ABRY Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, ABRY Partners has acquired 13 companies. It has also invested in 14 others.

ABRY Partners’ most common sectors for investment areinformation technology (22%) and business services (13%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (26%) and growth capital (26%). In total, ABRY Partners has invested in 31 US states and 9 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2013 when it acquired Lightower Fiber Networks for $2.0B.

In the last 3 years, ABRY Partners has exited 20 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (52%). ABRY Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2017 when it sold Lightower Fiber Networks for $7.1B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity272
    • M&A Buy Activity170
    • M&A Sell Activity102
  • Total Sectors Invested 24
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 107
  • M&A Advisors 20

ABRY Partners

ABRY Partners

888 Boylston, Ste. 1600,
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
United States
(617) 859-2959
www.abry.com
info@abry.com

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.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Digital Media, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Insurance, Internet Software and Services, Leisure, Media, Medical Products, Publishing, Safety/Security, Software, Staffing

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Consolidation, Divestiture, Growth Capital, Recapitalization, PIPE

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US, Canada

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 50 -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 20 200
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (7.0/yr) # 135 9 14 6 6 - 170
vol $6.2B $1.8B $616M $8.6B
Sell (4.6/yr) # 80 3 12 2 2 4 103
vol $25.3B $5.7B $1.8B $32.8B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Innovisk Capital Partners LLP 2024-10-30 - Trade Sale
London , United Kingdom · www.innovisk.com
Options Technology Ltd. 2024-10-16 - Secondary Sale
London, United Kingdom · www.options-it.com
Blue Mantis, Inc. 2024-09-09 - Secondary Sale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire · www.bluemantis.com
Nuspire LLC 2024-06-20 - Trade Sale
Detroit, Michigan · www.nuspire.com
Chambers and Partners 2023-11-09 616M GBP Secondary Buyout
London, United Kingdom · www.chambers.com
Prime Capital Investment Advisors 2023-07-12 - Stake Purchase
Overland Park, Kansas · www.pciawealth.com
Socius Insurance Services, Inc. 2023-05-23 - Trade Sale
San Francisco, California · www.sociusinsurance.com
Reward Gateway Ltd. 2023-05-16 1.8B GBP Trade Sale
London, United Kingdom · www.rewardgateway.com
Ascend Healthcare, Inc. 2023-03-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chandler, Arizona · www.ascendtelehealth.com
Precision Strategies 2023-02-22 - Growth Capital
New York, New York · www.precisionstrategies.com
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Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
illumifin Corp. 2021-05-17 AmeriLife - Administrative Partners of America 2024-01-09 2
Greenville, South Carolina · www.illumifin.com Clearwater, Florida
Inspira Financial Trust LLC 2019-01-04 Benefit Resources, Inc. 2023-07-13 4
Oak Brook, Illinois · www.inspirafinancial.com Rochester, New York · www.benefitresource.com
Inoapps Ltd. 2022-04-13 Tier1, Inc. 2022-10-11 1
Aberdeen, United Kingdom · www.inoapps.com Warrendale, Pennsylvania · www.tier1inc.com
Alvaria, Inc. 2021-01-01 Cicero - Intelligent Analytics Platform 2022-07-19 1
Atlanta, Georgia · www.aspect.com Cary, North Carolina
Inspira Financial Trust LLC 2019-01-04 PayFlex Systems USA, Inc. 2022-04-05 3
Oak Brook, Illinois · www.inspirafinancial.com Omaha, Nebraska · www.payflex.com
illumifin Corp. 2021-05-17 Long Term Care Group, Inc. 2022-02-24 1
Greenville, South Carolina · www.illumifin.com Eden Prairie, Minnesota · www.ltcg.com
High Street Insurance Partners LLC 2021-04-16 Insurance Services Group, Inc. 2022-01-21 25
Traverse City, Michigan · www.hsip.com Edmonds, Washington · www.insuranceservicesgroup.com
Franklin Energy Services LLC 2019-07-31 Build It Green - Utility Business 2019-10-01 3
Port Washington, Wisconsin · www.franklinenergy.com Oakland, California
Nexus Technologies, Inc. 2017-12-13 Cal Net Technology Group, Inc. 2018-08-07 5
Greenwood Village, Colorado · www.nexustek.com Chatsworth, California · www.calnettech.com
Nexus Technologies, Inc. 2017-12-13 Zumasys, Inc. - Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure & Managed Services 2018-07-10 4
Greenwood Village, Colorado · www.nexustek.com Irvine, California

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 12 (23%) - 37 (22%) 1.2B (14%)
Business Services 9 (17%) - 22 (13%) 215M (2%)
Communications 1 (2%) 402M (40%) 16 (9%) 3.8B (44%)
Internet Software and Services 2 (4%) - 13 (8%) 1.8B (21%)
Software 5 (10%) - 12 (7%) -
Media - - 11 (6%) 650M (8%)
Insurance 3 (6%) - 10 (6%) -
Healthcare Services 1 (2%) - 9 (5%) -
Marketing 6 (12%) - 7 (4%) -
Publishing 1 (2%) 616M (60%) 5 (3%) 616M (7%)
Information Services - - 5 (3%) 222M (3%)
Education - - 4 (2%) -
Financial Services 3 (6%) - 4 (2%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (2%) - 3 (2%) 100M (1%)
Consumer Services 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
Digital Media 2 (4%) - 2 (1%) -
Safety/Security 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
Aerospace - - 1 (1%) -
Environmental - - 1 (1%) -
Leisure 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Real Estate 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (1%) -
Transportation 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Utilities 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Total 52 $1.0B 171 $8.6B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 42 (81%) - 145 (85%) 5.5B (63%)
  California 2 (4%) - 19 (11%) -
  Texas 4 (8%) - 18 (11%) 410M (5%)
  New York 5 (10%) - 11 (6%) 530M (6%)
  New Jersey 3 (6%) - 11 (6%) 1.2B (14%)
  Florida 2 (4%) - 10 (6%) -
  Massachusetts 2 (4%) - 8 (5%) 2.0B (23%)
  Arizona 4 (8%) - 7 (4%) -
  Georgia 2 (4%) - 7 (4%) -
  Colorado 2 (4%) - 7 (4%) -
  Illinois 3 (6%) - 6 (4%) 100M (1%)
  Pennsylvania 1 (2%) - 4 (2%) -
  North Carolina - - 4 (2%) 140M (2%)
  Washington 2 (4%) - 3 (2%) -
  Michigan 1 (2%) - 3 (2%) 222M (3%)
  Minnesota 1 (2%) - 3 (2%) -
  Virginia - - 3 (2%) 215M (2%)
  Wisconsin 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
  South Carolina 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
  New Hampshire 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
  Indiana 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
  Connecticut 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
  Tennessee - - 2 (1%) -
  Oregon 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Kansas 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Iowa 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  District of Columbia - - 1 (1%) 650M (8%)
  Ohio - - 1 (1%) -
  Nevada - - 1 (1%) -
  Missouri - - 1 (1%) -
  Kentucky - - 1 (1%) -
  Alabama - - 1 (1%) -
United Kingdom 5 (10%) 616M (60%) 12 (7%) 2.4B (28%)
Canada 1 (2%) - 5 (3%) 361M (4%)
  Ontario - - 3 (2%) 361M (4%)
  Quebec 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
Sweden 2 (4%) - 3 (2%) -
Norway 1 (2%) 402M (40%) 2 (1%) 402M (5%)
Israel 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Germany - - 1 (1%) -
Bermuda - - 1 (1%) -
Puerto Rico - - 1 (1%) -
Domestic 42 (81%) - 145 (85%) 5.5B (63%)
Cross-border 10 (19%) 1.0B (100%) 26 (15%) 3.1B (37%)
Total 52 $1.0B 171 $8.6B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (6%) - 44 (26%) 362M (4%)
Growth Capital 24 (46%) - 44 (26%) -
Secondary Buyout 12 (23%) 616M (60%) 41 (24%) 3.6B (41%)
Recapitalization 5 (10%) - 15 (9%) 2.2B (26%)
Stake Purchase 2 (4%) - 9 (5%) -
Going Private 1 (2%) 402M (40%) 4 (2%) 2.0B (23%)
Consolidation 2 (4%) - 4 (2%) 530M (6%)
Divestiture 1 (2%) - 3 (2%) -
Venture - - 3 (2%) -
Acquisition Financing 1 (2%) - 2 (1%) -
Joint Venture - - 1 (1%) -
PIPE 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Total 52 $1.0B 171 $8.6B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 34 (33%) 4.6B (14%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 30 (29%) 22.9B (72%)
Trade Sale 24 (23%) 2.3B (7%)
Merger 3 (3%) 2.0B (6%)
Recapitalization 3 (3%) -
Bankruptcy 2 (2%) -
IPO 2 (2%) -
Stake Sale 2 (2%) -
Unknown 2 (2%) -
SPAC 1 (1%) -
Total 103 $31.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
DH Capital
 2
Sica Fletcher LLC
 2
BrightTower
 2
Legal Deals
Kirkland & Ellis
 27
DLA Piper
 2
Latham & Watkins
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $5.0B
$100M to $1B 10 $3.5B
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $8.6B
Largest Lightower Fiber Networks LLC
$2.0B (2013-04-11)
sell # Total
> $1B 10 $25.1B
$100M to $1B 18 $7.7B
< $100M 1 $23M
TOTAL $32.8B
Largest Lightower Fiber Networks LLC
$7.1B (2017-07-18)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
26%
45 (26%)
Strategic(s)
2%
4 (2%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
34%
35 (34%)
Strategic(s)
54%
56 (54%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Mega

PE Assets

12.8B USD

Established

1989

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

Royce Yudkoff

Co- Founder

Andrew Banks

Co-Founder

C. J. Brucato

CEO

Jay Grossman

Chair

Peggy Koenig

Chair Emeritus

FAQ

When was ABRY Partners founded?

ABRY Partners was founded in 1989.

What type of investor is ABRY Partners?

ABRY Partners is a private equity firm.

Where is ABRY Partners headquartered?

ABRY Partners is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

How much capital does ABRY Partners have under management?

ABRY Partners has 12.8B USD under management.

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