Axial Radar: Tech-Enabled Services M&A Boom

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Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of Axial Radar!

Last week on Radar we spoke about the art of predicting investment opportunity. The ability to observe an obvious trend and understand its not-so-obvious impact on other industries.

Think about the e-commerce space. Plenty of investors saw the writing on the wall in the early days of the pandemic, putting money to work directly in e-commerce businesses. Others sat back, watched, and began targeting businesses in the Customer Relationship Management space (as an example). They understood that growth in e-commerce also meant growth in the software tools that support e-commerce. Head down to this week’s featured Industry Trends article to read more about the other less obvious tech-enabled services industries that saw a spike in M&A activity in 2020.

Our featured buy-side members this week include a Dallas based PE firm, a 40 year investment firm focused exclusively on founder owned businesses, and a PE firm founded by two veteran growth equity investors. On the sell-side we’ll introduce you to a printing & packaging focused M&A advisory firm and an advisory firm founded by a seasoned IT executive.

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Featured Members

	Latticework Capital Private Equity Firm Headquartered in Dallas, Latticework Capital is a growth oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. The firm is currently managing approximately $140 million of capital and is investing out of LCM Healthcare Fund I, LP, its $120 million dedicated institutional healthcare fund. View Profile

	Graphic Arts Advisors M&A Advisory Firm GAA is an M&A advisory and consulting firm focused exclusively on the printing, packaging, mailing, marketing production services, and related graphic communications industries. The firm was founded by printing entrepreneur and executive, Mark Hahn. View Profile

	Trivest Partners Private Equity Firm Founded in 1981, Trivest Partners is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on founder and family-owned businesses. Trivest targets opportunities in the consumer & retail, healthcare, niche manufacturing, technology, business services, and value-added distribution industries. View Profile

	Excendio Advisors M&A Advisory Firm Excendio is a middle market M&A advisory firm focused exclusively on IT Services and select Software areas, with 20 years of successful Mergers & Acquisitions experience. The firm was founded by Cristian Anastasiu, a seasoned technology executive with significant M&A experience in the space. View Profile

	WestView Capital Partners Private Equity Firm WestView Capital Partners was founded in 2004 by Carlo von Schroeter and Rick Williams to pursue their entrepreneurial desire to build a differentiated private equity firm. Having both been active growth equity investors at larger firms since 1990, they pursued a shared vision centered on partnering with outstanding founders and entrepreneurs. WestView is headquartered in Boston. View Profile