Sterling Partners Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Sterling Partners Private Equity’s most common sectors for investment areeducation (20%) and healthcare services (18%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (31%) and growth capital (26%). In total, Sterling Partners Private Equity has invested in 21 US states and 2 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2007 when it acquired Laureate Education for $3.8B.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (66%). Sterling Partners Private Equity’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2018 when it sold Magento for $1.7B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity111
    • M&A Buy Activity62
    • M&A Sell Activity49
  • Total Sectors Invested 20
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 52
  • M&A Advisors 10

Sterling Partners Private Equity

401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3300,
Chicago, Illinois 60611
United States
(312) 465-7000
privateequity.sterlingpartners.com

Sterling Partners Private Equity is the private equity arm of asset management firm Sterling Partners. Sterling Partners Private Equityis focused on investing in small to medium-sized companies positioned for growth, either organically or through acquisitions. Sterling has a strong interest in businesses with differentiated products, defensible competitive positions, recurring revenues, and diversified customers. The Firm's target equity commitment size is $5 to $175 million. Broad sectors of interest include direct marketing, education, specialty distribution, specialty manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and business services. Sterling Partners was formed in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Chemicals, Communications, Construction, Consumer Products, Distribution, Education, Energy Services and Equipment, Environmental, Financial Services, Food, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Insurance, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Medical Products, Packaging, Real Estate, Software, Technology Hardware, Transportation, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Going Private, Growth Capital, Acquisition Financing, Secondary Buyout

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 35 120
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 62 - - - - - 62
vol $4.7B $4.7B
Sell (1.0/yr) # 44 5 - - - - 49
vol $5.6B $5.6B
  111

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
DBi Services, Inc. 2021-10-23 - Shut Down
Hazleton, Pennsylvania · www.dbiservices.com
Brace Industrial Group, Inc. 2021-08-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas · www.brace.com
Results Physiotherapy 2021-08-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Nashville, Tennessee · www.resultspt.com
Statewide Safety Systems 2021-08-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.statewidesafety.com
Reading Plus LLC 2021-07-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Winooski, Vermont · www.readingplus.com
We are Data Cubed LLC 2020-09-14 - Growth Capital
Brooklyn, New York · www.datacubed.com
Pepperjam LLC 2020-07-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania · www.pepperjam.com
Stella Center 2020-05-12 - Growth Capital
Chicago, Illinois · www.stellacenter.com
World Fiber Technologies, Inc. 2019-09-26 - Bankruptcy
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.worldfiber.com
Reading Plus LLC 2019-05-13 - Growth Capital
Winooski, Vermont · www.readingplus.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Education 2 (18%) - 12 (19%) 3.8B (81%)
Healthcare Services 4 (36%) - 11 (18%) -
Business Services 2 (18%) 590M (100%) 9 (15%) 599M (13%)
Information Technology 1 (9%) - 7 (11%) 107M (2%)
Internet Software and Services - - 4 (6%) -
Marketing - - 4 (6%) -
Food 1 (9%) - 2 (3%) -
Transportation - - 1 (2%) 214M (5%)
Apparel/Textiles - - 1 (2%) -
Beverages 1 (9%) - 1 (2%) -
Communications - - 1 (2%) -
Construction - - 1 (2%) -
Consumer Services - - 1 (2%) -
Environmental - - 1 (2%) -
Financial Services - - 1 (2%) -
Furniture - - 1 (2%) -
Life Science - - 1 (2%) -
Medical Products - - 1 (2%) -
Safety/Security - - 1 (2%) -
Software - - 1 (2%) -
Total 11 $590M 62 $4.7B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 10 (91%) - 60 (97%) 3.9B (83%)
  Illinois 2 (18%) - 9 (15%) -
  Maryland 1 (9%) - 8 (13%) 3.8B (81%)
  California 1 (9%) - 7 (11%) -
  Texas 1 (9%) - 6 (10%) -
  Georgia - - 5 (8%) 107M (2%)
  New Jersey 1 (9%) - 3 (5%) -
  Florida - - 3 (5%) 9M (< 1%)
  Tennessee - - 3 (5%) -
  Pennsylvania - - 3 (5%) -
  Minnesota - - 2 (3%) -
  Utah 1 (9%) - 1 (2%) -
  Oklahoma 1 (9%) - 1 (2%) -
  New York 1 (9%) - 1 (2%) -
  Michigan 1 (9%) - 1 (2%) -
  Kansas - - 1 (2%) -
  Colorado - - 1 (2%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (2%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (2%) -
  Vermont - - 1 (2%) -
  Nebraska - - 1 (2%) -
  Kentucky - - 1 (2%) -
Canada 1 (9%) 590M (100%) 2 (3%) 804M (17%)
  Ontario 1 (9%) 590M (100%) 2 (3%) 804M (17%)
Total 11 $590M 62 $4.7B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (18%) - 19 (31%) -
Growth Capital 5 (45%) - 16 (26%) -
Venture 1 (9%) - 9 (15%) 9M (< 1%)
Going Private 1 (9%) 590M (100%) 5 (8%) 4.7B (100%)
Secondary Buyout 1 (9%) - 4 (6%) -
Divestiture - - 3 (5%) -
Consolidation 1 (9%) - 2 (3%) -
Acquisition Financing - - 1 (2%) -
PIPE - - 1 (2%) -
Recapitalization - - 1 (2%) -
Stake Purchase - - 1 (2%) -
Total 11 $590M 62 $4.7B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 22 (45%) 650M (12%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 10 (20%) 5.0B (88%)
Secondary Sale 10 (20%) 11M (< 1%)
IPO 3 (6%) -
Merger 2 (4%) -
Bankruptcy 1 (2%) -
Shut Down 1 (2%) -
Total 49 $5.6B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Houlihan Lokey
 2
Citigroup Investment Banking
 1
Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division
 1
Legal Deals
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
 5
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
 1
Greenberg Traurig LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.8B
$100M to $1B 3 $910M
< $100M 1 $9M
TOTAL $4.7B
Largest Laureate Education, Inc.
$3.8B (2007-08-17)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $3.1B
$100M to $1B 8 $2.5B
< $100M 2 $69M
TOTAL $5.6B
Largest Magento, Inc.
$1.7B (2018-05-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Strategic(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
18%
9 (18%)
Strategic(s)
69%
34 (69%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Mega

PE Assets

5.0B USD

Established

1983

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Steven Taslitz

Co-Founder & Chairman

Chris Hoehn-Saric

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Doug Becker

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Avi Epstein

Managing Director

Jeff Elburn

Managing Director

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