M&A Deal Summary

S&P Global Acquires With Intelligence

On October 15, 2025, S&P Global acquired information services company With Intelligence from Motive Partners for 1.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is S&P Global’s 7th transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is S&P Global’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is S&P Global’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-15
Target With Intelligence
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) S&P Global
Sellers(s) Motive Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.8B USD
Advisor(s) Centerview Partners (Financial)
Proskauer Rose
Joelson JD (Legal)

Target

With Intelligence

London, United Kingdom
With Intelligence is an independent and entrepreneurial company that provides a unique combination of proprietary data, actionable insights, and must-attend events across a range of asset classes, including hedge funds, traditional asset management, private equity, real estate, and credit/debt. With Intelligence was founded in 1998 and is based in London.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

S&P Global

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1860
Sector Information Services
Employees40,450
Revenue 14.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

S&P Global is a financial intelligence company providing the global capital and commodity markets with independent benchmarks, credit ratings, portfolio and enterprise risk solutions, and analytics. The company's brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power and McGraw Hill Construction. S&P Global was founded in 1860 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 22
Sector: Information Services M&A 7 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 16
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-09 TeraHelix

London, United Kingdom

TeraHelix helps solve complex, enterprise-scale data challenges by providing frameworks that structure data models for smooth interoperability across platforms, systems, and storage architectures. TeraHelix is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Motive Partners is an investment firm focused on financial technology businesses. Prospective transaction types include management buyouts, growth financings, and venture. Motive Partners was formed in 2016 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-12 Splitit Payments

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Splitit Payments is a merchant-branded Installments-as-a-Service platform that solves the challenges businesses face with legacy BNPL while unlocking BNPL at the point of sale for card networks, issuers, and acquirers, all through a single network API. Splitit Payments is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-10-28 Electric Mind

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Electric Mind is a business and technology consulting company that provides innovative, practical solutions driven by engineering excellence. With a focus on diversity and collaboration, the company creates environments where creativity thrives, and bright ideas come to life. Electric Mind is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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