M&A Deal Summary

Forsta Acquires FocusVision

On March 10, 2021, Forsta acquired software company FocusVision from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Forsta’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Forsta’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Forsta’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-03-10
Target FocusVision
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Forsta
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Merger

Target

FocusVision

New York, New York, United States
FocusVision offers a comprehensive suite of experience insights software solutions including advanced surveys, online interviews, and focus groups, and online qualitative research community solutions to get brands close enough to their customers to have a full understanding of Customer Truth how they think, feel, and act. FocusVision was founded in 1990 and is based in New York City.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Forsta

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Forsta is a provider of customer experience and market research software and services to enterprise customers and market research professionals. Forsta is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Software) 3 of 4
Type (Merger) 3 of 3
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2021) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-10 Confirmit

Oslo, Norway

Confirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience, and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. Confirmit was founded in 1996 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-09 HelloIgnite

Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States

HelloIgnite is an idea generation and implementation platform that empowers companies to collect, share and manage innovative ideas from employees, to improve experiences for customers. HelloIgnite was founded in 2020 and is based in Arden Hills, Minnesota.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 140 of 186
Sector (Software) 3 of 6
Type (Merger) 11 of 11
State (New York) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 17 of 27
Year (2021) 3 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-10 Forsta

London, United Kingdom

Forsta is a provider of customer experience and market research software and services to enterprise customers and market research professionals. Forsta is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-18 Desotec

Roeselare, Belgium

Desotec is an environmental service company focusing on mobile purification solutions mainly based on activated carbon technology. Desotec was founded in 1990 and is based in Roeselare, Belgium.

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Mergr

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