M&A Deal Summary

simPRO Acquires BigChange

On October 25, 2024, simPRO acquired information technology company BigChange from Great Hill Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is simPRO’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is simPRO’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-10-25
Target BigChange
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) simPRO
Sellers(s) Great Hill Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BigChange

Leeds, United Kingdom
BigChange is a mobile workforce management technology company for the service and transport sectors. BigChange’s tools provide job scheduling, customer invoicing and payments automation, mobile workforce management, and client engagement. BigChange was founded in 2013 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

simPRO

Eight Mile Plains, Yukon Territory, Australia

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

simPRO Software is a provider of edge job management software for the trade service industry. The cloud-based system helps businesses work smarter, provide exceptional service, and maximize their profitability. The software is designed for operators in the electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and security industries. simPRO was founded in 2002 and is based in Eight Mile Plains, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1

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 59 of 64
Sector: Information Technology M&A 6 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 36 of 40
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2024 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-15 Vivup

Farnham, United Kingdom

Vivup is a leading UK employee benefits provider specialising in health and wellbeing. The company delivers a fully customisable employee engagement platform that brings together employee benefits, wellbeing programmes, discounts and savings, recognition and reward, plus workplace communications. Vivup was founded in 2005 and is based in Farnham, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-31 Evolve IP

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Evolve IP provides organizations with a unified option for cloud services, including unified communications, contact center, managed network, and cloud computing technologies. Evolve IP was founded in 2007 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

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