M&A Deal Summary |
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Date | 2015-07-21 |
Target | SESI |
Sector | Education |
Buyer(s) | Catapult Learning |
Sellers(s) |
Prairie Capital
Chicago Growth Partners Fifth Street Capital |
Deal Type | Merger |
Advisor(s) | BMO Capital Markets (Financial) |
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Category | Company |
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Founded | 1976 |
Sector | Education |
Catapult Learning is an outsourced K-12 educational services platform in the U.S. The Company serves more than 300,000 K-12 students across 300+ districts, including 16 of the 20 largest districts, in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Catapult Learning was founded in 1976 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 3 of 5 |
Sector (Education) | 3 of 5 |
Type (Merger) | 1 of 1 |
State (Pennsylvania) | 1 of 1 |
Country (United States) | 3 of 5 |
Year (2015) | 1 of 1 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2014-01-07 |
Newton Alliance
Clayton, Montana, United States Newton Alliance LLC provides customer and product portfolio including: - Alliance™: a comprehensive, school improvement and professional development program. eValuate™: an online formative assessment and reporting engine, built with new, interactive Common Core assessment items, Learning Force™: a proven math and reading intervention services program for grades 3-8, Summer Journey™: a summer school program focused on project-based learning. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2016-04-01 |
Aurora Day School
Peoria, Arizona, United States Aurora Day School is a provider of education program that serves learning-disabled students. |
Buy | - |
Category | Private Equity Firm |
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Founded | 1997 |
PE ASSETS | 525M USD |
Size | Middle-Market |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
Prairie Capital is a private investment firm that provides equity and/or mezzanine capital to support buyouts and recapitalization of lower middle-market companies generating sales of $20 - $100 million with an EBITDA of $4 - $12 million. Areas of interest include niche manufacturers, business services, consumer products, marketing services, specialty chemical, and food businesses. The firm invests in the range of $25 - $45 million per transaction. Prairie Capital was formed in 1997 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 33 of 55 |
Sector (Education) | 1 of 2 |
Type (Merger) | 2 of 2 |
State (Pennsylvania) | 2 of 2 |
Country (United States) | 32 of 54 |
Year (2015) | 2 of 4 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-06-12 |
Premier Dealer Services
Dublin, Ohio, United States Premier Dealer Services is an integrated third-party administrator of vehicle service contracts (VSCs) and related products. Premier designs, underwrites, markets, sells, and administers VSCs that are insured by independent insurance companies, captive reinsurance providers, and dealer owned reinsurance entities. Premier Dealer Services is based in Dublin, Ohio. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-09-17 |
Messenger
Auburn, Indiana, United States Messenger LLC is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty stationery and related products to the death care industry. Messenger products are sold to over 8,000 funeral home directors who, in turn, retail these products to families for use at memorial services. Messenger was established in 1913 and is based in Auburn, Indiana. |
Sell | - |
Category | Growth Capital Firm |
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Founded | 2004 |
PE ASSETS | 1.2B USD |
Size | Large |
Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | # |
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Overall | 24 of 34 |
Sector (Education) | 3 of 4 |
Type (Merger) | 1 of 1 |
State (Pennsylvania) | 2 of 2 |
Country (United States) | 22 of 31 |
Year (2015) | 1 of 2 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2014-10-24 |
ScribeAmerica
Aventura, Florida, United States ScribeAmerica LLC is a provider of managed medical scribe services to the healthcare industry. ScribeAmerica offers turnkey professional medical scribe programs within which it recruits, qualifies, hires, trains, and manages scribes for a wide variety of medical settings. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-12-14 |
World 50
Atlanta, Georgia, United States World 50 is an exclusive, invite-only peer-to-peer network and knowledge exchange platform serving senior executives at leading corporations. World 50 was founded in 2004 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Sell | - |
Fifth Street Capital is a public investment firm focused on providing mezzanine financing to support expansions, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and management buyouts of middle-market US based companies. Fifth Street looks to invest between $5 and $50 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include consumer products, healthcare services, manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, food services, business services, restaurants, speciality retail, logistics, and value added distribution. Fifth Street Capital is based in White Plains, New York.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 30 of 59 |
Sector (Education) | 1 of 3 |
Type (Merger) | 2 of 4 |
State (Pennsylvania) | 3 of 5 |
Country (United States) | 29 of 58 |
Year (2015) | 7 of 9 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-06-22 |
Healthcare Finance Group
New York City, New York, United States Healthcare Finance Group is a specialty finance company that provides revolving credit facilities and term loans to healthcare providers. HFG targets middle-market healthcare service providers, generally requiring credit facilities of $5.0 million to $50.0 million. |
Sell | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-10-08 |
CoAdvantage
Tampa, Florida, United States CoAdvantage engages in human resource solutions, providing Professional Employer Organization (PEO) services to small and medium-sized businesses nationwide. CoAdvantage specializes in and excels at handling human resources. CoAdvantage are HR experts who work as your outsourcing partner to administer payroll, benefits, workers’ compensation, and core HR functions. CoAdvantage was founded in 1997 and is based in Tampa, Florida. |
Sell | - |