M&A Deal Summary

Eurazeo PME and Leeds Equity Partners Acquire Scaled Agile

On November 15, 2021, private equity firms Eurazeo PME and Leeds Equity Partners acquired business services company Scaled Agile from Leeds Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Eurazeo PME’s 3rd and Leeds Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Eurazeo PME’s 9th and Leeds Equity Partners’ 32nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Eurazeo PME’s 1st and Leeds Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-11-15
Target Scaled Agile
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Eurazeo PME
Leeds Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Financial)
Latham & Watkins (Legal)

Target

Scaled Agile

Boulder, Colorado, United States
Scaled Agile is a provider of SAFe, the framework for business agility. Through learning and certification, a global partner network, and a growing community of over one million trained professionals, Scaled Agile helps enterprises build agility into their culture so they can quickly identify and deliver customer value, capitalize on emerging opportunities, and improve business outcomes. Scaled Agile was formed in 2011 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Eurazeo PME

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Eurazeo PME, formerly known as OFI Private Equity Capital. Eurazeo PME invests equity and mezzanine capital in secondary buyout transactions of unlisted French companies. The Firm looks for opportunities valued between €50 and €250 million. Areas of interest include chemicals, financial services, consumer services, retail, manufacturing, distribution, and life science. Eurazeo PME was formed in 1997 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 69 of 82
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 26 of 31
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 9 of 12
Year (2021) 9 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-27 Devo

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Devo is a cloud-native logging and security analytics company that collects and analyzes an enterprise’s machine, business, and log data to provide real-time security insight for both security and IT operations professionals. Devo was founded in 2011 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-03 Beekman 1802

Schenectady, New York, United States

Beekman 1802 is a goat milk-based skincare company that operates certified microbiome-friendly brand at Ulta stores for the moisturizing, exfoliation, and nourishing properties of the goat milk found in their products across the board. Beekman 1802 was formed in 2008 and is based in Schenectady, New York.

Buy $92M
Buyer

Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

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 35 of 42
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 5 of 8
State (Colorado) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 32 of 39
Year (2021) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-16 Archive360

New York, New York, United States

Archive360 is the enterprise information archiving company that businesses and government agencies worldwide trust to securely migrate their digital data to the cloud, and responsibly manage it for today's regulatory, legal and business intelligence obligations. Archive360 is based in New York, New York.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-07 95 Percent Group

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

95 Percent Group is an education company focused on reading improvement in pre-K through Grade 12 students. 95 Percent Group is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

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 20 of 21
Sector (Business Services) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 7 of 8
State (Colorado) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 18 of 19
Year (2021) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-16 Archive360

New York, New York, United States

Archive360 is the enterprise information archiving company that businesses and government agencies worldwide trust to securely migrate their digital data to the cloud, and responsibly manage it for today's regulatory, legal and business intelligence obligations. Archive360 is based in New York, New York.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-07 95 Percent Group

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

95 Percent Group is an education company focused on reading improvement in pre-K through Grade 12 students. 95 Percent Group is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Buy -
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