M&A Deal Summary

Ziff Davis Acquires Ziff Davis

On November 16, 2012, Ziff Davis acquired media company Ziff Davis from Great Hill Partners for 175M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-11-16
Target Ziff Davis
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Ziff Davis
Sellers(s) Great Hill Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 175M USD
Advisor(s) LUMA Partners LLC (Financial)

Target

Ziff Davis

New York, New York, United States
Ziff Davis is a digital media company specializing in the technology market, reaching over 7 million highly engaged in-market buyers and influencers every month. Ziff Davis sites, which feature trusted and comprehensive evaluations of the newest and hottest products, include PCMag.com, ExtremeTech, GearLog, GoodCleanTech, DL.tv, AppScout, CrankyGeeks, Smart Device Central and TechSaver.com. Ziff Davis was founded in 1999 and is based in New York City.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ziff Davis

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees4,200
Revenue 1.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Ziff Davis is a provider of Internet fax, virtual phone, hosted email, email marketing, online backup, unified communications, and CRM solutions. Ziff Davis was founded in 1995 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 84
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 75
State (New York) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 10 of 43
Year (2012) 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-16 Zimo Communications

Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom

Zimo Communications Ltd. is a Public Electronic Communications Network (PECN) provider. Zimo is a provider of Numberstore™ cloud voice services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-18 Metrofax

Bellevue, Washington, United States

MetroFax, Inc. is a provider of Internet faxing services and advanced features.

Buy -

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 20 of 60
Sector (Media) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 37
State (New York) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 16 of 50
Year (2012) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 22 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-15 Accelerated Payment Technologies

Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States

Accelerated Payment Technologies, Inc., is a platform provides an unparalleled single integration point and a highly flexible platform that provides gateway, middleware and back-end technologies that hasten and simplify the integration of payment processing into critical business applications.

Sell $413M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-21 Intapp

Palo Alto, California, United States

Intapp provides software and services that enable professional services and capital markets firms to thrive in an increasingly competitive marketplace, enhancing their ability to win more business, operate efficiently, manage risk and drive project and client success. Intapp offer a professional services platform – purpose-built for this industry – spanning the entire client life cycle, with solutions for client development, business acceptance and client delivery. Intapp was founded in 2000 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

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