Investment Summary

Leeds Equity Partners Invests In OptionMetrics

On April 30, 2021, private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners invested in information services company OptionMetrics

Investment Highlights
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in New York.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-04-30
Target OptionMetrics
Sector Information Services
Investor(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

OptionMetrics

New York, New York, United States
OptionMetrics is a provider of historical options and implied volatility data, OptionMetrics distributes its IvyDB databases, futures options, Signed Volume and Borrow Rate data to leading portfolio managers, traders, and quantitative researchers at 300+ corporate and academic institutions worldwide to construct and test investment strategies, perform empirical research, and assess risk. OptionMetrics was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.

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Investor

Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 4.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Leeds Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies operating in knowledge industries. Specific areas of interest include education (K-12, postsecondary, at-risk/special education, instruction materials, testing), training (corporate training, professional certification/continuing education, language training), and information/business services (b2b publishing, information databases/research, tradeshows/conferences, business process outsourcing, consulting, staffing, marketing). Leeds prefers investing in established companies that are leaders in their respective markets. Leeds Equity Partners was formed in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 43
Sector: Information Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 5 of 9
State: New York M&A 3 of 6
Country: United States M&A 27 of 39
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-31 BARBRI

Dallas, Texas, United States

BARBRI is a bar exam test preparation provider serving a majority of bar exam takers each year with an alumni base of over one million people. BARBRI offers a comprehensive suite of learning solutions for higher education institutions and law-related businesses which includes U.S. bar prep, curriculum, assessment, global license preparation, online program management, and professional development. BARBRI was founded in 1967 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-12 engage2learn

Austin, Texas, United States

engage2learn is a provider of professional development coaching and technology tools serving districts in the public K-12 market. Through its professional development coaching services and technology tools, engage2learn enables school districts to drive long term positive change for teachers and improved student outcomes. engage2learn was founded in 2011 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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