M&A Deal Summary

Westwood Holdings Group Acquires Salient Partners

On May 26, 2022, Westwood Holdings Group acquired financial services company Salient Partners from Summit Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Westwood Holdings Group’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Westwood Holdings Group’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Westwood Holdings Group’s 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-05-26
Target Salient Partners
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Westwood Holdings Group
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Salient Partners

Houston, Texas, United States
Salient Partners is an investment management firm and a recognized innovator in the development, management, and delivery of sophisticated, non-traditional investment solutions for both institutional and retail investors. Salient Partners is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Westwood Holdings Group

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Financial Services
Employees145
Revenue 90M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Westwood Holdings Group is a provider of investment management services to institutional investors, private wealth clients and financial intermediaries. Westwood Holdings Group was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Texas) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-01 Woodway Financial Advisors

Houston, Texas, United States

Woodway Financial Advisors, Inc. is a Texas state-chartered trust company. Woodway manages more than $1.6 billion in client assets, working with individuals and their families to meet their financial objectives with tailor-made portfolios.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 275 of 286
Sector (Financial Services) 8 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 124 of 127
State (Texas) 16 of 16
Country (United States) 240 of 246
Year (2022) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-04 ProGlove

Munich, Germany

ProGlove is a provider of industrial wearables, that offers a scanner glove designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of scanning processes used across the manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and eCommerce/retail sectors. ProGlove was founded in 2014 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-01 StackAdapt

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

StackAdapt is a self-serve programmatic advertising platform used by brands and agencies around the world. StackAdapt’s data-driven platform combines state-of-the-art machine learning with a clean and intuitive user interface to provide media buyers with an easy way to plan, execute and drive the best performance across devices, inventory and publishing partners. StackAdapt was founded in 2013 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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