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Three patterns show up across 1stDibs.com's deal book — what the team buys, how it pays, and how it integrates. The patterns are the throughline; the deals below are the evidence.
1 acquisitions. Each entry carries the deal value, financing structure, target revenue, executive commentary, and the original SEC filing — the evidence behind the patterns above.
Design Manager, operated by Franklin Potter Associates, Inc., is a subscription software platform that gives interior designers project-management, purchasing, and accounting tools. On May 2, 2019 1stDibs acquired 100% of the equity of Franklin Potter Associates and ran Design Manager as a software-services subsidiary alongside its online marketplace, reporting it as one of the company's two reporting units. 1stDibs subsequently divested Design Manager to private-equity firm Performant Capital in June 2022 to concentrate on its core marketplace, auctions, and international expansion.
On May 2, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity of Franklin Potter Associates, Inc. and its subsidiary, doing business as Design Manager, a privately-held company that sells subscriptions to a software solution to interior designers to assist with project management, purchasing, and accounting, for a total purchase consideration of $4.2 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.1stDibs.com — Inc. FY2021 Form 10-K, Business Combinations note