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7 largest PE-backed MSP takeovers of 2023

Platform acquisitions in the sector slowed in 2023. Here are the deals that defied the trend...

Oxygen staff by Oxygen staff
13 December 2023
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7 largest PE-backed MSP takeovers of 2023
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1. CTS

PE acquirer: Marlin Equity Partners (from NorthEdge)

Date: January 2023

Deal size: CTS generated fiscal 2022 revenues of £66m

Rationale

Having grown swiftly under previous private equity backer NorthEdge, this Google partner was ready to step things up a notch when it welcomed in Marlin as its new majority owner in January.

Nine months later, CTS merged with similar-sized peer Appsbroker to create a 400-employee outfit purporting to be the “largest Google Cloud-only digital consultancy in Europe”.

In a blog post at the time of that deal in October, outgoing Managing Director Chris Bunch said he would be “surprised if this is the last deal the company does”.

Chris Bunch, CTS
Chris Bunch

What they said

“With the merger comes a host of people with new skills and capabilities, and an enlarged leadership team that no longer needs me to steer and direct, so I’m stepping back. This creates the Google specialist in Europe, and it’s something I’m super proud to have been part of making happen. I’d be surprised if this is the last deal the company does, so keep your eyes open for further growth,” Chris Bunch, former MD at CTS

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