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insightsoftware Acquires Longview Solutions

On February 20, 2020, insightsoftware acquired software company Longview Solutions from Marlin Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is insightsoftware’s 7th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is insightsoftware’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is insightsoftware’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-20
Target Longview Solutions
Sector Software
Buyer(s) insightsoftware
Sellers(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Longview Solutions

Markham, Ontario, Canada
Longview Solutions, Inc. is a provider of corporate performance management (CPM) and tax provisioning software to enterprise customers worldwide. Longview elevates planning, consolidation, tax reporting, and analytics from data collection and validation to strategic business processes. Longview’s 25+ years of domain knowledge and experience, combined with state-of-the-art cloud-based and on-premise platforms, deliver the most robust and innovative performance management solution in the marketplace.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

insightsoftware

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

insightsoftware provides financial reporting and enterprise performance management (EPM) software that empowers CFOs to access real-time data, drive financial intelligence, and achieve better business outcomes through turnkey reporting and performance management solutions. insightsoftware was founded in 1993 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 22
Sector: Software M&A 7 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 22
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 2
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-18 Bizview Systems

Stockholm, Sweden

Bizview Systems is a system for planning, reporting, analytics, and dashboards. With adaptable features and powerful workflow management, users at all levels in the organization can participate in the planning and reporting process. Bizview Systems was founded in 2001 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-16 Event 1 Software

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Event 1 Software provides data analysis and integration solutions in the Construction and Real Estate market. Among those solutions is Liberty Reports which is an Excel add-in that has been on the market since 2008 and provides direct connectivity to business data for reporting, analysis, and dashboarding. It is currently utilized by users of Sage 100 Contractor, Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, Vista by Viewpoint, Workflow Management Suite (WMS) by Builder MT, Sales Simplicity by Builder MT, Trimble Prolog, and Spectrum by Viewpoint. Event 1 Software is also the maker of Sage Office Connector, which is marketed under a white-label OEM agreement with Sage, and provides bi-directional Excel-based integration with Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate. Event 1 Software was formed in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Washington.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 40 of 65
Sector: Software M&A 16 of 25
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 28 of 43
State: Ontario M&A 3 of 4
Country: Canada M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2020 M&A 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-19 Elenion Technologies

New York, New York, United States

Elenion Technologies LLC develops highly integrated, low-cost silicon photonics technologies for short-reach and high-performance optical interfaces and has pioneered a design toolset that enables a greatly simplified, low cost, scalable manufacturing process. The Elenion platform simplifies integration with optical chipsets, lowers power consumption, improves port density and helps to lower the overall cost per bit for network operators.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-05 Heimdal Security

Copenhagen, Denmark

Heimdal Security is a provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions. Heimdal’s comprehensive endpoint security suite is delivered through a subscription-based, multi-tenant cloud platform that allows companies to protect themselves and their customers from cybercrime, as well as safeguard critical information and intellectual property. Heimdal Security was established in 2011 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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