TradePending Acquires Fixed Ops Digital

TradePending Acquires Snapcell

August 15, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

TradePending, a Capstreet-backed sales enablement platform for car dealerships, has acquired Snapcell, a SaaS automotive video marketing provider. The add-on brings personalized video engagement capabilities into TradePending's dealer-focused product suite to improve customer trust, engagement and sales; financial terms were not disclosed.

The CapStreet Group Majority Recapitalizes TradePending

February 24, 2021

Software

The CapStreet Group completed a majority recapitalization of TradePending, a Carrboro, North Carolina-based provider of software for car dealerships. Stellus Capital Management provided unitranche senior debt financing in support of the transaction; the deal positions TradePending for accelerated organic growth, product investment and potential add-on acquisitions.

Capstreet-backed TradePending Acquires AutoAPR

March 2, 2022

Software

TradePending, a Capstreet-backed provider of vehicle valuation and merchandising software, has acquired AutoAPR, a Charlotte-based provider of website engagement and lead-generation plug-ins for automotive, powersports, RV and marine dealers. The add-on deal will integrate AutoAPR's tools and team into TradePending to expand product capabilities and cross-sell to hundreds of dealer customers; financial terms were not disclosed.

DealerBuilt Acquires iService Auto

September 7, 2023

Software

DealerBuilt, a provider of dealer management systems, has acquired iService Auto, a fixed-ops software provider for auto dealerships. The acquisition adds video MPI, scheduling, interactive quoting and other fixed-operations capabilities to DealerBuilt's integrated DMS platform to give customers a single solution across departments.

Tradeweb Acquires Nasdaq's U.S. Fixed Income Electronic Trading Platform (eSpeed)

June 25, 2021

Financial Services

Tradeweb Markets Inc. completed its previously announced $190 million acquisition of Nasdaq’s U.S. fixed income electronic trading platform (formerly eSpeed), funded with cash on hand. The platform will be integrated into Tradeweb’s Dealerweb unit to offer a fully electronic central limit order book (CLOB) alongside existing protocols, expanding Tradeweb’s capabilities in the wholesale U.S. Treasury market.

Snap-on Acquires Dealer-FX from HGGC

March 8, 2021

Software

Snap-on Incorporated has acquired Dealer-FX, a Toronto-area provider of SaaS customer experience and service automation software for automotive dealers and OEMs, from private equity firm HGGC. The deal brings Dealer-FX's One Platform and dealer-focused product suite into Snap-on's Total Shop Solutions portfolio to expand its software and service capabilities for dealerships and OEM customers.