With a large variety of clients in 2018 including MSPs, CSPs, security providers, and other IT service providers all ranging in size from SMB to enterprise to Private Equity (PE), Cogent Growth Partners advised on 14 closed transactions for the year.

WorkSmart has acquired CDI Managed Services’ small and midsize business (SMB) clientele — which includes customers in Atlanta, Georgia and the New York Metro area with the guidance of their buyside intermediary Cogent Growth Partners. Read further here on CHANNELe2e.

Hilltop Consultants, a Top 100 Vertical Market MSP in the legal services sector, has acquired LANsultants — which also focuses on the legal vertical. The deal was led by buy-side M&A firm Cogent Growth Partners. This deal is part of Hilltop Consultants’ larger plan to build the country’s best legal MSP, according to President Jim Turner.

Data Systems Technology Solutions has acquired Unicom Technologies Inc., a regional IT-provider for banks and credit unions, with Cogent Growth Partners leading the way. Both companies are located in Texas. Together, Data Systems Technology Solutions and Unicom plan to support credit unions, local and regional banks in Texas and the Southwest United States.

This panel is moderated by Joe Panettieri of CHANNELe2e. They will be discussing what every IT business owner wants to know regarding what their company is really worth and how to make it more valuable to a potential buyer. Also covered is the state of the market today as well as teaching you how you can determine what your company is actually worth, on your own, now and in the future.

Medical Technology Solutions, a healthcare focused managed cloud and IT services provider with offices in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and East Coast, recently acquired healthcare oriented managed services provider (MSP) Compex based in the Portland, OR area.

In March of 2018, Datapath, located in Modesto, California, acquired Valley Network Solutions of Fresno, California. The combined company’s core focus areas include IT consulting, managed services and multi-layer cybersecurity. Core vertical markets include agribusiness, K-12 and higher education, manufacturers, and mid-size professional service organizations.

Whoa Networks, a secure cloud services provider (CSP), recently acquired two MSPs. The transactions involve Hipskind Technology Solutions Group of Chicago, which closed in November of 2017 and Platinum Systems of Kenosha, Wisconsin was inked in April 2018. Both deals were led by Cogent Growth Partners as the buy-side intermediary for Whoa.