Cherry Tree & Associates | July 2018

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 an annual research report which are available for download:

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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 – July 2018

Salesforce agrees to acquire Datorama U.S. sales and marketing software company Salesforce said on Monday it signed an agreement to acquire Datorama, an Israeli cloud-based artificial intelligence marketing platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but... Read more www.reuters.com State Street to acquire Charles River Development State Street Corp. plans to acquire a Burlington software business in a $2.6 billion deal that would be the largest for the Boston-based financial giant in the past decade. The pending purchase of Charles River Development reflects State Street... Read more www.bostonglobe.com LevelUp's Winding Path Pays Off With $390M Sale ... LevelUp is the latest startup story to end in an acquisition. The company has gone through several transformations since it was founded a decade ago, eventually landing on mobile payments processing, customer loyalty programs,... Read more www.xconomy.com Austin-based Student Loan Hero acquired by LendingTree Financial services company LendingTree said Friday that it has acquired Austin-based Student Loan Hero Inc., a personal finance website for managing student debt. LendingTree, headquartered in Charlotte, connects... Read more www.512tech.com

Broadcom to acquire CA Technologies for $18.9B Broadcom, the massive semiconductor supplier you may remember from its failed attempt to acquire Qualcomm, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with CA Technologies, a major IT management software and solutions provider. The ... Read more techcrunch.com Box acquires Butter.ai to make search smarter Box announced today that it has acquired Butter.ai, a startup that helps customers search for content intelligently in the cloud. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Butter.AI team will be joining Box. Butter.AI was started by two... Read more techcrunch.com Arm acquires Treasure Data, launches Pelion IoT platform Confirming earlier reports, British semiconductor firm Arm said Thursday that it's buying Treasure Data as it works to bulk up its Internet of things portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed. Treasure Data is active in the data management space. Read more www.zdnet.com IPG to Acquire Acxiom Division for $2.3 Billion Interpublic Group of Cos has agreed to acquire Acxiom Corp.'s Marketing Solutions business unit in a cash transaction valued at $2.3 billion, the company announced Monday afternoon. With the acquisition, the Acxiom brand name will become part of... Read more www.wsj.com

TEBS 100 INDEX PERFORMANCE

TEBS 100 INDEX METRICS

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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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