Private Equity
Chicago-based AHEAD and Atlanta-based Data Blue, which are both providers of digital infrastructure to large enterprises, have agreed to merge as well as acquire Sovereign Systems. No financial terms were disclosed. AHEAD and Data Blue are backed by Court Square Capital.
3 min read · 11 October 2019
Insight Partners is weighing a sale of property-management-software provider InhabitIQ in a deal that could draw almost $1.8 billion
2 min read · 11 October 2019
Dallas-based Kibo, an omnichannel commerce platform, has agreed to acquire Monetate, a testing and optimization provider. No financial terms were disclosed. Kibo is a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners.
4 min read · 11 October 2019
Esdec B.V., which is backed by Gilde Buy Out Partners, has acquired Quick Mount PV, a maker of solar mounting and racking hardware for the U.S. residential and commercial markets. No financial terms were disclosed. FMI Capital Advisers was financial adviser to Quick Mount PV on the deal.
2 min read · 11 October 2019
HGGC has acquired Woburn, Massachusetts-based font company Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. The price was $19.85 per share in cash or about $825 million. J.P. Morgan served as financial adviser to Monotype on the deal while Deutsche Bank Securities Inc did likewise for HGGC.
2 min read · 11 October 2019
Riverside Insights, which is backed by Alpine Investors, has acquired ESGI, an SaaS platform for administering, creating, tracking and reporting teacher-led assessments of early childhood students. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 11 October 2019
Picture Head Holdings, which is backed by Trive Capital and Five Crowns Capital, has acquired UK-based The Farm Post Production and Vancouver-based Finale Post. No financial terms were disclosed. Both The Farm and Finale provide critical post-production content editing, finishing, visual effects and storage services for feature film, episodic TV, broadcast television and other media studios.
2 min read · 10 October 2019
TA Associates and Charlesbank Capital Partners have agreed to provide financing to HelpSystems, a provider of IT operations management, security and analytics solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal is expected to close in November 2019. HelpSystems is a portfolio company of HGGC.
5 min read · 10 October 2019
Baymark Partners LLC has acquired Lakeland, Florida-based Presidium Network Services LLC, an IT services provider. No financial terms were disclosed. Generational Equity advised Presidium Network Services on the deal.
2 min read · 10 October 2019
Ardian is acquiring a stake in Saal Digital, a German maker of photo products. No financial terms were disclosed. As a result of the deal, Nordwind Capital and the Saal family will continue to hold a "substantial" stake in Saal Digital.
4 min read · 10 October 2019
