks and Law Firms)
  • 75K M&A Contacts
    (PE and M&A Advisors)

Ready to try?

Join FREE for 1 Week

No obligation. Cancel anytime.