M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2016-04-04 |
| Target | Evanta |
| Sector | Business Services |
| Buyer(s) | Challenger |
| Sellers(s) |
Leeds Equity Partners
Prospect Capital Management |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 275M USD |
| Advisor(s) | JEGI Clarity (Financial) Goodwin Procter (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Employees | 4,600 |
| Revenue | 950M USD (2016) |
Challenger is a global performance improvement platform that delivers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions focused on sales marketing and customer service training through in-person workshops, eLearning and workflow tools, diagnostic and assessment offerings, and other sales acceleration modules. Underpinned by the world-renowned, research-based Challenger and Effortless Experience methodologies, its solutions help enterprises adopt, develop, communicate, and implement more effective commercial strategies on a global scale. Challenger was founded in 1979 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 12 of 12 |
| Sector: Business Services M&A | 9 of 9 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 12 of 12 |
| State: Oregon M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 8 of 8 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-11 |
Wanted Technologies
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Wanted Technologies Corp. is a provider of real-time market intelligence and analytics for staffing and talent sourcing professionals. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.8B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Leeds Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies operating in knowledge industries. Specific areas of interest include education (K-12, postsecondary, at-risk/special education, instruction materials, testing), training (corporate training, professional certification/continuing education, language training), and information/business services (b2b publishing, information databases/research, tradeshows/conferences, business process outsourcing, consulting, staffing, marketing). Leeds prefers investing in established companies that are leaders in their respective markets. Leeds Equity Partners was formed in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 13 of 21 |
| Sector: Business Services M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 7 of 8 |
| State: Oregon M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 11 of 19 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-01 |
Project Management Academy
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Project Management Academy provides best-in-class training for project management professionals. The company provides both in-person and online training for individuals and corporations across the U.S. for project management and related career-critical disciplines. Training for the PMP certification, the leading certification for project managers across multiple industries. Courses in related project management disciplines, including Agile, Six Sigma, Scrum, CAPM, and ITIL. Continuing education for the PMP certification. Project Management Academy is based in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-08 |
Simplify Compliance
Brentwood, Tennessee, United States Simplify Compliance is a provider of learning, events and memberships, and information and workflow solutions to the human capital management, healthcare, financial services and communications end markets. Simplify Compliance is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Business Development Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Prospect Capital Corporation is a publicly traded mezzanine debt and private equity firm that primarily provides non-control financing to support growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and development. Prospect will selectively consider control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. Prospect was initially formed in 1988 and went public 2004. The Firm is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 36 of 48 |
| Sector: Business Services M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 14 of 18 |
| State: Oregon M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 36 of 47 |
| Year: 2016 M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 9 of 13 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-11 |
Consolidated Aviation Services
Jamaica, New York, United States Consolidated Aviation Services is a provider of an import and export cargo handling services. Cargo Airport Services coordinates the process of transferring and releasing cargo between air carriers and ground transportation providers at major airports. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-06 |
Biotronic NeuroNetwork
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Biotronic NeuroNetwork LLC is a patient centric healthcare organization that provides intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring services to surgeons and healthcare facilities across the U.S. |
Sell | $98M |
