M&A Deal Summary

Bridgepoint Acquires Analysys Mason

On July 1, 2022, private equity firm Bridgepoint acquired business services company Analysys Mason from Datatec for 210M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 17th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 28th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 70th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-07-01
Target Analysys Mason
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Bridgepoint
Sellers(s) Datatec
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 210M GBP

Target

Analysys Mason

London, United Kingdom
Analysys Mason is a global consulting and research firm specializing in telecom, media, technology and digital services. The Firm advises clients on new business strategies to address disruptive technologies. Analysys Mason was established in 1985 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 28.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 160 of 176
Sector (Business Services) 17 of 19
Type (Divestiture) 17 of 19
Country (United Kingdom) 70 of 76
Year (2022) 3 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 28 of 59
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-30 HKA

Warrington, United Kingdom

HKA is a global consultancy in risk mitigation and dispute resolution, using our multi-disciplinary expertise to provide a comprehensive set of specialist services. HKA was formed in 2016 and is based in Warrington, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-25 Cast Software

Meudon, France

Cast Software provides application mining solutions dedicated to software development. Cast Software is based in Meudon, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Datatec

Johannesburg, South Africa
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Information Services
Employees11,269
Revenue 5.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Datatec is a global ICT solutions and services group. Datatec was founded in 1986 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-05 WestconGroup

Johannesburg, South Africa

WestconGroup, Inc. (Westcon-Comstor) is a value-added technology distributor of category-leading solutions in Security, Collaboration, Networking and Data Center. The company is transforming the technology supply chain through its capabilities in Cloud, Services and Global Deployment.

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