XPND Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Growth Capital Firm Profile

XPND Capital’s most common sectors for investment areinternet software and services (34%) and automotive (17%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (34%) and growth capital (34%). Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2011 when it acquired Acquisio for $12M.

In the last 3 years, XPND Capital has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4

XPND Capital

3 place Ville-Marie, bureau 12350, suite 1-190,,
Montreal, Quebec H3B 0E7
Canada
www.xpnd.com
info@xpnd.com

XPND Capital is a Canadian private equity firm focused on growth investments based in Quebec. XPND targets expanding companies in the transportation, consumer products, energy, health/lifestyle, technology, media, and entertainment sectors. Prospective companies typically have revenues of $10 to $50 million and are profitable with up to $10 million of EBITDA. The Firm seeks to invest $5 to $15 million and will consider both majority or minority positions. XPND Capital is based in Montreal.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Automotive, Communications, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, E-Commerce, Education, Electronics, Energy Services and Equipment, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Media, Software, Transportation

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Consolidation, Growth Capital, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Canada

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 10 50
Target EBITDA 1 10
Investment Size 5 15
Enterprise Value 10 50
values in millions of CAD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 5 1 - - - - 6
vol $12M $12M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 2 - - 1 1 - 4
  10

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
iPerceptions, Inc. 2020-07-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.iperceptions.com
Direxyon Technologies 2018-03-20 - Growth Capital
Montreal, Quebec · www.direxyon.com
Acquisio, Inc. 2017-11-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Brossard, Quebec · www.acquisio.com
Mishmash 2016-09-15 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Montreal, Quebec · www.mishmash.ca
Communications Voir 2015-04-29 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Montreal, Quebec · www.voir.ca
The Lion Electric Co. 2015-04-29 - Growth Capital
Saint Jerome, Quebec · www.thelionelectric.com
The Lumenpulse Group 2014-04-15 - IPO
Longueuil, Quebec · www.lumenpulse.com
iPerceptions, Inc. 2012-01-27 - Going Private
Montreal, Quebec · www.iperceptions.com
Acquisio, Inc. 2011-08-16 12M USD Venture
Brossard, Quebec · www.acquisio.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (33%) 12M (100%)
Automotive - - 1 (17%) -
Media 1 (50%) - 1 (17%) -
Publishing - - 1 (17%) -
Software 1 (50%) - 1 (17%) -
Total 2 - 6 $12M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Canada 2 (100%) - 6 (100%) 12M (100%)
  Quebec 2 (100%) - 6 (100%) 12M (100%)
Total 2 - 6 $12M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (50%) - 2 (33%) -
Growth Capital 1 (50%) - 2 (33%) -
Venture - - 1 (17%) 12M (100%)
Going Private - - 1 (17%) -
Total 2 - 6 $12M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
IPO 1 (25%) -
SPAC 1 (25%) -
Trade Sale 1 (25%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (25%) -
Total 4 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $12M
TOTAL $12M
Largest Acquisio, Inc.
$12M (2011-08-16)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Strategic(s)
50%
2 (50%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Growth Capital Firm

Size

Small

Established

2011

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Alexandre Taillefer

Senior Partner

Dominic Becotte

Partner

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