M&A Deal Summary

General Atlantic Acquires Gresb

On April 17, 2024, growth capital firm General Atlantic acquired information services company Gresb from Summit Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 5th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 7th transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-04-17
Target Gresb
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) General Atlantic
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Gresb

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gresb is a provider of standardized and validated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data to financial markets. Gresb was founded in 2009 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

General Atlantic

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 341 of 343
Sector (Information Services) 5 of 5
Type (Secondary Buyout) 26 of 26
Country (Netherlands) 7 of 7
Year (2024) 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-08 Buyers Edge Platform

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Buyers Edge Platform is a provider of procurement software, group purchasing, and data analytics to the food service industry. Buyers Edge Platform was founded in 2018 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-23 LiveMode

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

LiveMode develops and operates distribution solutions, content production, and revenue generation for sports entities. Among its solutions, the company offers proprietary channels such as CazéTV, in partnership with streamer Casimiro Miguel. Its partners include FIFA, UEFA, the International Olympic Committee, Federação Paulista de Futebol, Athletico Paranaense, and the Brazilian Olympic Committee, among others. LiveMode was formed in 2017 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 281 of 285
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 56 of 59
Country (Netherlands) 5 of 5
Year (2024) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-29 Insurcomm

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Insurcomm provides construction services for insurance-related losses and end-to-end solutions for insurance-related property losses. Insurcomm was founded in 1996 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-05 PostPilot

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

PostPilot is a direct-mail marketing company that helps omnichannel marketers acquire and retain customers with smart, AI-driven postcard and catalog campaigns. PostPilot is based in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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