CapVest Acquires Datasite

Datasite Acquires Grata; CapVest Commits $500M to Expand Intelligence Solutions

June 3, 2025

Data & Analytics

Datasite has acquired Grata, an AI-native private market intelligence platform, and will integrate Grata as a strategic business unit while Grata's co-founders remain in leadership. CapVest Partners, Datasite’s controlling shareholder, intends to invest $500 million (organic and inorganic) to expand Datasite’s market intelligence and deal-sourcing capabilities globally.

Datasite Acquires MergerLinks

August 23, 2023

Data & Analytics

Datasite, a Minneapolis-based SaaS provider for M&A professionals, has completed the acquisition of London-based MergerLinks, a financial data and dealmaking platform for dealmakers and advisors. The purchase will integrate MergerLinks' vetted deal and relationships data into Datasite's suite of deal lifecycle applications to support deal ideation and expand Datasite's M&A data capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Datasite Acquires Firmex from Vertu Capital and BDC Growth Equity Partners

July 26, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Datasite, a leading SaaS provider for M&A professionals, has acquired Firmex, a Toronto-based virtual data room and secure document-sharing SaaS provider, from majority owners Vertu Capital and BDC Growth Equity Partners Fund I. Firmex will operate as a standalone strategic business unit within Datasite with its management team retained; financial terms were not disclosed.

American Tower Acquires DataSite

October 20, 2021

Telecommunications

American Tower Corporation acquired DataSite, a regional operator of multi-tenant colocation/data-center facilities in Orlando, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. The deal adds two colocation assets to American Tower’s data-center portfolio and expands its presence in the Atlanta and Florida markets; DH Capital served as sole financial advisor to DataSite.

Datasite Acquires Sourcescrub

August 12, 2025

Data & Analytics

Datasite has acquired Sourcescrub, a California-based deal-sourcing data and workflow provider, from Francisco Partners. Sourcescrub's data and capabilities will be integrated into Grata to expand Datasite's private market intelligence and AI-powered sourcing solutions.

Dataprise Acquires Global Data Vault

January 10, 2022

IT Services

Dataprise, a PE-backed strategic managed IT services provider, has acquired Global Data Vault, a Dallas-based leader in DRaaS and Backup-as-a-Service. The deal expands Dataprise's data protection and disaster-recovery capabilities by integrating Global Data Vault's cloud-based backup and DR solutions into Dataprise's cybersecurity and managed services portfolio.