21 Financial Services MSP Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A (Merger & Acquisitions) activity across the Managed IT Service Provider (MSP) sector remains strong. In fact, ChannelE2E has covered more than 1,000 tech company acquisitions since 2019, and many of those transactions involve MSPs.

If you dig a little deeper, you might find that the MSP M&A deals target specific vertical markets. Some of the most popular M&A areas of focus include MSPs serving clients in the financial services sector – such as community banks, credit unions, Wall Street firms, and / or private equity firms.

M&A List: Financial Services MSPs

For those following the market, here is a regularly updated list of M&A deals that involve financial services, IT consultancies, and business consultants – including the buyers, sellers, and investors who navigate the market.

July 21, 2021: Thrive, backed by private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners, has acquired S7 Technology Group, an MSP that supports financial services and private equity clients.

20th November 2020: Coretelligent, supported by private equity firm VSS Capital Partners, is acquiring Soundshore Technology Group – an MSP for hedge funds, venture capitalists and financial services companies.

July 19, 2020: Highmetric, supported by The Acacia Group, acquired Vorto, a UK company with experience in security, patch management and code quality. Both companies are ServiceNow partners.

July 18, 2020: ECI (formerly Eze Castle Integration), a financial services and hedge fund focused MSP supported by private equity firm HIG Capital, has acquired Alphaserve Technologies.

June 17, 2020: Private equity firm HIG Capital invested in Eze Castle Integration (ECI), the well-known MSP for financial services clients.

June 16, 2020: Private equity firm Summit Partners invested $ 37 million in Appway, a software provider that automates business processes in the vertical financial services market.

May 15, 2020: Accenture has acquired the Italian financial services consultancy NIKE Group. The deal expanded Accenture’s talent pool for FinTech and regulatory compliance.

March 14, 2020: Delta Capita Group, a financial services consultancy and MSP, received an equity investment of $ 50 million and over $ 100 million in future acquisitions and customer transactions from Prytek Holdings.

November 13, 2019: Capco, owned by private equity firm CD&R, has acquired ATOM Solutions. Capco’s advisory expertise includes financial services, energy and raw materials trading.

November 12, 2019: Coretelligent has taken over SoundView IT Solutions.

August 11, 2019: Accenture acquired Parker Fitzgerald, a risk management consultancy for financial services companies.

July 10, 2019: Thrive then took over Tier1Net with the support of M / C Partners.

February 9, 2019: Abacus Group acquired Proactive Technologies and brings together two financial services MSPs with extensive expertise in alternative investment firms such as hedge funds.

January 8, 2019: Accenture acquired Orbium, a management consulting and technology services company focused on the vertical market for financial services.

December 7, 2018: Accenture acquired professional services assets from Zafin, a provider of financial services software.

December 6, 2018: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) acquired BridgePoint Group, a financial services and retirement management consulting firm.

September 5, 2018: Data Systems Technology Solutions acquired Unicom Technologies Inc., a regional IT provider for banks and credit unions.

4th July 2018: Thrive acquired InfoHedge Technologies, an MSP and private cloud provider focused on financial services and hedge fund organizations.

April 3, 2018: Wavestone acquired Xceed Group, a nearly $ 19 million IT consulting firm that has adjusted EBITDA margins in excess of 20 percent in the financial services industry.

October 2nd, 2017: Thrive acquired Precision IT, a New York-based MSP with expertise in financial services.

January 1, 2017: Linedata acquired Gravitas Technology Services. The combined IT service providers support asset managers and asset managers.

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