M&A Deal Summary

Forrester Acquires SiriusDecisions

On January 3, 2019, Forrester acquired business services company SiriusDecisions from JMI Equity for 245M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Forrester’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Forrester’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Forrester’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Forrester’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-01-03
Target SiriusDecisions
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Forrester
Sellers(s) JMI Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 245M USD

Target

SiriusDecisions

Wilton, Connecticut, United States
SiriusDecisions, Inc. is a provider of subscription research and advisory services for sales and marketing executives. SiriusDecisions helps its subscribers understand and better utilize the expanding number of sales and marketing channels through which they engage with their consumers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Forrester

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Information Services
Employees1,690
Revenue 481M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Forrester is a research and advisory firm provides proprietary research, consumer and business data, custom consulting, events and online communities, and peer-to-peer executive programs. Forrester was founded in 1983 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 4
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-12 Springboard Research Pty.

Singapore, Singapore

Springboard Research is a provider of research and advisory services focused on Asia Pacific and emerging markets.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

JMI Equity

La Jolla, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 7.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

JMI Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in software, internet, business service, and healthcare IT. Targeted businesses typically help automate and optimize business and information technology processes. The Firm will consider investments at all stages of development, including early-stage companies, self-funded businesses requiring growth capital, and later stage businesses in need of buyout or recapitalization funding. JMI looks to commit at least $10 million per transaction. JMI Equity was formed in 1992 and maintains offices in San Diego and Baltimore.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 88 of 106
Sector (Business Services) 8 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 56 of 67
State (Connecticut) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 80 of 94
Year (2019) 1 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 21 of 34
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-03 Jvion

Johns Creek, Georgia, United States

Jvion is a developer of Cognitive Clinical Success Machine — a unique approach to improving patient care that uses artificial intelligence to turn healthcare data into prescriptive clinical intelligence, reducing patient-level clinical variation, and improving intervention effectiveness. Jvion was founded in 2011 and is based in Johns Creek, Georgia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-09 RainFocus

Lehi, Utah, United States

RainFocus is an event management platform built from the ground up to service all events from one dashboard. RainFocus is based in Lehi, Utah.

Buy -
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