KBS - Managed Service Providers - Market Insight

PRIVATE EQUITY CONNECTIONS

We maintain active relationships with many leading private equity houses that either hold or are actively seeking acquisitions in the IT MSP space, and which also receive funds from institutional investors.

Livingbridge: Portfolio company FluidOne looking for bolt-ons

Palatine: Portfolio company Acora looking for bolt-ons

Horizon: Portfolio company Modern Networks looking for bolt-ons

Alpine: Portfolio company Evergreen looking for bolt-ons

Bowmark: Portfolio company LittleFish looking for bolt-ons

YFM: Actively looking for acquisitions in this space

Chiltern: Portfolio company Cybit looking for bolt-ons

Beech Tree: Portfolio company Arc Systems actively looking for bolt-ons

FPE Capital: 35 deals in the

August Equity: Backs Air IT, who themselves have acquired several companies

software/IT space and actively looking for bolt-ons

Inflexion: Holds Kerv, who themselves have been advised by our Group, and Redcentric

Connection Capital: Supported Mode Solutions’ acquisition of eacs

One Equity Partners: Acquired Trustmarque in an aims to scale MSP services

Permira: Portfolio companies including cyber security-focused MSP, Mimecast