M&A Deal Summary

GTCR Acquires Guideline

On May 12, 2020, private equity firm GTCR acquired information technology company Guideline

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GTCR’s 13th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is GTCR’s 108th transaction in the United States.
  • This is GTCR’s 11th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-05-12
Target Guideline
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) GTCR
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Guideline

New York, New York, United States
Guideline focuses on advertising technology business through the acquisition of incredible data-driven assets to allow the company to innovate, grow existing capabilities, and use machine learning to offer accurate automated solutions to age-old industry processes. Guideline was formed in 2020 and is based in New York.

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Buyer

GTCR

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 15.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GTCR is a private equity firm that typically partners with management when pursuing acquisitions. The Firm looks to grow companies through build-on acquisitions, consolidations, and internal growth. GTCR will consider both equity and mezzanine capital commitments and concentrates its investment activity in consumer products & services, healthcare services, outsourced business services, technology, transaction processing, and pharma/medical products. GTCR was formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 112 of 143
Sector (Information Technology) 13 of 14
Type (Consolidation) 12 of 16
State (New York) 11 of 13
Country (United States) 108 of 138
Year (2020) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-05 XIFIN

San Diego, California, United States

XIFIN is a provider of cloud-based software and services to diagnostic service providers. XIFIN's technology platform enables end-to-end connectivity from patient to payor, linking together the many stakeholders in healthcare delivery and optimizing for the best business and patient outcomes. XIFIN is based in San Diego, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-02 CapTrust

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

CapTrust is an independent registered investment advisor. It has clients in all 50 states and provides investment advisory, asset management, and planning services to thousands of affluent private clients and institutional investors such as retirement plan fiduciaries, endowments, foundations, and religious entities. CapTrust was founded in 1997 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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