M&A Deal Summary

Sandbox & Co. Acquires Constructive Media

On November 15, 2018, Sandbox & Co. acquired internet software and services company Constructive Media from H.I.G. Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sandbox & Co.’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Sandbox & Co.’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Sandbox & Co.’s 1st transaction in British Columbia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-11-15
Target Constructive Media
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Sandbox & Co.
Sellers(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Constructive Media

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Constructive Media, Inc. is an online platform provider for digital media products serving casual gaming and digital education markets. Constructive Media was founded in 1996 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sandbox & Co.

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Sandbox & Co. is a millennial learning company that acquires and acts as a strategic operator of businesses that are changing the way children learn and play.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 10
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: British Columbia M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-02 Tinybop

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Tinybop, Inc. is a studio of designers, engineers, and artists building elegant, educational iOS apps for kids.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-02 Teachit

United Kingdom

Teachit is a teacher resource provider from education charity AQA. Teachit a thriving community of over 550,000 primary and secondary teachers across a range of subjects (Teachit Primary, Teachit English, Teachit Maths, Teachit Science, Teachit Languages, Teachit Geography & Teachit History).

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital. The Firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of mid-sized to large companies valued between $50 million and $1 billion. HIG will also consider industry consolidations, going-privates, and corporate divestitures. Sectors of interest include aerospace, building materials, business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, infrastructure, contracting, manufacturing, media, oil & gas services, IT, and transportation. HIG was formed in 1993 is based in Miami, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 107 of 180
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 41 of 74
State: British Columbia M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 3 of 8
Year: 2018 M&A 15 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-14 ACG Materials

Norman, Oklahoma, United States

ACG Materials mines, mills, processes, and distributes a broad range of specialty materials and aggregates. Its primary products are sold to infrastructure and building products markets, as well as to the agriculture, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

Sell $315M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-29 CPower Energy Management

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

CPower Energy Management is one of the largest demand response and energy management companies in North America. CPower has over 25 years of experience helping business customers implement customized demand-side management programs with core offerings that provide businesses with the ability to manage peak electricity demand, monetize energy assets, enhance grid reliability and meet their sustainability goals. CPower provides services nationwide across the U.S. to a large, blue-chip customer base of over 1,700 commercial & industrial customers.

Sell -