Cherry Tree & Associates | August 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 Q2 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 – August 2019

Bazaarvoice Acquires Influenster Bazaarvoice, Inc., the provider of product reviews and user-generated content (UGC) solutions, announced it has acquired Influenster, a product discovery and reviews platform with nearly six million community members across six continents. Read more www.martechadvisor.com MarketAxess to Acquire LiquidityEdge in $150 Million Deal The operator of electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, MarketAxess Holdings Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LiquidityEdge, a provider of an electronic US Treasuries marketplace. Read more www.financemagnates.com VMware Increases Cloud Exposure with Intrinsic Acquisition Enterprise software company, VMware, Inc., confirmed it acquired a security startup company called Intrinsic to better position itself to the cloud. San-Francisco-based Intrinsic operates a platform that secures important data. Read more www.benzinga.com Payment Alliance International Expands ATM Footprint Payment Alliance International has acquired Eclipse Cash Systems. The acquisition adds more than 15,000 ATM terminals and brings an additional four financial institution partnerships to it's existing nationwide network of over 75,000 ATMs. Read more www.atmmarketplace.com

Entelo Acquires ConveyIQ Entelo, one of the leading companies in recruiting automation, acquired candidate engagement solutions provider ConveyIQ in a move to offer source-to-hire management of talent acquisition interactions. Read more www.hcmtechnologyreport.com Rizing LLC Acquires Transcend Spatial Rizing LLC, a multinational company providing SAP (systems, applications and products) functional and technical consulting services, has acquired Transcend Spatial Solutions, a geographic information system (GIS) services and solutions company. Read more westfaironline.com Cloudpipes Acquired by Quick Base Cloudpipes, developer of cloud-based integration and automation platform, is getting acquired by the US-based Quick Base. The acquisition will bring the US company a step closer to the plan of launching a low-code development program. Read more www.trendingtopics.at Accenture Acquires Fairway Technologies Accenture has acquired Fairway Technologies, a strategy and technology consultancy headquartered in San Diego. The move bolsters Accenture's product and platform engineering services practice. Read more www.consulting.us

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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