CIP Capital Acquires Sales Benchmark Index (SBI)

SBI Acquires Smart Selling Tools

January 19, 2022

Consulting

SBI, a Go-to-Market growth advisory, has acquired Smart Selling Tools, an analyst and consulting firm focused on sales technology and productivity. The acquisition (backed by investor CIP Capital) expands SBI's commercial technology capabilities and brings Smart Selling Tools founder Nancy Nardin into SBI as a RevTech Expert Advisor.

CVC Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in BIP from Apax Partners

June 1, 2021

Consulting

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Apax Partners' majority stake in BIP (Business Integration Partners). The BIP founders and existing equity partners will retain significant stakes and continue to manage the group as CVC supports the firm's next phase of international growth and capability expansion.

Bregal Unternehmerkapital Acquires Majority Stake in BSI Software AG

July 4, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital have acquired a majority stake in Swiss CRM and CX software provider BSI Software AG. The transaction represents a full exit for Capvis Equity V LP and is intended to support BSI's continued product development and expansion across Europe while the founders and management retain a significant stake.

SBI Acquires Sales Readiness Group

July 10, 2023

Consulting

SBI, a go-to-market growth advisory, has acquired Sales Readiness Group (SRG), a sales training firm founded in 2008. The purchase adds customized, skills-based sales training and e-learning capabilities to SBI's consulting and commercial talent productivity offerings.

WD Capital Holdings Acquires BPI Information Systems

February 13, 2021

IT Services

WD Capital Holdings, a search fund founded by Ross Butler, has acquired BPI Information Systems, a Cleveland-area IT managed services provider. The transaction, facilitated by IT ExchangeNet, represents a founder succession as BPI president Gary Ellis handed over control after 35 years building the business.

iCapital Network Acquires AI Insight

January 21, 2021

Financial Services

iCapital Network has agreed to acquire the assets of AI Insight, Inc., an education and compliance platform that provides fund-specific research, training and credentialing for financial advisors focused on alternative investments. As part of the transaction, AI Insight’s executives Sherri Cooke and Jennifer Simon and eight additional employees are expected to join iCapital to integrate AI Insight’s learning management system into iCapital’s advisor-facing alternative investment platform.