M&A Deal Summary

Inflexion Acquires GlobalData - Healthcare business

On December 21, 2023, private equity firm Inflexion acquired information technology company GlobalData - Healthcare business from GlobalData for 434M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Inflexion’s 14th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Inflexion’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Inflexion’s 97th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-12-21
Target GlobalData - Healthcare business
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Inflexion
Sellers(s) GlobalData
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 434M GBP

Target

GlobalData - Healthcare business

London, United Kingdom
GlobalData's Healthcare business is a subscription service healthcare data platform.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 110 of 116
Sector (Information Technology) 14 of 15
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
Country (United Kingdom) 97 of 101
Year (2023) 6 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-11-09 Chambers and Partners

London, United Kingdom

Chambers and Partners is a publisher of rankings and directories for the legal sector. Chambers and Partners was founded in 1990 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell £400M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-26 Flooid

Coventry, United Kingdom

Flooid is a provider of point-of-sale (POS) software for major retailers such as Walgreens, John Lewis and Arcadia Group. Flooid offers an integrated unified commerce platform for retail selling points for in-store (POS, self-checkout, self-scan) or cloud-hosted environments (eCommerce, mobile). This software is paramount in the digital retail environment creating a seamless shopping experience for customers regardless of their location and facilitating ‘on-the-go’ retail transactions. Flooid was founded in 1982 and is based in Coventry, United Kingdom.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GlobalData

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Services
Employees3,532
Revenue 273M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

GlobalData is a provider of data and analysis for consumer, technology, and healthcare businesses. GlobalData was founded in 1999 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2023) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-13 MBI

Peterborough, United Kingdom

MBI is a publishing and events business focused on the creative industries. MBI hosts events including the Broadcast Awards, Broadcast Digital Awards, and Screen Awards. MBI is based in Peterborough, United Kingdom.

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Company

Legal