Director, Technology
Stephanie Mount is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s London office. She joined William Blair’s investment banking team in 2017, starting in William Blair’s Chicago office before moving to London in 2023. Before William Blair, she worked for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mergers & Acquisitions – 2019 Deal of the Year for the Middle Market – Fortive’s acquisition of Gordian
has agreed to be acquired by
Pending
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to smaXtec, the world’s leading provider of bolus technology for the dairy industry and AI-powered dairy health management software, in connection with its pending sale to KKR Growth and Highland Europe.
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a portfolio company of IK Partners
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of Hg Capital
March 2025
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to GeoDynamics, a portfolio company of IK Partners (IK), in connection with its pending sale to Blinqx, a portfolio company of Hg Capital.
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has received a majority
investment from
November 2024
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to AMCS, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, Clearlake, Highland Europe, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and Enterprise Ireland, in connection with its pending majority sale to EQT Private Equity.
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a portfolio company of Summa Equity, Pivot Invest, and Byggteknikk
has been acquired by
August 2023
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Kiona, a portfolio company of Summa Equity (Summa), in connection with its pending sale to CAREL.
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has received a Series D
investment from
July 2023
William Blair acted as financial advisor to HqO, Inc., in connection with its over $50 million Series D funding round, led by Koch Real Estate Investments, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, along with participation from existing investors, including Accomplice, Insight Partners, and Related.
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a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital
has been acquired by
August 2022
William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Brightly Software, Inc. (Brightly), a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (Clearlake), in connection with its sale to Siemens AG (Siemens) (FRA:SIE) for $1.575 billion of upfront cash consideration, along with $300 million in cash earn-out payments, for a total of $1.875 billion.
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has been acquired by
November 2021
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Building Engines, Inc., a portfolio company of Wavecrest Growth Partners, L.P., in connection with its pending sale to JLL.
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a subsidiary of TreviPay
has been acquired by
September 2021
a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management
has been acquired by
August 2021
William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Power Factors LLC, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management, in connection with its pending acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.
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Initial Public Offering
June 2021
has been acquired by
February 2019
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to IDology, a leading provider of digital identity verification and fraud prevention services, in connection with its pending acquisition by GB Group.
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has been acquired by
July 2018
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