M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2014-11-01 |
| Target | Inside Higher Ed |
| Sector | Digital Media |
| Buyer(s) | Quad Partners |
| Sellers(s) |
Advantage Capital Partners
Enhanced Capital Partners |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.2B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Quad Partners is a specialist private investment firm that makes investments in the education industry. Quad will invest in a broad range of transactions; including buyouts, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, and refinancings. Prospective businesses are typically growth oriented and cash-flow positive. Specific areas of interest include postsecondary schools, K-12 proprietary schools, childcare, tutoring, educational products and services, professional education and journals, corporate training, and online journals. Quad Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 13 of 26 |
| Sector: Digital Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 3 of 6 |
| State: District of Columbia M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Country: United States M&A | 12 of 22 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-21 |
ILSC
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ILSC is a provider of location-based English Language Training (ELT) for international students looking to learn English for use in professional and academic settings. Through the Company’s language schools, colleges, teacher training, corporate training and continuing education divisions, it offers internationally relevant language and career skills training and certification programs to over 12,000 students annually. ILSC offers courses and programs in 8 cities across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. ILSC was established in 1991 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-02 |
Watermark
Austin, Texas, United States Watermark is a provider of assessment software for higher education institutions worldwide. Watermark provides educational intelligence systems that help colleges and universities gain insights into student learning so that they can improve the quality of educational programs, assess institutional effectiveness, and streamline the accreditation process. Watermark supports over 1,100 higher education institutions. Watermark is based in Austin, Texas. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| PE ASSETS | 2.6B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing growth capital to a variety of companies. The Firm's geographic coverage includes Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington DC. Advantage looks to initially commit $0.5 to $2 million per investment and can provide mezzanine debt in addition to equity capital. Areas of interest include communications, information technology, life science, and energy. Advantage Capital was formed in 1992 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 57 of 113 |
| Sector: Digital Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 9 of 14 |
| State: District of Columbia M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 57 of 113 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 9 of 10 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-09 |
Alacrity Solutions
Fishers, Indiana, United States Alacrity Solutions is a provider of outsourced claims management solutions to insurance carriers. Alacrity was formed in 1976 and is based in Fishers, Indiana. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-18 |
BinOptics
Ithaca, New York, United States BinOptics Corporation manufactures monolithically integrated optoelectronic components based on indium phosphide and other semiconductor materials. BinOptics' current products include edge-emitting and surface-emitting Fabry Perot lasers, DFB lasers, and lasers with integrated monitoring photodiodes that provide transceiver and transponder manufacturers with unprecedented price-performance advantages. Additionally, BinOptics can provide custom integrated microphotonic solutions for optical systems and subsystems. |
Sell | $230M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 500M USD |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Enhanced Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on investing in small and mid-sized growth companies generating sales up to $100 million. The Firm can invest across the capital structure, including equity and mezzanine debt financing. Enhanced also will provide funds for working capital needs. The Firm looks to invest $2 to $20 million of equity and mezzanine in the range of $500,000 to $3 million in mid to later-stage profitable companies that are seeking capital to fund growth, make an acquisition, or for an outright sale. Target sectors include aerospace, business services, communications, distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, IT, software, and retail. Enhanced Equity Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in New York City with an additional office in Austin, Birmingham, Denver, Jackson Hole, Nashville, New Orleans, Stamford, Tampa and Washington, D.C.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 18 of 27 |
| Sector: Digital Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 4 of 4 |
| State: District of Columbia M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Country: United States M&A | 18 of 27 |
| Year: 2014 M&A | 3 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-22 |
Hadapt
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Hadapt is a developer of big data analytic platform to natively integrate SQL with Apache Hadoop. Hadapt was founded in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-04 |
Shareholder InSite
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Shareholder InSite provides Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to help private companies and Venture Capital and Private Equity investors better track, manage, and analyze shareholder data. Through its team of financial and software professionals (based in Nashville, TN and Boulder, CO), Founded in 2012 through the merger of CapControls and Qval. |
Sell | - |
