M&A Deal Summary

Kinaxis Acquires MPO

On August 15, 2022, Kinaxis acquired internet software and services company MPO from Updata Partners for 45M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Kinaxis’ 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Kinaxis’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Kinaxis’ 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-08-15
Target MPO
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Kinaxis
Sellers(s) Updata Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 45M USD
Advisor(s) Finch Corporate Strategy Services (Financial)

Target

MPO

Rotterdam, Netherlands
MPO offers a natively unified cloud platform for Multi-Party Orchestration. The platform complements existing enterprise systems with visibility and control and optimizes order, inventory, and transportation across dynamic, multi-party networks. MPO helps diverse brand owners and logistics service providers embrace the increasing complexity of their global, regional, and domestic supply chains to become more flexible, agile, efficient, reliable, compliant, and sustainable to their customers. MPO was formed in 2000 and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Kinaxis

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Software
Employees662
Revenue 483M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Kinaxis is a provider of cloud-based subscription software that enables our customers to improve and accelerate analysis and decision-making across their supply chain operations. Kinaxis was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-15 Rubikloud Technologies

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rubikloud is a disruptive, emerging provider of AI solutions that automate supply chain prescriptive analytics and decision-making in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries. Rubikloud's SaaS-based ML offerings empower retail and CPG manufacturers to transform their core operations by improving and automating complex, profit-generating decisions. Rubikloud's proven AI capabilities and intuitive tools enable users to leverage disparate data sources to improve forecast accuracy, site-level allocations, inventory availability, and promotion plans by allowing users to run boundless simulations in real-time. Rubikloud was formed in 2013 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy $60M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Updata Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Updata Partners is the investment affiliate of Updata Advisors, an East Coast US based investment bank. Updata Partners looks to invest in growth oriented information technology businesses from early-stage to buyout, with revenues up to $50 million. Updata Partners typically invests between $15 and $150 million as a lead or co-lead investor. Within information technology, Updata has specific interest in; infrastructure software, physical and digital security, storage software, educational software, internet and interactive technology, media and wireless infrastructure and services, financial technology software, retail technology, business intelligence, subscription-based and on-demand information services, and business services. Updata Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 44 of 46
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 7 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 31 of 33
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-13 Improvado

San Diego, California, United States

Improvado offers a no-code marketing data aggregation platform. Revenue teams use it to integrate data from many marketing and sales sources to present a complete picture across all marketing efforts and their impact on sales. Improvado is based in San Diego, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-13 Benivo

London, United Kingdom

Benivo offers an end-to-end employee mobility management platform. Benivo’s platform helps enterprises execute new and existing employee moves by managing the entire process including interfacing with vendors and streamlining employee reimbursements. Benivo is based in London, United Kingdom.

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