Tracked deals
16
16 tracked deals across 2021-2025.
Private Equity Firm
Financial Services
BDT & MSD Partners
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Formerly known as BDT & MSD Partners (affiliated credit funds), BDT & MSD Partners (affiliated funds), BDT Capital Partners
Merchant bank with an advisory and investment platform built to serve business owners and strategic, long-term investors, providing long-term capital through affiliated investment vehicles.
- Focus Areas
- Merchant banking / private capital, Advisory and investment platform
- Website
- bdtmsd.com
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
8 buyout · 5 growth capital · 2 recapitalization
BDT & MSD Partners Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 16 tracked deals for BDT & MSD Partners.
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October 30, 2025
- Buyer
- Exos, BDT & MSD Partners, Madrone Capital Partners
- Target
- Infinite Athlete, Biocore
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Exos has acquired sports technology company Infinite Athlete and its subsidiary Biocore, bringing the businesses under the Exos brand to expand the company's tech-enabled human performance capabilities. The deal is backed by private equity investors BDT & MSD Partners and Madrone Capital Partners and combines Exos' coaching and workplace performance platform with Infinite Athlete's AI-driven data science and Biocore's biomechanical engineering and testing.
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October 22, 2025
- Buyer
- Designs for Health, BDT & MSD Partners (affiliated funds)
- Target
- Designs for Health
- Seller
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Designs for Health repurchased RoundTable Healthcare Partners' minority stake and simultaneously received a new minority investment from affiliated funds of BDT & MSD Partners to support continued growth. Terms were not disclosed; the transaction returns full control/ownership to the Lizotte family while bringing in new capital for expansion.
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August 5, 2025
- Buyer
- BDT & MSD Partners, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, KKR Credit
- Target
- DBG Global Enterprises Pty Ltd (DBG Health)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Australia
- Type
- Growth capital
DBG Global Enterprises Pty Ltd (DBG Health) announced a definitive agreement for BDT & MSD Partners to make a significant minority investment in the company. The deal also includes a major debt refinancing commitment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and KKR Credit to accelerate DBG’s global growth plans.
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- Buyer
- BDT & MSD Partners, BlackRock Long Term Private Capital
- Target
- Summit Companies (SFP Holding, Inc.)
- Seller
- BlackRock Long Term Private Capital (BlackRock LTPC)
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
BDT & MSD Partners, through its affiliated funds, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Summit Companies. Summit Founder and President Quint Rubald, CEO Jeff Evrard, and the management team will remain shareholders and continue leading the fire and life safety services platform.
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July 8, 2024
- Buyer
- AlphaSense, Viking Global Investors, BDT & MSD Partners, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Blue Owl Capital, Alkeon Capital, Alphabet's CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
- Target
- Tegus
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
AlphaSense, a market intelligence and AI search platform, has closed its $930 million acquisition of Tegus, an end-to-end research platform providing expert research, private company content, financial data, and workflow tools. The deal also included AlphaSense’s concurrent $650 million funding round, valued at a $4 billion post-transaction valuation.
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- Buyer
- BDT & MSD Partners (through affiliated hospitality investment vehicle)
- Target
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- Seller
- The Friedkin Group
- Industry
- Restaurants & Hospitality
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
BDT & MSD Partners, via its affiliated hospitality investment vehicle, will make a minority investment in Auberge Resorts Collection, the manager and brand of a portfolio of luxury hotels, resorts, residences and private clubs. The capital will also be used to acquire and develop luxury hotel and residential assets to be branded and managed by Auberge, supporting the group's strategic growth across the Americas, Europe and beyond.
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- Buyer
- Metropolis Technologies, Inc., Eldridge, 3L Capital, BDT & MSD Partners (affiliated credit funds), Vista Credit Partners, Temasek, Slow Ventures, Assembly Ventures
- Target
- SP Plus Corporation
- Industry
- Transportation
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Metropolis Technologies agreed to acquire SP Plus Corporation for $54.00 per share in cash, implying an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion. The transaction is financed with $1.7 billion of committed equity and debt financing led by Eldridge and 3L Capital (among others) and is expected to close in 2024, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
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- Buyer
- BDT & MSD Partners
- Target
- IMA Group
- Seller
- BC Partners, Other investors
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Type
- Growth capital
BDT & MSD Partners will make a minority investment in IMA Group, acquiring its position from BC Partners and other investors while the Vacchi family remains majority owner. The capital injection is intended to accelerate IMA's global growth — including expansion in the U.S. — and support capability development in sustainable packaging and automation.
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- Buyer
- Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Accel, BDT & MSD Partners, DFO Management (family investment office of Michael Dell)
- Target
- Qualtrics
- Seller
- SAP SE
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Utah, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Silver Lake, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and several co-investors including Accel, BDT & MSD Partners and DFO Management, completed a transaction to take Qualtrics private in a deal valuing the company at approximately $12.5 billion. The investors acquired 100% of outstanding shares (including SAP’s majority stake) for $18.15 per share to support Qualtrics’ continued product and AI-driven growth as an independent, privately held enterprise cloud software platform.
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June 21, 2023
- Buyer
- Nation Safe Drivers, BDT Capital Partners
- Target
- Questx
- Seller
- WILsquare Capital
- Industry
- Transportation
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Addon
Nation Safe Drivers (a BDT Capital Partners-backed platform) has combined with Questx, a tech-enabled national provider of emergency roadside assistance and auto glass claims solutions. WILsquare Capital exited its investment in Questx after a five-year hold; terms were not disclosed. The combination creates a larger, tech-forward leader in roadside assistance and mobility services for the insurance market.
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- Buyer
- BDT Capital Partners, Leonard Green & Partners
- Target
- ProMach
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Funds managed by BDT Capital Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a significant stake in ProMach alongside existing majority owner Leonard Green & Partners, which will invest new capital. The transaction (terms undisclosed) is expected to close in the second half of 2023 and supports ProMach's continued growth in processing and packaging machinery and systems integration.
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March 31, 2023
- Buyer
- BDT Capital Partners, LLC
- Target
- Exyte
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Type
- Growth capital
Funds affiliated with BDT Capital Partners acquired a significant minority interest in Exyte, a global engineering, design and construction firm for high‑tech facilities. The transaction closed after customary approvals; the Stumpf Group retains a majority stake and the capital will support Exyte’s long‑term growth plans as it pursues €10 billion in sales by 2027.
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