M&A Deal Summary

J.D. Power Acquires Autodata Solutions Group

On December 16, 2019, J.D. Power acquired internet software and services company Autodata Solutions Group from Thoma Bravo

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is J.D. Power’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is J.D. Power’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is J.D. Power’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-12-16
Target Autodata Solutions Group
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) J.D. Power
Sellers(s) Thoma Bravo
Deal Type Merger

Target

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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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 4 of 11
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 3 of 4
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-28 N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide

McLean, Vermont, United States

N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide Co. is a provider of U.S. retail, loan, trade-in and auction used-vehicle values, and is widely recognized in the industry as the authority for accurate and comprehensive used-vehicle valuation information.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-20 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.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thoma Bravo

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm that primarily invests in or acquires US-based middle-market businesses. While Thoma Bravo will consider a variety of transaction situations, including take-privates, buyouts, carve-outs, recapitalizations, and growth equity financings, the Firm has a special interest in tech consolidation opportunities. Target companies generally have a history of profitability with EBITDA of at least $20 million. The Firm's equity commitment size range is $100 to $750 million. Sectors of interest include enterprise and infrastructure software, education, distribution, financial services and consumer goods/services. The Firm will not invest in new inventions or technologies, developmental products or services, start-ups, biotech, motion pictures, distressed businesses, oil/gas, or real estate. Thoma Bravo was formerly known as Thoma Cressey Bravo and before that Golder Thoma & Co. The Firm was originally formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 79
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 3 of 12
Type (Merger) 4 of 9
State (Ontario) 1 of 2
Country (Canada) 1 of 3
Year (2019) 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-04 Instructure

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Instructure is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company that makes software that makes people smarter. Instructure was founded in 2008 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Buy $2.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-02 Compuware

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Compuware Corp. empowers the world’s largest companies to excel in the digital economy by taking full advantage of their mainframe investments. Compuware Corp. does this by delivering innovative software that enables IT, professionals, with mainstream skills to develop, deliver and support mainframe applications with ease and agility. Our modernized solutions uniquely automate mainframe work, integrate into a cross-platform DevOps toolchain and measure software delivery quality, velocity and efficiency.

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