M&A Deal Summary

PMC Acquires SheKnows Media

On March 6, 2018, PMC acquired internet software and services company SheKnows Media from Great Hill Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PMC’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is PMC’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is PMC’s 1st transaction in Arizona.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-03-06
Target SheKnows Media
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) PMC
Sellers(s) Great Hill Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SheKnows Media

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
SheKnows LLC is an online women's lifestyle digital media company reaching more than 79 million unique visitors per month. SheKnows.com boasts an extensive, rapidly-expanding library of premium content that runs the gamut of women’s interests from entertainment and parenting, beauty and food, health and home, and more.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PMC

Los Angeles, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

PMC is a digital media, publishing, and information services company. PMC engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print, and social media. PMC was founded in 2003 and is based in Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 6
State (Arizona) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 9
Year (2018) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-20 Wenner Media

New York, New York, United States

Wenner Media LLC is a publisher of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, Men’s Journal and Glixel. Wenner Media’s three magazine titles attract over 41 million readers each month in print, and nearly 40 million gross monthly unique visitors to its websites, UsMagazine.com, RollingStone.com and MensJournal.com. Glixel, Wenner’s first digital only brand.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-13 Art Media Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Art Media Holdings LLC is the premier art media company, known for its rich portfolio of iconic art and design titles including Art in America, ARTnews Magazine, The Magazine ANTIQUES, and MODERN Magazine. Together, the four titles position Art Media Holdings as the expert in arts, design, and architecture.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Great Hill Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 12.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth equity and recapitalization investments in well established public and private companies valued put to $1 billion. Great Hill targets companies within consumer services, business services, financial technology, healthcare, internet, logistics, media, communications, technology services, software and transaction processing. The Firm invests in the range of $25 to $500 million per transaction. Great Hill prefers companies located in the US, but will also consider opportunities in Europe and Latin America. Great Hill Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 62
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 9 of 22
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 38
State (Arizona) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 30 of 52
Year (2018) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-22 Paytronix

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Paytronix is a provider of SaaS customer experience management solutions (loyalty, reward, gift, mobile applications, and data insights) for restaurants and convenience store brands. Paytronix was founded in 2001 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-03 Vatica Health

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Vatica Health is a healthcare technology company that has developed a unique blend of proprietary technology and clinical teams that enable providers and payers to thrive in value-based care. Vatica’s platform represents the next generation of risk adjustment, quality of care, and quality of coding. Vatica is a fast-growing company solving today’s most complex healthcare problems with a talented team of disruptors, inventors and change agents who are not satisfied with the status quo and strive to make a difference. Vatica Health was founded in 2011 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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