BIA Digital Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Mezzanine Finance Firm Profile

BIA Digital Partners’ most common sectors for investment arecommunications (25%) and media (22%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (58%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (22%). In total, BIA Digital Partners has invested in 16 US states.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (44%). BIA Digital Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2007 when it sold HealthWatch for $130M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity56
    • M&A Buy Activity33
    • M&A Sell Activity23
  • Total Sectors Invested 13
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 25
  • M&A Advisors 1

BIA Digital Partners

BIA Digital Partners LLC

14150 Parkeast Circle Suite 110,
Chantilly, Virginia 20151
United States
(703) 227-9600
www.biadigitalpartners.com
contactdp@bia.com

BIA Digital Partners is a private investment firm focused on making junior capital investments in businesses serving the media/entertainment, telecommunications, information services, and business services sectors. The Firm has a special interest in companies generating a significant level of recurring revenue. BIA typically invests in businesses valued from $20 to $100 million and revenues $15 to $100 million. Investment proceeds are generally used to pursue organic growth opportunities, make acquisitions, fund management or leveraged buyouts, recapitlizations, and debt refinancings. BIA is licensed as a SBIC and is based in Chantilly, Virginia.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Consumer Services, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Leisure, Marine, Marketing, Media, Publishing, Retail, Safety/Security, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 15 100
Target EBITDA 2 -
Investment Size 5 15
Enterprise Value 20 100
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 33 - - - - - 33
Sell (0.0/yr) # 23 - - - - - 23
vol $240M $240M
  56

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
NetPlus, Inc. 2019-11-05 - Secondary Buyout
Gaithersburg, Maryland · www.netplustms.com
FirstLight Fiber 2016-03-23 - Secondary Buyout
Albany, New York · www.firstlight.net
Manifest Digital, Inc. 2015-08-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.manifestdigital.com
Cash Cycle Solutions, Inc. 2014-12-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Charlotte, North Carolina · www.cashcyclesolutions.com
GTT Communications, Inc. 2014-12-04 - IPO
McLean, Virginia · www.gtt.net
NetPlus, Inc. 2014-10-21 - Divestiture
Gaithersburg, Maryland · www.netplustms.com
Ariston Global LLC 2014-08-01 - Shut Down
Pittsford, New York · www.aristonglobal.com
The Motley Fool 2014-04-01 - Unknown
Alexandria, Virginia · www.fool.com
Cadent LLC 2013-07-01 - Secondary Buyout
New York, New York · www.cadent.tv
Cooking.com, Inc. 2013-03-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Santa Monica, California · www.cooking.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Communications - - 8 (24%) -
Media - - 7 (21%) -
Marketing - - 5 (15%) -
Business Services - - 3 (9%) -
Publishing - - 2 (6%) -
E-Commerce - - 1 (3%) -
Healthcare Services - - 1 (3%) -
Information Services - - 1 (3%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (3%) -
Leisure - - 1 (3%) -
Marine - - 1 (3%) -
Safety/Security - - 1 (3%) -
Software - - 1 (3%) -
Total - - 33 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States - - 33 (100%) -
  Virginia - - 4 (12%) -
  New York - - 4 (12%) -
  Illinois - - 4 (12%) -
  Texas - - 3 (9%) -
  North Carolina - - 3 (9%) -
  California - - 3 (9%) -
  Georgia - - 2 (6%) -
  Alabama - - 2 (6%) -
  West Virginia - - 1 (3%) -
  Utah - - 1 (3%) -
  Oregon - - 1 (3%) -
  Oklahoma - - 1 (3%) -
  New Jersey - - 1 (3%) -
  Massachusetts - - 1 (3%) -
  Maryland - - 1 (3%) -
  Kentucky - - 1 (3%) -
Total - - 33 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital - - 19 (58%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) - - 7 (21%) -
Venture - - 2 (6%) -
Acquisition Financing - - 1 (3%) -
Consolidation - - 1 (3%) -
Divestiture - - 1 (3%) -
Recapitalization - - 1 (3%) -
Secondary Buyout - - 1 (3%) -
Total - - 33 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 7 (30%) 130M (54%)
Secondary Sale 5 (22%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 4 (17%) 110M (46%)
Recapitalization 3 (13%) -
Unknown 2 (9%) -
IPO 1 (4%) -
Shut Down 1 (4%) -
Total 23 $240M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Arlington Capital Advisors LLC
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $240M
TOTAL $240M
Largest HealthWatch, Inc.
$130M (2007-05-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
3%
1 (3%)
Strategic(s)
3%
1 (3%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
22%
5 (22%)
Strategic(s)
43%
10 (43%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Mezzanine Finance Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

283M USD

Established

1983

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

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