Edison Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Growth Capital Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Edison Partners has invested in 9 companies.

Edison Partners’ most common sectors for investment areinformation technology (37%) and internet software and services (25%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (62%) and venture (37%). In total, Edison Partners has invested in 19 US states and 3 different countries.

In the last 3 years, Edison Partners has exited 4 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (75%). Edison Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2021 when it sold PandoLogic for $150M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity76
    • M&A Buy Activity57
    • M&A Sell Activity19
  • Total Sectors Invested 8
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 29

Edison Partners

Edison Partners

281 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
United States
(609) 896-1900
www.edisonpartners.com
investorrelations@edisonpartners.com


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Financial Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Secondary Buyout, Venture

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 5 25
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 10 30
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (2.4/yr) # 45 3 8 1 - - 57
Sell (2.6/yr) # 7 9 2 2 - - 20
vol $200M $200M
  77

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Northpass, Inc. 2023-07-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Parsippany, New Jersey · www.northpass.com
Nuula 2023-01-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario
RapidDeploy, Inc. 2023-01-25 - Venture
Austin, Texas · www.rapiddeploy.com
K1X, Inc. 2022-12-15 - Growth Capital
Chicago, Illinois · www.k1x.io
Lokavant, Inc. 2022-12-07 - Growth Capital
New York, New York · www.lokavant.com
SPHERE Technology Solutions 2022-11-30 - Venture
Newark, New Jersey · www.sphereco.com
Field Effect Software, Inc. 2022-10-04 - Growth Capital
Ottawa, Ontario · www.fieldeffect.com
15Five 2022-07-21 - Venture
San Francisco, California · www.15five.com
Budderfly, Inc. 2022-07-11 - Secondary Buyout
Shelton, Connecticut · www.budderfly.com
ExecVision 2022-04-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Arlington, Virginia · www.execvision.io
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 16 (39%) - 21 (37%) -
Internet Software and Services 11 (27%) - 14 (25%) -
Software 8 (20%) - 13 (23%) -
Marketing 2 (5%) - 4 (7%) -
Financial Services 2 (5%) - 2 (4%) -
Business Services - - 1 (2%) -
E-Commerce 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
Retail 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
Total 41 - 57 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 40 (98%) - 54 (95%) -
  New York 12 (29%) - 17 (30%) -
  Texas 5 (12%) - 5 (9%) -
  Pennsylvania 4 (10%) - 4 (7%) -
  New Jersey 3 (7%) - 4 (7%) -
  California 2 (5%) - 3 (5%) -
  Massachusetts 2 (5%) - 3 (5%) -
  Virginia 1 (2%) - 3 (5%) -
  Illinois 2 (5%) - 2 (4%) -
  Georgia 2 (5%) - 2 (4%) -
  Maryland - - 2 (4%) -
  Florida 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Colorado 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Alabama 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Tennessee 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Oregon 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Ohio 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  North Carolina 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
  Indiana - - 1 (2%) -
  Connecticut - - 1 (2%) -
Canada 1 (2%) - 2 (4%) -
  Ontario 1 (2%) - 2 (4%) -
Other-Not Shown - - 1 (2%) -
Total 41 - 57 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 24 (59%) - 35 (61%) -
Venture 16 (39%) - 21 (37%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (2%) - 1 (2%) -
Total 41 - 57 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 8 (40%) 50M (25%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 7 (35%) 150M (75%)
Secondary Sale 3 (15%) -
IPO 1 (5%) -
SPAC 1 (5%) -
Total 20 $200M

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $150M
< $100M 1 $50M
TOTAL $200M
Largest PandoLogic, Inc.
$150M (2021-07-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Investor(s)
15%
3 (15%)
Strategic(s)
75%
15 (75%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Growth Capital Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.6B USD

Established

1986

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

Chris Sugden

Managing Partner

Gregg Michaelson

General Partner

Lenard Marcus

General Partner

Ryan Ziegler

General Partner

Kelly Ford Buckley

General Partner & COO

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