M&A Deal Summary

Oakley Capital and CVC Capital Partners Acquire TechInsights

On May 15, 2017, private equity firms Oakley Capital and CVC Capital Partners acquired business services company TechInsights from AXIO Data Group Holdings for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 2nd and CVC Capital Partners’ 9th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 5th and CVC Capital Partners’ 55th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 1st and CVC Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 1st and CVC Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-05-15
Target TechInsights
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Oakley Capital
CVC Capital Partners
Sellers(s) AXIO Data Group Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 50M USD

Target

TechInsights

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
TechInsights engages in the intellectual property and technology services market. The company has unparalleled capabilities in semiconductor reverse engineering, which is used to prove patent infringement and understand the technology behind everyday consumer electronics. Its customers, including the top ten semiconductor companies globally, rely on TechInsights' highly skilled engineers and technical abilities, as well as its proprietary database of technical intelligence. TechInsights' specialised workforce, proprietary equipment and extensive technical library create significant barriers to entry and reinforce its position as the specialist of choice to provide evidence of intellectual property use and competitive technical intelligence. TechInsights was founded in 1989 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 8.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 41
Sector (Business Services) 2 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 7
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-20 Casa

Milan, Italy

Casa is an online real estate portal that enables users to buy and sell residential​ properties. It supports approximately 14,000 real estate agents with over 1 million property listings on its website for prospective homeowners and sellers in Italy. Casa was founded in 1996 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-16 Schülerhilfe

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Schülerhilfe GmbH is a provider of education and tutoring services in Germany and Austria. For over 35 years, students have been educated and coached across all school subjects, types and grades. Qualified and motivated tutors are working with students individually in tailored programs to improve the students’ performance. Every year, teaching to 70,000, students in more than 1,100 locations receive tutoring by Schülerhilfe. About 75% of the locations are managed by franchisees, making Schülerhilfe the third largest franchise-system in Germany.

Buy €42M
Buyer

CVC Capital Partners

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 177.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CVC Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on investments in large companies located in Europe, North America, and Asia. CVC looks for opportunities with stable cash flows and talented management, and will consider businesses in a variety of industries. Target sectors include textiles, industrial products, waste management, building materials, energy/utilities, business services, financial services, distribution, healthcare, media, semiconductors, and gaming. CVC can handle transactions valued from €200 million to €10 billion. CVC Capital Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 205 of 323
Sector (Business Services) 9 of 18
Type (Divestiture) 22 of 39
State (Ontario) 2 of 2
Country (Canada) 2 of 3
Year (2017) 9 of 21
Size (of disclosed) 55 of 56
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-28 Breitling

Grenchen, Switzerland

Breitling specializes in the development and manufacture of high-performance watches. The company looks back on a heritage of seminal innovations that have played a decisive role in the development of wrist chronographs. Breitling is headquartered in Grenchen, Switzerland. The company operates two manufacturing facilities, one in Grenchen and one in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Breitling was founded in 1884 and is based in Grenchen, Switzerland.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-22 Straive

Parañaque City, Philippines

Straive provides a comprehensive set of specialized services and technology solutions related to the creation, enrichment, and transformation of the published content. These services span a publisher's entire value chain, from author support and content development, through copy editing and typesetting, to digitalization, database management, and data analytics. The company serves its clients in 14 languages through 12 delivery operations globally and employs more than 12,500 people. Straive was formed in 1980 and is based in Parañaque City, Philippines.

Sell $330M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AXIO Data Group Holdings

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,830
DESCRIPTION

AXIO Data Group Holdings manages a portfolio of market major information businesses. Company serve customers in a range of sectors including: healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Company provide critical, often industry-standard, information and tools to help clients make high value decisions.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 8 of 8
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-03 RISI

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

RISI, Inc. is a provider of price reporting agency (“PRA”) for the global forest products market. Its product suite consists of pricing data, mill intelligence and analytics as well as news, research and conferences covering the pulp, packaging, wood products, wood fibre and saw logs markets. Its price indices are critical to the daily business operations and trading activities of major paper and board, packaging and other forest-product companies.

Sell $125M
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