M&A Deal Summary

Delinian Acquires The Deal

On December 6, 2018, Delinian acquired information services company The Deal from TheStreet for 87M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Delinian’s 8th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Delinian’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Delinian’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Delinian’s 4th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-12-06
Target The Deal
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Delinian
Sellers(s) TheStreet
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 87M USD

Target

The Deal

New York, New York, United States
The Deal LLC is a provider of unique and proprietary content that serves the news, information and idea generation needs of corporate and financial dealmakers, advisers, intermediaries and investors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Delinian

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Media
Revenue 336M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Delinian is an international publishing, events and electronic information group, delivering business information to the finance, law, energy and transport sectors for over 35 years. Delinian was founded in 1969 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 28
Sector (Information Services) 8 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 7 of 7
State (New York) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 11 of 14
Year (2018) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-08 Extel

London, United Kingdom

The Extel Survey began in 1974 with 53 asset management firms giving their views on the advice they were getting from their research analysts at stockbroking houses. Today Extel is the foremost independent evaluation of quality across the European equities investment industry. Widely valued expertise in Developed & Emerging Europe, Middle East, North Africa, and Frontier Markets, Extel provides valued insights on hot topics such as social responsibility, the impact of MiFID II and unbundling.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-09 Census Commodity Data

London, United Kingdom

Census Commodity Data Ltd. is a price reporting agency dedicated to discovering prices and trade intelligence in opaque markets. The company wants to play a vital role in powering the evolution of commodity markets, allowing goods to be shipped around the world as efficiently as possible. Its trade intelligence brings higher levels of understanding, and our price assessments allow the management and minimizing of risk.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TheStreet

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Information Services
Employees651
Revenue 53M USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

TheStreet, Inc. is a digital financial media company that distributes its content through online, social media, tablet and mobile channels. The Company's network of brands includes: TheStreet, RealMoney, RealMoney Pro, Stockpickr, Action Alerts PLUS, Options Profits, Chat on TheStreet, and MainStreet. TheStreet, Inc. was formed in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2018) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-20 RateWatch

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States

RateWatch is a data collection company gathering thousands of data points from nearly 100,000 financial institution locations across the United States every week. RateWatch data points are geographically packaged into reports and sold to financial institutions for competitive pricing analysis. RateWatch was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

Sell $34M