M&A Deal Summary

Utopia Music Acquires Sentric Music

On February 4, 2022, Utopia Music acquired media company Sentric Music from BGF

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Utopia Music’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Utopia Music’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-02-04
Target Sentric Music
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Utopia Music
Sellers(s) BGF
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Sentric Music

Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sentric Music is a new age independent music publisher. Sentric disrupted traditional publishing by offering the fairest deal in the industry. Sentric Music empowers artists and songwriters to collect the royalties they’re owed. Sentric Music was founded in 2006 and is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Utopia Music

Zug, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Utopia Music is a creator of a better world for music. Distributed between Zug, London, Stockholm, and Helsinki Utopia Music are all focused on one common goal. To create a new industry standard for everyone. Utopia Music was founded in 2016 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BGF

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 2.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is a private investment firm focused on early and growth-stage investing across the UK. The Firm also invests in publicly traded companies. BGF's growth team looks to invest £1 to £15 million in small to mid-sized companies looking for additional capital to pursue growth. BGF was established in 2011 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 77 of 131
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 38 of 70
Country: United Kingdom M&A 74 of 125
Year: 2022 M&A 6 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-01 Blue Light Card

Leicester, United Kingdom

Blue Light Card is a tech enabled, closed group, discount market place and omnichannel marketing solution for its Retailer Partners. It has a member led approach, bringing thousands of preferential discounts to verified members in the NHS, Emergency Services, Armed Forces and Social Care. Blue Light Card was founded in 2008 and is based in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-08 Apprentify

Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Apprentify specializes in digital marketing, social media, and tech courses, enabling employers to recruit and train apprentices skilled ‘for the jobs of tomorrow’. Apprentify was founded in 2018 and is based in Macclesfield, United Kingdom.

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