M&A Deal Summary

Aquent Acquires Corporate Project Resources

On June 25, 2005, Aquent acquired staffing company Corporate Project Resources from Chicago Growth Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aquent’s 1st transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Aquent’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Aquent’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-06-25
Target Corporate Project Resources
Sector Staffing
Buyer(s) Aquent
Sellers(s) Chicago Growth Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Ewing Bemiss & Co. (Financial)

Target

Corporate Project Resources

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Corporate Project Resources, Inc. is a provider of interim and permanent marketing professionals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aquent

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Staffing
DESCRIPTION

Aquent is a global professional services firm that delivers staffing, consulting, and outsourcing solutions for Marketing and Creative Services, IT, and Healthcare. Through a network of more than sixty offices in sixteen countries, Aquent has made over 400,000 matches of contract and full-time professionals with client companies worldwide. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Please visit aquent.com for more information.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Staffing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-06 DEV6

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

DEV6 specializes in the design and JavaScript development of leading-edge UX on enterprise-grade mobile and web applications. Applications built by DEV6 are business-critical to our clients, creating competitive advantage, which often involves virtually every function across the enterprise. DEV6 complements its application development services with consulting and training services that produce scale and greater return on investment for our clients.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Chicago Growth Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Chicago Growth Partners LLC (CGP) was a Chicago-based based private equity firm that provided expansion and buyout capital to middle-market companies generating sales of $15 to $150 million. CGP sought to invest in business services, consumer services, healthcare products/services, and industrial companies. CGP was formed in 2004 as a spin-off of William Blair Capital Partners, the investment group of investment bank William Blair. In 2014, the Firm ceased operations.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 34
Sector (Staffing) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 15
State (Illinois) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 5 of 31
Year (2005) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-27 CLP Resources

Reno, Nevada, United States

CLP Resources, Inc. provides skilled tradesmen, including carpenters, electricians, drywallers, etc., on a temporary basis to the construction industry.

Sell $46M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-01 CryoCor

San Diego, California, United States

CryoCor, Inc. is a medical technology company specializing in the use of intracardiac cryotherapy technology.

Sell -
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