Cherry Tree & Associates | January 2019

Cherry Tree has been tracking trends and activity in the Technology Enabled Business Services (TEBS) space for more than 15 years, including the TEBS 100, which is a broad index of 100 publicly-traded TEBS companies.

The four segments of the TEBS 100 are: Software Business Process Services Information Services Infrastructure Services

Each issue of this newsletter highlights transactions involving TEBS companies, as well as performance metrics for the TEBS 100. Cherry Tree also produces quarterly TEBS updates and a research report which are available for download:

View the Q4 2018 TEBS Quarterly Update

View the TEBS Research Report

Cherry Tree has more than 15 years of experience working with businesses in the TEBS space. Our clients include companies seeking to sell their businesses or divest non-core assets, as well as strategic and financial buyers looking to make acquisitions.  Contact Mik Gusenius at  mgusenius@cherrytree.com with any questions.

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS – January 2019

Deluxe Acquires MyCorporation Deluxe Corporation acquired MyCorporation, a leading provider of incorporation, compliance, and other services for small businesses. Read more www.spglobal.com Cherry Tree & Associates served as exclusive investment banking advisor to Deluxe in the transaction. Hostway merging with Hosting.com Hostway, an Austin-based website hosting company, said that it will merge with Denver-based Hosting.com, another cloud-based service.Financial terms of the deal were not released.Privately held Hostway said the companies will combine... Read more www.statesman.com Fargo-based Discovery Benefits sold to WEX for $425 million State Bankshares, the parent company of Fargo-based Bell Bank, announced Thursday, Jan. 17, that it has signed an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fargo-based Discovery Benefits Inc., to WEX, a global provider of payment... Read more www.inforum.com Doctor Ratings Giant Healthgrades Acquires Influence Health Healthgrades, a large healthcare data and ratings firm, has expanded its southern presence with an acquisition of healthcare-focused digital marketing platform Influence Health. The Birmingham-based company also has a large Atlanta presence... Read more hypepotamus.com

DXC to Acquire Luxoft DXC Technology announced its acquisition of Luxoft, a global-scale digital innovator with world-class digital talent... Read more www.forbes.com Fiserv and First Data Megadeal Could Drive More Fintech M&A The mega-deal between Fiserv ( FISV) and First Data ( FDC) has many investors wondering what's next. The deal will merge the two financial technology players into one combined payments giant worth $22 billion. Read more www.thestreet.com Perforce Acquires Rogue Wave As we're constantly being told, software changes all the time . Major social media and other online web services or cloud platforms roll out new 'builds' which are deployed to the apps on your smartphone and tablet as many as 20 or 30 (some claim ... Read more www.forbes.com National HouseCheck buys Housefax Housefax, a popular industry resource for home data and property reports founded in 2012, has been acquired by National HouseCheck, a property inspection and home reporting service, according to a press release sent to Inman. Financial details of ... Read more www.inman.com

TEBS 100 INDEX PERFORMANCE

TEBS 100 INDEX METRICS

For a confidential conversation about your company's strategic alternatives for exiting, merging, acquiring, or obtaining venture financing, please contact Mik Gusenius. Prepared by: Mik Gusenius, Director mgusenius@cherrytree.com Phone: 952.253.6005 www.cherrytree.com 

Cherry Tree & Associates is a private investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis. Our firm specializes in serving middle market companies and their owners, whether private, public, or divisions of larger corporations.

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