M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2015-01-14 |
| Target | Latisys |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Buyer(s) | Zayo |
| Sellers(s) |
Great Hill Partners
Catalyst Investors |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 675M USD |
| Advisor(s) | Citizens Digital Infrastructure M&A Advisory (Financial) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Sector | Communications |
| Employees | 3,700 |
| Revenue | 2.6B USD (2018) |
Zayo is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo's services allow its customers, which include telecom carriers, wireless service providers, media and content companies, and other bandwidth-intensive businesses, to transport data, voice, video, and internet traffic, as well as to interconnect their networks. Zayo was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 25 of 35 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 2 of 4 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 25 of 33 |
| State (Colorado) | 3 of 3 |
| Country (United States) | 21 of 28 |
| Year (2015) | 2 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 14 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-06 |
IdeaTek Systems
Buhler, Kansas, United States IdeaTek Systems, Inc. offers television, Internet, phone, as well as Web hosting services. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-23 |
Allstream
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Allstream is a provider of IP communications and the only national provider that works exclusively with business customers. Supported by its more than 30,000-kilometre nationwide high-performance fibre-optic network, Allstream’s communications technologies and services include a range of innovative, highly-scalable IP, Cloud and Security solutions that help organizations communicate more efficiently and profitably. |
Buy | CA$465M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| PE ASSETS | 12.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 27 of 61 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 4 of 6 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 21 of 38 |
| State (Colorado) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (United States) | 23 of 51 |
| Year (2015) | 1 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 6 of 23 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-01 |
Freightquote.com
Kansas, Missouri, United States Freightquote.com, Inc. is a provider of web-based freight transportation management services for small businesses. |
Sell | $365M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-13 |
Credibility
Malibu, California, United States Credibility Corp. provides credit management and credibility-building solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in North America. Credibility Corp. markets a full suite of products and services that help SMBs establish, manage and build their credit and credibility (Credit-on-Self) and evaluate the credit worthiness of potential trade partners (Credit-on-Others). |
Sell | $320M |
| Category | Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 377M USD |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Catalyst Investors is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications and internet services industries. Specific areas of interest include, video and audio content and distribution, print and online publishing, out-of-home advertising, music publishing, wireless voice and data, wireless spectrum and other infrastructure, outsourced applications providers / software as a service (SAAS), subscription based services, and online advertising. Catalyst looks for the growth companies located in the US and Canada requiring $10 to $60 million in capital. Catalyst prefers businesses with 'high-margin economics', 'defensible market positions', and 'recurring revenues'. Catalyst was formed in 1999 and is based in New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 27 of 39 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 1 of 2 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 14 of 19 |
| State (Colorado) | 3 of 4 |
| Country (United States) | 26 of 37 |
| Year (2015) | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 8 of 10 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-05 |
F+W Media
Blue Ash, Ohio, United States F+W Media, Inc. is a multi-platform enthusiast media company with businesses in magazine and book publishing, interactive media, broadcast programming, and events. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-18 |
MindBody
San Luis Obispo, California, United States MindBody is a technology platform for the fitness, beauty and wellness services industries. Local entrepreneurs worldwide use MINDBODY’s integrated software and payments platform to run, market and build their businesses. Consumers use MINDBODY to more easily find, engage and transact with fitness, wellness and beauty providers in their local communities. MindBody was formed in 2001 and is based in San Luis Obispo, California. |
Sell | - |
