M&A Deal Summary

Walgreens Boots Alliance Acquires CareCentrix

On October 14, 2021, Walgreens Boots Alliance acquired healthcare services company CareCentrix from Summit Partners and HarbourVest Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Walgreens Boots Alliance’s 11th transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Walgreens Boots Alliance’s 22nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Walgreens Boots Alliance’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-10-14
Target CareCentrix
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Walgreens Boots Alliance
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
HarbourVest Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Weil Gotshal & Manges
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Legal)

Target

CareCentrix

Hartford, Connecticut, United States
CareCentrix provides specialty benefit management services to health plans, improving quality and reducing costs in several areas of home-based healthcare such as home nursing, home medical equipment, home drug infusion, sleep diagnostic tests and hospital readmissions. CareCentrix was founded in 1996 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Retail
Employees206,000
Revenue 139.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Walgreen's corporate headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.
Entrance to Walgreen's corporate headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.

Walgreens Boots Alliance is a multichannel retailer of consumer goods and services focused on health and wellness services and advice. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with online and mobile services. Walgreens Boots Alliance was founded in 1909 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 24
Sector (Healthcare Services) 11 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 16
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 22 of 22
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-31 Shields Health Solutions

Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States

Shields Health Solutions is a specialty pharmacy integrator and care provider, partnering with hospital leaders on every aspect of specialty pharmacy creation, growth and management. Shields provides the fastest, lowest risk model for health systems to create or grow a hospital-owned specialty pharmacy program. Shields Health Solutions was founded in 2012 and is based in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 2

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 266 of 286
Sector (Healthcare Services) 31 of 33
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 118 of 127
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 234 of 246
Year (2021) 17 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-27 Optimove

Tel Aviv, Israel

Optimove is a Customer Marketing Cloud, helps over 200 brands drive their entire customer marketing operation. The Optimove retention automation software helps marketers maximize customer spend, engagement, retention and lifetime value. It does this by automating the execution, analysis and optimization of continuously-improving personalized multi-channel customer marketing campaigns. Optimove’s unique customer modeling, predictive microsegmentation and campaign automation technologies are rolled into an intuitive Web user interface, making it easy and enjoyable for marketers to excel at their craft. Optimove was formed in 2009 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-27 Hairstory

Irvington, New York, United States

Hairstory is an unconventional haircare brand that helped to create the sustainable, non-detergent cleansing category. Hairstory’s core product, New Wash, cleans hair without any detergent, ending what the company sees as a vicious cycle of over-cleansing created by shampoo. Hairstory was founded in 2015 and is based in Irvington, New York.

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SELLER

HarbourVest Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1978
PE ASSETS 86.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 113 of 134
Sector (Healthcare Services) 7 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 46 of 58
State (Connecticut) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 72 of 85
Year (2021) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-01 SambaSafety

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

SambaSafety is a provider of Driver Risk Management (DRM) services and Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) to every industry across the United States. SambaSafety’s innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions provide driver risk technology and information to employers, insurance, background screeners and fleet management companies. This enables companies with commercial and non-commercial fleets to easily identify and address unsafe driving behavior and take the appropriate actions necessary to maintain the safety of drivers, passengers and the communities in which they live and work. Additionally, SambaSafety solutions provide the insights insurance carriers need to accurately price risk throughout the policy lifecycle. SambaSafety was founded in 1998 and is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-15 Fivestars

San Francisco, California, United States

Fivestars is the largest local commerce network, driving over $3 billion of sales and 100 million transactions annually. Fivestars offer vertically integrated payments, loyalty, and a marketing automation platform that brings more customers to local businesses. Fivestars was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy $317M