M&A Deal Summary

Datasite Acquires SourceScrub

On August 8, 2025, Datasite acquired information services company SourceScrub from Mainsail Partners and Francisco Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Datasite’s 4th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Datasite’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Datasite’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-08-08
Target SourceScrub
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Datasite
Sellers(s) Mainsail Partners
Francisco Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Raymond James - Investment Banking (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

SourceScrub

San Francisco, California, United States
SourceScrub offers an information services software platform to the financial services industry. The company streamlines research and business development processes by aggregating information from thousands of sources like tradeshows, conferences, award publications, and buyers’ guides. SourceScrub was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Datasite

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Software
Employees750
DESCRIPTION

Datasite is a SaaS provider for the M&A industry, empowering dealmakers around the world with the tools they need to succeed across the entire deal lifecycle. Datasite was founded in 1968 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 15
Sector: Information Services M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 15 of 15
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-23 Blueflame AI

New York, New York, United States

Blueflame AI offers an AI-native, purpose-built LLM-agnostic agentic platform that provides comprehensive enterprise search, intelligent document processing, and automation for dealmakers and investment managers. Blueflame AI is based in New York, New York.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Mainsail Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 2.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Mainsail Partners is a private equity firm that principally targets investments in North American bootstrapped software companies with proven business models and long-term growth potential. Mainsail looks commit $10 to $75 million of equity capital per transaction in businesses generating annual revenues of $4 to $25 million. Mainsail Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 29
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 19
State: California M&A 9 of 9
Country: United States M&A 28 of 29
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-14 Inn-Flow

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Inn-Flow provides a comprehensive suite of hotel management tools, including accounting, labor management, business intelligence, bookkeeping and payroll services, procurement, and sales. By integrating advanced technology with industry experience, Inn-Flow empowers hoteliers to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance guest satisfaction. Inn-Flow was founded in 2009 and is based in Cary, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-16 PlanHub

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

PlanHub provides a cloud-based SaaS platform to connect general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers during the pre-construction phase of a project. PlanHub was founded in 2006 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Sell -
SELLER

Francisco Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 45.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Francisco Partners' headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Francisco Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in technology and technology-enabled services. Specific areas of interest include semiconductors, capital equipment, electronics components, systems and manufacturing, IT services and business process outsourcing, communications, security and enterprise applications, and infrastructure software. Prospective investment situations include divisional buyouts, growth equity financings, acquisitions of private companies, sponsored mergers and acquisitions, and take-privates. Francisco Partners looks for opportunities where it can commit a minimum of $100 million per investment. Francisco Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 87 of 88
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 54 of 55
State: California M&A 20 of 20
Country: United States M&A 72 of 73
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-05 Elite

New York, New York, United States

Elite is a provider of integrated practice and financial management systems for professional service firms worldwide. It provides billing systems for the legal industry to deliver a variety of products and consulting services to other professional service markets, including accounting, engineering, marketing and management and IT consulting. Elite is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-23 Kyruus Health

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Kyruus Health is a provider of search and scheduling solutions for health systems, hospitals, and medical groups nationwide—spanning more than 300,000 providers—to attract and retain patients with a modern and consistent access experience. Kyruus Health was founded in 2010 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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