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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CVC Capital Partners in connection with its pending partnership with TOPdesk, a service management software provider.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CVC Capital Partners in connection with its pending partnership with TOPdesk, a service management software provider.
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William Blair & Company acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Navitar, Inc. in connection with its sale to AMETEK, Inc.
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William Blair & Company acted as the lead financial advisor to BlueCat, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (MDP) in connection with its pending acquisition by Audax Group.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Outpost24, in connection with its acquisition by Vitruvian Partners.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Valiantys in connection with its pending sale to Keensight Capital.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Ava Security Limited and its majority shareholder, Ubon Partners, in connection with its sale to Motorola Solutions.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BitTitan Inc., a founder owned and led business, in connection with its acquisition by Idera, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Partners Group.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to PrimeKey, a portfolio company of Pomona Group, in connection with its pending merger with KeyFactor, a portfolio company of Insight Partners.
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William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to xMatters, Inc., a portfolio company of Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, in connection with its pending acquisition by Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG).
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Applitools, a founder-led DevOps leader VC-backed by OpenView, Sierra Ventures, and Magma, in connection with its pending investment by Thoma Bravo.
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