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M&A Deal Summary

Clarivate Acquires MarkMonitor

On October 3, 2016, Clarivate acquired internet software and services company MarkMonitor from Thomson Reuters

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Clarivate’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Clarivate’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Clarivate’s 1st transaction in Idaho.
Investment Fate
  • MarkMonitor was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2022 for 303M USD.
  • MarkMonitor was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2025 for 450M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-10-03
Target MarkMonitor
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Clarivate
Sellers(s) Thomson Reuters
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

MarkMonitor

Meridian, Idaho, United States
MarkMonitor is an enterprise-level provider of domain management solutions. The company uses a SaaS delivery model to provide advanced technology and expertise that protects the revenues and reputations of global brands. In the digital world, brands face new risks due to the web's anonymity, global reach, and shifting consumption patterns for digital content, goods, and services. Customers choose MarkMonitor for its combination of expertise, advanced technology, and extensive industry relationships to preserve their marketing investments, revenues, and customer trust. MarkMonitor was founded in 1997 and is based in Meridian, Idaho.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Clarivate

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Information Services
Employees12,000
Revenue 2.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Clarivate is a provider of solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. Clarivate's bold mission is to help customers solve some of the world's most complex problems by providing actionable information and insights that reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing inventions in the areas of science and intellectual property. Clarivate was founded in 1864 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 14
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Idaho M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-01 Publons

Wellington, New Zealand

Publons is a New Zealand-based peer review collaboration platform for researchers to share, discuss and receive recognition for peer review and editing of academic research.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thomson Reuters

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1851
Sector Information Services
Employees25,600
Revenue 7.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.
Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.

Thomson Reuters is an information source for businesses and professionals, delivering information to decision-makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property, and science and media markets. Thomson Reuters was formed in 1851 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 34
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 22 of 32
State: Idaho M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 16 of 22
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-22 REDI Global Technologies

New York, New York, United States

REDI Global Technologies LLC is involved in bringing a new level of efficiency, transparency and openness to the trading process by building a collaborative community of investors, brokers, technology firms and content providers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-11 Clarivate

London, United Kingdom

Clarivate is a provider of solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. Clarivate's bold mission is to help customers solve some of the world's most complex problems by providing actionable information and insights that reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing inventions in the areas of science and intellectual property. Clarivate was founded in 1864 and is based in London, England.

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