CapVest-backed Datasite picks up MergerLinks

MergerLinks is a financial data platform.

  • MergerLinks and its management team will operate as a strategic product unit within Datasite
  • CapVest acquired Datasite in 2020
  • CapVest is a private equity firm based in London

Datasite, backed by CapVest, has completed the acquisition of MergerLinks, a financial data platform.

No financial details of the transaction were disclosed.

MergerLinks is headquartered in London. The platform is used by finance professionals to find deal information, promote credentials, and connect with investors, companies, and advisors for capital transactions.

MergerLinks and its management team will operate as a strategic product unit within Datasite.

“With MergerLinks’ vetted deal and relationships data, Datasite can now help facilitate the ideation phase of a transaction,” said Rusty Wiley, chief executive officer of Datasite. “Combined with our other deal pipeline, marketing, preparation, diligence and acquire applications, dealmakers now have a unique, single place where they can generate and manage their deals end to end to reduce deal friction and optimise outcomes.”

CapVest acquired Datasite in 2020.

Datasite is a SaaS-based technology provider for global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) industry. The company is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

CapVest is a private equity firm based in London.