M&A Deal Summary

Perficient Acquires Compete

On February 17, 2000, Perficient acquired information technology company Compete for 63M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Perficient’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Perficient’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Perficient’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Perficient’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • Compete was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2008.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-02-17
Target Compete
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Perficient
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 63M USD

Target

Compete

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Compete is an information services company providing Fortune 500 marketers of ?considered purchases? with predictive consumer buying analytics on a subscription basis. The predictive analytics are derived from a comprehensive database of consumer on-line shopping behavior.

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Buyer

Perficient

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Technology
Employees6,893
Revenue 907M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Perficient's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Perficient's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Perficient is a digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America with a broad array of information technology, management consulting, and creative services. Solutions include business intelligence and analytics, commerce, content management, custom applications, platform implementations, portals and collaboration, business integration and application program interfaces, management consulting, business process management, and customer relationship management, among others. Perficient was founded in 1999 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Overall 1 of 45
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 17
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 1 of 42
Year (2000) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 25
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-10-31 Javelin Solutions

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Javelin Solutions, Inc., a privately-held eBusiness solutions firm based in Minneapolis. A strategic e-business direction, online branding and marketing, Internet technology, and managed services, Javelin Solutions manages the most complex e-business challenges.

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