Hyve Group 官宣被 Hellman & Friedman 收购，预计年内完成交割
Hyve to be acquired by Hellman & Friedman to accelerate next phase of growth
B2B 展览集团 Hyve Group 宣布，私募股权公司 Hellman & Friedman 已同意从 Providence Equity Partners 和 Searchlight Capital Partners 手中收购该公司。交易预计在日历年底前完成；Hyve 已连续三年实现双位数有机收入增长，EBITDA 超过 1 亿美元，其“GO27”三年增长战略有望提前一年达成。
Hyve Group 官宣被 Hellman & Friedman 收购，涉及主办方股权变动及后续国际扩张与并购策略，对理解头部 B2B 展览集团的资本运作有直接参考价值。
Leading B2B events business Hyve Group (“Hyve”) today announces that private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (“H&F”) has agreed to acquire the company from Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (“Providence”) and Searchlight Capital Partners (“Searchlight”), marking the next phase of Hyve’s growth and evolution.
H&F’s investment reflects Hyve’s strong growth potential, underpinned by ongoing demand for premium B2B events and ecosystems which are central to Hyve’s business model. In partnership with H&F, Hyve will focus on accelerating international launches, expanding adjacent products and services, and continuing to scale into growing end markets via its proven acquisition strategy.
Under the current leadership team, Hyve has built a portfolio of premium, market-leading brands connecting some of the world's leading companies, investors, innovators and decision-makers across healthcare, ecommerce, edtech, supply chain and martech. Hyve has also positioned itself as a partner platform of choice for emerging ecosystem events in high growth markets, with a deepened customer offering spanning content, intelligence, matchmaking and membership.
The acquisition is expected to complete by the end of the calendar year. Hyve has delivered three consecutive years of double-digit organic revenue growth and has expanded EBITDA beyond $100m.
Andrew Tisdale, Vice Chairman and Robert Sudo, Managing Director at Providence, said:
"Over the past three years, we believe Mark and the team at Hyve have achieved a tremendous amount — numerous high-calibre executive hires, 7 strategic acquisitions and 5 key event launches, the roll-out of exciting new tech-enabled services, and significant investments in technology to support the rapid scaling of Hyve’s overall business. It has been really gratifying for us at Providence to work alongside Mark and his team to achieve such operating excellence and growth.”
James Redmayne, Partner and Head of European Private Equity and Thomas De Cannière, Managing Director at Searchlight, said:
"It has been a privilege to partner with Mark and the Hyve team through such a defining chapter in the company's history. Together, we have transformed Hyve into a more global, diversified and digitally sophisticated business, with a real focus on operational excellence and long-term strategic value creation. We are enormously proud of what we have built together and all of us at Searchlight look forward to watching Hyve go from strength to strength in the future."
The investment comes at a point of strong momentum for Hyve, with the business on track to deliver its three-year growth and optimisation strategy, “GO27”, a year ahead of schedule.
RAN Advisory acted as financial advisor to Hellman & Friedman. Hyve, Providence and Searchlight were advised by LionTree and JP Morgan.
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