M&A Deal Summary

Coupa Acquires Exari Group

On April 16, 2019, Coupa acquired software company Exari Group from Beacon Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Coupa’s 7th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Coupa’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Coupa’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-04-16
Target Exari Group
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Coupa
Sellers(s) Beacon Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Exari Group

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Exari Group, Inc. provides a comprehensive Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management platform, used every day by market-leading companies to understand all aspects of their contract ecosystem worldwide. Exari Group, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Coupa

San Mateo, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees3,076
Revenue 725M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Coupa is a cloud-based Business Spend Management (BSM) platform that unifies processes across supply chain, procurement, and finance functions. Coupa was founded in 2006 and is based in San Mateo, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 17
Sector (Software) 7 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 16
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 9 of 11
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-10 Hiperos

Southborough, Massachusetts, United States

Hiperos LLC is a third-party risk management provider. Hiperos’s cloud application enables businesses to actively manage third-party risk and compliance, including advanced risks such as information security, bribery and corruption, and demanding new data privacy regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Hiperos LLC was founded in 2007 and is based in Southborough, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-07 Yapta

Seattle, Washington, United States

Yapta, Inc. is an airfare price assurance services provider for travelers, and the developer of FareIQ, the corporate travel industry’s only independent airfare price tracking solution. Launched in 2007 as the travel industry’s first airfare price tracking & refund alert service. Yapta, Inc. was established in 2007 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Beacon Equity Partners

Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Beacon Equity Partners is a private equity group focused on early to growth stage software company investments. The Firm generally seeks controlling positions and primarily pursues business to business software opportunities within the financial and regulatory technology markets. Beacon Equity Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Software) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-22 Anaqua

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Anaqua is a provider of integrated, end-to-end innovation and intellectual property management software (IPMS) solutions. Anaqua was founded in 2004 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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