Tracked deals
3
3 tracked deals across 2021.
Operating Company
Business Services
Collectors Universe
Santa Ana, California, United States
Collectors is a collectibles authentication, grading, vaulting, and marketplace/market-data services company, with major brands including PSA, PSA Vault, PCGS, SGC, and Card Ladder (plus video game grading via Wata Games).
- Focus Areas
- Collectibles authentication & grading, Vaulting / secure storage, Collectibles market data & pricing analytics
- Website
- collectors.com
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
3 buyout
Collectors Universe Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 1 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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December 2, 2021
- Buyer
- Collectors Universe
- Target
- Card Ladder
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA and other collectibles businesses, has acquired Card Ladder, a sports trading-card valuation and market-data platform. The acquisition adds Card Ladder’s sales data, pricing analytics and predictive pricing technology to Collectors Universe’s suite of services to improve pricing transparency and collector experience.
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July 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Collectors Universe
- Target
- Wata Games
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Collectors Universe has acquired Wata Games, the leading video game grading and authentication service, marking the company's first major expansion beyond trading cards, sports memorabilia and coins. Wata will continue to operate as a standalone business under existing leadership as Collectors Universe seeks to expand into the video game collectibles market.
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April 21, 2021
- Buyer
- Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), Collectors Universe / Collectors Holdings, Inc.
- Target
- Genamint, Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), a division of Collectors Universe, has acquired Genamint, Inc., a machine-vision software company that provides real-time card diagnostics, measurements and card fingerprinting to scale and improve trading-card grading. Genamint founder Kevin Lenane joins PSA as VP of Product Management and the Genamint team will integrate with PSA to help increase throughput, accuracy and tracking of provenance amid record submission volumes.
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