Investment Summary

Seguin Partners Exits CFO Media Group

On May 2, 2016, Argyle Executive Forum invested in publishing company CFO Media Group from Seguin Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is Argyle Executive Forum’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Argyle Executive Forum’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Argyle Executive Forum’s 1st transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • CFO Media Group was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2020.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-05-02
Target CFO Media Group
Sector Publishing
Investor(s) Argyle Executive Forum
Sellers(s) Seguin Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Graham Curtin & Sheridan (Legal)

Target

CFO Media Group

New York, New York, United States
The CFO Media Group is a publisher of CFO Magazine, CFO.com, and CFO Research. CFO Media Group is a global voice in enterprise finance intelligence and cutting-edge, award-winning thought leadership targeted by the global community of Chief Financial Officers.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Argyle Executive Forum

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Argyle Executive Forum LLC is a provider of C-level executive summits for Fortune 500 business providers. Argyle hosts more than 100 annual full-day conferences, private breakfasts, dinners, workshops, virtual conferences, think tanks and roundtable discussions for its screened executive membership of leaders of the largest companies in the United States.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 4
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-04 The Innovation Enterprise

London, United Kingdom

The Innovation Enterprise Ltd. is an independent business-to-business multi-channel media brand focused on the information needs of senior big aata, strategy, advanced analytics, innovation, digital, finance, operations, publishing & decision support executives.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Seguin Partners

Middleton, Massachusetts, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 100M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Seguin Partners LLC is a private equity seeks to invest in lower middle market services companies. Seguin targets growing profitable companies with recurring revenues, sustainable competitive advantage, historical growth and free cash flows with an EBITDA of at least $2 million. The Firm typically invests between $5 - $20 million in companies with enterprise values of between $10 - $75 million. Seguin’s seeks to hold majority interest in the businesses. Specific areas of interest include business-to-business information, publishing, media, healthcare, security and outsourced business services. The Firm typical transaction types include MBOs, acquisitions, recapitalization and growth capital financing. Seguin Partners LLC was formed in 2006 and is based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-23 Genesis Technology Solutions

Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States

Genesis Technology Solutions, Inc. (Genesis Solutions Holdings) is an outsourced business service provider specializing in engineering consulting focused on manufacturing maintenance systems.

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