M&A Deal Summary

BV Investment Partners Acquires PetroSkills

On September 28, 2010, private equity firm BV Investment Partners acquired business services company PetroSkills

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BV Investment Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is BV Investment Partners’ 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is BV Investment Partners’ 1st transaction in Oklahoma.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-09-28
Target PetroSkills
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) BV Investment Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

PetroSkills

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
PetroSkills is a provider of human capital development solutions to engineers and other professionals in the oil and gas industry. PetroSkills delivers technical content, e-learning modules, and training courses covering over 200 subject disciplines across upstream, midstream, and downstream market segments and international energy companies. PetroSkills LLC was founded in 1963 and based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Buyer

BV Investment Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BV Investment Partners is a private equity firm partner with entrepreneurs and families to invest in sound businesses and provide them with significant strategic, operating, and analytical assistance to accelerate the growth of the company through organic initiatives and acquisitions. BV was formed in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 60
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 10
Type (Recapitalization) 1 of 9
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 19 of 56
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-03 Medley Global Advisors

New York, New York, United States

Medley Global Advisors is the provider of geopolitical and macroeconomic policy information serving a client base comprised of leading banks, asset managers, and hedge funds.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-01 a360media

New York, New York, United States

a360media owns and operates the leading celebrity and health & fitness media brands in the country. The Company's magazines have a combined total circulation of 5.3+ million and reach 32.6+ million men and women each month. Our digital properties reach 50+ million unique visitors and 652+ million page views monthly, and our social media channels reach 56+ million visitors. a360media was formed in 1936 and is based in New York City.

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