M&A Deal Summary

Longview Solutions Acquires Tidemark

On June 6, 2017, Longview Solutions acquired software company Tidemark from Marlin Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Longview Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Longview Solutions’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Longview Solutions’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-06-06
Target Tidemark
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Longview Solutions
Sellers(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Merger

Target

Tidemark

Redwood City, California, United States
Tidemark, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based, enterprise financial planning and analytics cloud software company. Tidemark is a new breed of enterprise performance management (EPM) software with its modern cloud and mobile-first design. Innovative brands rely on the Tidemark platform and advanced analytics cloud to sharpen decision-making, reduce risk and improve business performance. Using Tidemark’s unique, intuitive apps, decision-makers across the organization gain access to valuable data, deep analytics capabilities, real-time collaboration, and actionable visualizations from any device. Tidemark has offices throughout North America and Europe.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Longview Solutions

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-31 arcplan Information Services

Langenfeld, Germany

arcplan Information Services GmbH was a vendor of Enterprise Performance Management software and services that enable cost-effective, cross-functional performance management with real-time data access.

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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 21 of 65
Sector: Software M&A 11 of 25
Type: Merger M&A Deals 5 of 10
State: California M&A 6 of 8
Country: United States M&A 19 of 48
Year: 2017 M&A 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-01 True Office Learning

New York, New York, United States

True Office Learning is a provider of analytics-rich, interactive e-learning software and services, specializing in governance, risk and compliance (“GRC”). The Company’s cloud-based adaptive training and analytics platform connects e-learning to advanced behavioral data, and enables organizations to rapidly build and deliver solutions utilizing analytics to drive better business outcomes. True Office Learning was founded in 1998 and is based in New York city.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-16 Coriant

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Coriant is a developer of an innovative and dynamic networking solutions for a fast-changing and cloud-enabled business world. The Coriant portfolio of SDN-enabled, edge-to-core transport solutions enables network operators to reduce operational complexity, improve utilization of multi-layer network resources, and create new revenue-generating services optimized for the evolving demands of business and consumer applications, including video, mobile, and cloud. Coriant was founded in 2013 and is based in Naperville, Illinois.

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