M&A Deal Summary

Informa Acquires Xconomy

On August 1, 2016, Informa acquired media company Xconomy from Boston Millennia Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Informa’s 6th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Informa’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Informa’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-08-01
Target Xconomy
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Informa
Sellers(s) Boston Millennia Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Xconomy

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Xconomy, Inc. is a business news provider with news specific sites targeting several regions of the U.S. Xconomy offers significant substance through a one of a kind worldwide system of limited news destinations, occasions, gatherings, and different activities and give near the-scene data about the nearby characters, organizations, innovative patterns, empowering clients to get a stage that betters interface individuals and thoughts. Xconomy was founded in 2007 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Informa

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Services
Employees11,475
Revenue 3.2B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Informa provides academics, businesses, and individuals with unparalleled knowledge, up-to-the minute information and highly specialist skills and services. With around 7,000 employees working in some 150 offices in over 40 countries, our global reach and breadth of offer is unique. Informa was founded in 1998 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 18
Sector (Media) 6 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 14
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 11
Year (2016) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-26 Florida International Medical Exposition

Miami, Florida, United States

Florida International Medical Exposition is a medical technology conference and trade show.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-02 Light Reading

New York, New York, United States

Light Reading LLC is a news publishing platform that provides breaking news, archives and research reports.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Boston Millennia Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 700M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Boston Millenia Partners is a growth capital investment firm focused rapidly growing business services and healthcare companies. The Firm generally looks to invest $3 to $10 million in companies at or near profitability with $3 to $30 million in sales. Boston Millenia's geographic preference is for opportunities in the Eastern half of the US. Boston Millenia Partners was formed in 1984 and has a single office in Boston.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 15
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 10
State (Massachusetts) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 8 of 15
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-23 Bivarus

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Bivarus, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based, real-time analytics platform to gain meaningful insights into the unique drivers impacting the patient experience, buying behavior and provider performance. Bivarus, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-24 BC Platforms

Zurich, Switzerland

BC Platforms is a provider of powerful genomic data management and analysis solutions to address some of the biggest healthcare challenges today by leveraging the convergence of genomics and healthcare information technologies. BC Platforms was founded in 1997 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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