Houlihan Lokey Advises Advantis Global

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Advantis Global (Advantis) has been acquired by INSPYR Solutions (INSPYR), a portfolio company of A&M Capital Partners (A&M Capital or A&M). The transaction closed on February 5, 2024.

Founded in 2007, Advantis Global is a leader in technical solutions for the foremost technology clients, including several Fortune 100 companies. Under CEO Dan Pollock’s leadership, Advantis Global has reached more than $100 million in revenue and employs a highly specialized workforce of technology consultants nationwide. The company’s legacy of success in technical solutions made the team a perfect fit to join INSPYR Solutions.

INSPYR Solutions, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions. INSPYR strategically aligns industry and technical expertise with its clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Its solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of its business, INSPYR works seamlessly with its talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities.

A&M Capital Partners, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, is Alvarez & Marsal Capital’s flagship investment strategy focused on middle-market control transactions in North America with total assets under management of $3.1 billion. A&M Capital Partners has a strong and referenceable track record of serving as a trusted partner to founders, corporates, and management teams, providing the capital and strategic assistance required to take businesses to the next level of success. A&M Capital Partners invests in businesses across a wide range of sectors, including business services, industrials, manufacturing, food and beverage, healthcare, consumer and retail, government services, financial services, and energy services. Prior investments include Ettain Group, a leading provider of IT staffing and solutions in 2019; P2P, a leading provider of professional staffing, locum tenens staffing, and solutions in 2021; and TekPartners and Genuent, which merged to become INSPYR, in 2022.

Combining forces with INSPYR Solutions opens up exciting opportunities to offer a wider range of technical solutions to the Advantis Global client base. Advantis’ deep respect for the expertise and leadership of Trent Beekman, who will lead the combined entity forward, was a decisive factor in this acquisition. His vision for the future aligns perfectly with Advantis' goals of delivering enhanced IT service offerings to its world-class clients. Together, Advantis and INSPYR are poised to set new industry standards and drive forward with unparalleled collaboration and creativity.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive sellside financial advisor to Advantis Global.

Houlihan Lokey’s Human Capital Management (HCM) team is among the most active M&A advisors in the market, having closed 23 HCM transactions in the past 36 months. This most recent transaction further strengthens Houlihan Lokey’s leadership in the business services universe and highlights continued momentum and leadership in the HCM sector, which includes staffing, recruitment, VMS, MSP, RPO, talent management, and PEO.