M&A Deal Summary

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Stats Perform

On May 19, 2014, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners acquired information services company Stats Perform from Fox Sports and The Associated Press

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 38th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vista Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-05-19
Target Stats Perform
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Vista Equity Partners
Sellers(s) Fox Sports
The Associated Press
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Stats Perform

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Stats Perform is a provider of data, sports research, news and video content, and artificial intelligence-powered solutions to sports media and broadcasters, technology companies, global brands, sportsbooks, teams and leagues, and fantasy sports providers. The Company powers storytelling through natural language generation for sports broadcasters and tech companies, unlocks player props and precise projections for sportsbooks, and generates predictions to improve team performance and player evaluation. Stats Perform was formed in 1981 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vista Equity Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 100.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Frost Bank Tower, Vista Equity's main office in Austin, Texas.
Entrance to Frost Bank Tower, Vista Equity's main office in Austin, Texas.

Vista Equity Partners is a mega-sized asset management firm focused on private equity, public equity, credit, and other strategies. The Firm's private equity group looks to invest in and acquire software and technology enabled services companies. Specific areas of interest include software, software-as-a-service (SaaS), technology-enabled business services, and technology-enabled information services. Vista can commit up to $700 million per transaction and will consider a variety transaction situations, including management/leveraged buyouts, growth or acquisition financings, recapitalizations or restructurings, spinouts, and take privates. Vista Equity Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 42 of 149
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 8 of 12
State (Illinois) 3 of 7
Country (United States) 38 of 137
Year (2014) 3 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-14 DealerSocket

Irving, Texas, United States

DealerSocket is a provider of SaaS enterprise relationship management solutions for the retail and independent automotive industries. DealerSocket’s platform enables dealerships’ marketing, sales and automotive service departments to operate more effectively by helping them identify and track actionable sales leads, engage these leads through a number of channels, and streamline the sale, lease and service booking process. DealerSocket supports over 140,000 active users at more than 3,500 dealerships around the world. DealerSocket was founded in 2001 and is based in Irving, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-09 Autotask

East Greenbush, New York, United States

Autotask Corp. is a provider of hosted IT business management software to streamline and optimize business processes for technology solution providers.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Fox Sports

Los Angeles, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing 21st Century FOX’s wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
SELLER

The Associated Press

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1846
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-13 iCircular

United States

iCircular is a provider of coupons, ads and offers into the mobile sites of newspapers on phones and tablets.

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