M&A Deal Summary

Quadrant Private Equity Acquires iSentia

On July 1, 2010, private equity firm Quadrant Private Equity acquired media company iSentia for 54M AUD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 10th transaction in Australia.
Investment Fate
  • iSentia went public in 2014.
  • iSentia was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2021 for 67M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-07-01
Target iSentia
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Quadrant Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 54M AUD

Target

iSentia

Strawberry Hills, Australia
iSentia is a media monitoring firm that provides media intelligence solutions. iSentia was founded in 1982 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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Buyer

Quadrant Private Equity

Sydney, Australia

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 7.0B AUD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Quadrant Private Equity is a generalist Australian private equity firm focused on management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital investments in a broad range of industries. Quadrant prefers profitable businesses and looks to commit AU$70 to AU$150 million per transaction. The Firm will not consider investments in mineral exploration or primary agriculture. Quadrant Private Equity is based in Sydney.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 52
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 24
Country: Australia M&A 10 of 47
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 17
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