M&A Deal Summary

Experian Acquires Decisioning Solutions

On April 3, 2013, Experian acquired software company Decisioning Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Experian’s 14th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Experian’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Experian’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-04-03
Target Decisioning Solutions
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Experian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Decisioning Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Decisioning Solutions provides SaaS solutions to small and mid-tier companies, including financial institutions and telecommunication companies in the US and Canada, to manage their customer acquisitions and loan originations. Decisioning Solutions’ products are multi-lingual and easily deployed to different geographies.

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Buyer

Experian

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1826
Sector Information Services
Employees23,300
Revenue 7.5B GBP (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Experian is a global information services group with operations in 40 countries. Experian was founded in 1826 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 54 of 66
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 47 of 57
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-27 PriceGrabber.com

Los Angeles, California, United States

PriceGrabber.com is a provider of online comparison shopping services in the US. It is based in California, employs 140 people and has been privately held. Its website enables consumers instantly to obtain free and unbiased information before making a purchase decision. Its database contains millions of products in over 20 categories such as consumer electronics, photography, computers, home and garden and apparel. Consumers can then find the retailer or seller which provides the most attractive offer. PriceGrabber.com connects its online shoppers to over 9,000 merchants of all sizes, from large traditional retailers to smaller local sellers. These merchants pay PriceGrabber.com for each lead (or each consumer directed) to the retailer's own website. PriceGrabber.com also powers comparison shopping on over 300 websites, including About.com, Ask Jeeves, Bell South, Comcast and MSN.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-13 Sinotrust Market Research Co.

Beijing, China

Sinotrust provides business information, market research, consulting and database marketing services to both foreign multinationals and local companies operating in China. Sinotrust helps clients in the automotive, banking, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, technology and retail sectors.

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