Cherry Tree & Associates | November 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 Q3 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 – November 2019

Granicus Acquires Rental Compliance Software Company Host Compliance, a San Francisco-based company whose software helps governments monitor short-term rental properties, is the latest addition to Granicus' growing suite of software tools for interfacing with citizens. Read more www.govtech.com Silver Lake to Acquire First Advantage Private equity firm Silver Lake is nearing a deal to acquire First Advantage that could value the background checks provider at more than $1.5 billion, including debt. Read more www.nasdaq.com Visa to Acquire Interswitch One of Africa’s veteran FinTech companies is about to become the sector’s first unicorn. Global payments giant Visa is paying $200 million for 20% stake in Interswitch, Nigeria’s largest electronic payments company. Read more qz.com Aon to Acquire CoverWallet Global insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a leading digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition provides Aon with additional access to what it sees as a fast-growing market. Read more www.insurancejournal.com

Plixer Acquires Great Bay Software Network security and monitoring solutions company Plixer recently announced their acquisition of Great Bay Software, an endpoint visibility and intelligence vendor. Read more solutionsreview.com Digi Acquires Opengear, Expands Market Reach and Technology Opengear, which is being acquired by Digi, delivers IT infrastructure, including failover-to-cellular and out-of-band management solutions, to a broad range of Fortune 100 and other customers. Read more www.channelpartnersonline.com Elavon to Acquire Sage Pay Elavon, the payments company that is a subsidiary of US Bancorp, announced that it will acquire Sage Pay, one of the bigger payment processors in the UK and Ireland serving small and medium businesses, for approximately $300M. Read more techcrunch.com OpenText Acquires Data Security Firm Carbonite for $1.42B Carbonite has agreed to a $1.42 billion purchase by OpenText, an enterprise information management giant, ending weeks of speculation about the anticipated buyout. Read more techcrunch.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 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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