Cherry Tree & Associates | April 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 Q1 2019 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 – April 2019

Geotab to Acquire Public Fleet-Focused BSM Technologies The joining of two telematics firms will add thousands of government vehicles to Geotab's customer base and BSM products to its ecosystem. In return, BSM customers get access to Geotab's tools, marketplace and expertise. Read more www.govtech.com Alteryx Acquires ClearStory Data With the goal of driving more data science innovation through its flagship analytics platform, Alteryx has acquired big data and analytics competitor ClearStory Data. Alteryx, which made CRN's 2018 Big Data 100 list and was named a Leader in... Read more www.crn.com A $603 million deal sheds light on cybersecurity space In a deal that puts a spotlight on the shadowy world of cyberwarfare, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. agreed to acquire KeyW Holding Corp. for about $603 million, increasing its number of employees with top-secret government access by 50%. While... Read more www.crainsnewyork.com Publicis buys Alliance Data's Epsilon for $4.4bn Publicis Groupe will pay $4.4 billion in cash to acquire digital marketing firm Epsilon from Alliance Data Systems, as the French advertising group seeks to deepen its digital expertise and expand in the US. Publicis announced the takeover in a... Read more www.exchange4media.com

Equifax Buys PayNet for Commercial Lending Data Credit reporting agency and financial health company Equifax closed its 19th acquisition this week with the purchase of commercial lending solutions company PayNet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayNet was founded in 1999 to help... Read more finovate.com Allied Universal Acquires Securadyne Systems Santa Ana, California-based security firm Allied Universal is buying Securadyne Systems, a security systems integration firm based in Dallas, Texas. Allied Universal is a $7.1 billion company with with more than 210,000 employees. The M&A deal... Read more www.channele2e.com Perforce Software Receives Investment From Francisco Perforce Software, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of enterprise-grade development operations software solutions, received a new equity investment from Francisco Partners. With the deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2019,... Read more www.finsmes.com Platinum Equity and The Gores Group Sell Data Blue Platinum Equity and The Gores Group announced today the sale of Data Blue to Court Square Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2011, Data Blue is a provider of... Read more www.platinumequity.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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