M&A Deal Summary

MultiPlan Acquires Viant

On March 15, 2010, MultiPlan acquired insurance company Viant from Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MultiPlan’s 2nd transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is MultiPlan’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is MultiPlan’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-03-15
Target Viant
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) MultiPlan
Sellers(s) Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Viant

Naperville, Illinois, United States
Viant, Inc. provides healthcare payment solutions through primary and complementary networks, integrated network and contract management, non-network cost management services and post payment audit and recovery services to the U.S. commercial and public health insurance sectors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MultiPlan

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1980
Sector Information Technology
Employees2,800
Revenue 961M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

MultiPlan is a provider of technology-enabled healthcare cost management solutions. MultiPlan provides a single gateway to a host of analytics- and network-based solutions for managing the financial risks associated with medical claims, as well as solutions that improve payment integrity by resolving waste, abuse, and fraud before payments are made. MultiPlan was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Insurance) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 5
State (Illinois) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 5
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-18 Private Healthcare Systems

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. is a provider of network and care management services to self-insured employers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-03 EquiClaim

Naperville, Illinois, United States

EquiClaim is a provider of healthcare audit and recovery services for commercial and government payers.

Sell $41M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1979
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a mega-sized, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and technology/tech-enabled services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including venture investments, growth equity investments, buy-and-build transactions, public-to-private acquisitions, and corporate carve-outs. The Firm prefers control situations and generally seeks opportunities in the US. Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe was formed in 1979 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 75
Sector (Insurance) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 44
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 25 of 72
Year (2010) 2 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-19 Titan Outdoor Holdings

Seattle, Washington, United States

Titan Outdoor Holdings, Inc. is a full-service outdoor advertising company providing marketing, media sales and maintenance of public pay telephone kiosks ("PPTs"), billboards and vinyl wall wraps in the New York metropolitan area.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-15 GlobalCollect BV

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

GlobalCollect BV is a payment service provider of local e-payment solutions for international Customer Not-Present (CNP) channels such as internet, mail and telephone orders, and specialized in a wide range of industries such as travel, ticketing, telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online gaming, and digital content.

Buy -
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