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Taylor Nelson Sofres Acquires Compete

On March 1, 2008, Taylor Nelson Sofres acquired information technology company Compete from Chicago Growth Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Taylor Nelson Sofres’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Taylor Nelson Sofres’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Taylor Nelson Sofres’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-01
Target Compete
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Taylor Nelson Sofres
Sellers(s) Chicago Growth Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Compete

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Compete is an information services company providing Fortune 500 marketers of ?considered purchases? with predictive consumer buying analytics on a subscription basis. The predictive analytics are derived from a comprehensive database of consumer on-line shopping behavior.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Taylor Nelson Sofres

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Marketing
DESCRIPTION

Taylor Nelson Sofres plc is a provider of marketing services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Chicago Growth Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Chicago Growth Partners LLC (CGP) was a Chicago-based based private equity firm that provided expansion and buyout capital to middle-market companies generating sales of $15 to $150 million. CGP sought to invest in business services, consumer services, healthcare products/services, and industrial companies. CGP was formed in 2004 as a spin-off of William Blair Capital Partners, the investment group of investment bank William Blair. In 2014, the Firm ceased operations.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 34
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 15
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 12 of 31
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-08 Benetech

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Benetech is a domestic supplier of dust management systems to the coal and electric utility industries. The company designs, manufactures, installs and maintains dust management equipment for its customers and provides the chemicals utilized by its equipment. Benetech was founded in 1983 and is based in Aurora, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-15 Lanx

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Lanx is a medical device company that develops and markets innovative surgical implants and biological products for use in spinal surgery. Lanx was founded in 2003 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.

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