M&A Deal Summary

J.D. Power Acquires Trilogy Automotive

On December 20, 2019, J.D. Power acquired software company Trilogy Automotive from Trilogy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is J.D. Power’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is J.D. Power’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is J.D. Power’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-12-20
Target Trilogy Automotive
Sector Software
Buyer(s) J.D. Power
Sellers(s) Trilogy
Deal Type Divestiture
Advisor(s) Portico Capital Securities (Financial)
JonesSpross
Cooley (Legal)

Target

Trilogy Automotive

Austin, Texas, United States
Trilogy Automotive provides enterprise-level, SaaS-based automotive lead and digital management platforms, enabling OEMs and dealers to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their digital marketing spend. The platform improves coordination between OEMs, dealers and third parties while generating real-time insights on consumer behavior.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

J.D. Power

Westlake Village, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Information Services
Employees800
DESCRIPTION

J.D. Power is a marketing information services company providing performance improvement, social media, and customer satisfaction insights and solutions. J.D. Power was founded in 1968 and is based in Westlake Village, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 12
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 4
State: Texas M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 4 of 10
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-16 Autodata Solutions Group

London, Ontario, Canada

Autodata Solutions Group provides SaaS and software solutions that increase the effectiveness of the automotive sales chain and help put vehicles in consumers' driveways. Autodata Solutions Group was founded in 1990 and is based in London, Ontario.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-06 ALG

Santa Barbara, California, United States

ALG has been helping automotive manufacturers, financial institutions, and fleet companies increase profitability, reduce risk, and gain overall market intelligence with specializing in automotive residual values, analytical data products, and hands-on, pragmatic business consultation. ALG excels in providing: 1) Residual value and depreciation forecasting, 2) Consulting services for manufacturers, financial institutions, and fleet companies, 3) Lease and loan portfolio risk analysis and securitization valuations, 4) Data analysis products, 5) Custom modeling tools for residual values and remarketing. ALG was formed in 1964 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Trilogy

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Trilogy, Inc. is one of the largest privately-held enterprise software companies in the world. With over 10,000 customers across 45 countries, Trilogy is focused on providing software and technology solutions that drive measurable business value for the world's largest global companies. Trilogy combines a maniacal focus on customer success with world-class enterprise software development capability.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-07 Versata Enterprises

Austin, Texas, United States

Versata Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of enterprise applications that automate and streamline critical business processes.

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