Combined company to drive innovation and client success with over US$230m in revenue and over 1,700 customers
ATSG, a global technology provider for cloud, IT managed services and cybersecurity, has announced it has completed a transaction to combine with Evolve IP, a global leader in unified communications, contact centre, and other cloud services.
The transaction is expected to significantly accelerate ATSG’s services and solutions capabilities and further enhance the combined entity’s ability to solve customers’ increasingly interconnected and complex technology challenges. The combined organisation will have more than US$230 million of revenue and serve over 950,000 end-users across 1,700 global customers. The vast majority of the combined company’s revenue is monthly recurring revenue under long-term contracts.
ATSG, who will have a controlling majority, is backed by RunTide Capital, a private equity firm focused on building tech-enabled growth companies. Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries, through a vehicle managed by RunTide Capital, provided the equity financing to complete the combination between ATSG and Evolve IP.
ATSG expects to integrate solutions from both companies into a broader and stronger managed services portfolio benefiting mid-and-enterprise customers and supporting the further development of EMEA partnerships and the global white-label business.
The adjacent, but highly accretive nature of each company’s standalone service offerings will enable the combined business to better serve its customers. As two customer-centric organisations, the combination of ATSG and Evolve IP will enable the combined company to expand its market presence and create greater value by harnessing pooled assets, resources, expertise, and leveraging ATSG’s platform of rich intellectual property.
Passionate
ATSG is known for exceptional customer service delivered by highly technical and passionate employees. The combined organisation will seek to transform customers into evangelists, driving organic growth and cementing its position as an end-to-end managed services provider and continue to win in numerous industry verticals.
“Evolve IP offers an innovative, market-leading suite of desktop-as-a-service, cloud-communications, and contact centre solutions. Combined with ATSG’s infrastructure-centric managed services, we will strengthen our collective position in the market and provide better outcomes for our combined base of customers,” said Russ Reeder, CEO of ATSG and the go-forward CEO of the combined company. “By combining with Evolve IP, not only are we combining our collective expertise, culture, and services, we’re also positioning ATSG to emerge as one of the largest privately-owned managed services platforms with an ability to drive value for all of our stakeholders.”
Jeff Coursen, CEO of Evolve IP, highlighted: “This journey marks a transformative step forward for Evolve IP and all of our customers. This aggregation of our talent, tools, and resources is a testament to our commitment to pioneering the industry and will enable us to offer maximum value for our customers. We are looking forward to leveraging ATSG’s rich platform of intellectual property and suite of services capabilities to deliver an increasingly end-to-end solution for our customers and partners of Evolve IP.”
Paul Harrison, EMEA Managing Director of Evolve IP, pointed out: “The opportunity this combination brings to our EMEA partners is transformative. Having the combined knowledge and financial support of ATSG will enable us to accelerate our growth even further and build upon our success of recent years, growing our presence in the channel globally and developing the Evolve IP brand across EMEA. “This is great news for our partners as ATSG brings further skills, funding and leading technologies to the table. Allowing partners to grow their businesses and further develop their service offering as an Evolve IP partner.”
Key Highlights of the Combination:
Expanded Capabilities: The combination will unite ATSG’s infrastructure-centric managed services with Evolve IP’s cloud communications-centric managed services, enabling the combined business to deliver a greater suite of end-to-end services to the combined business’ customer base.
Customer-Centric Approach: With a focus on turning customers into brand evangelists, the combined entity will prioritise exceptional service, cutting-edge solutions, unique IP, and consistent, proactive user engagement to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Significant Scale: The transaction will immediately make the new organisation one of the largest privately held managed services platforms and position the combined business for continued strong organic and inorganic growth.
Leadership Team: The combination will centralise top talent from both companies, amassing a leadership team with a shared vision and a robust, proven track record of significant results.
