a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
TA Associates and Centerbridge
Managing Director, Technology
Vik Sharma is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s San Francisco office. He joined William Blair’s investment banking team in 2016. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Samsung, BlackBerry, and TELUS serving in corporate development, strategy, sales, and software engineering roles.
Patent inventor in mobile software (USPTO US8892083B2)
a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
TA Associates and Centerbridge
has agreed to acquire a
significant minority stake in
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.
Read morea portfolio company of Turn/River Capital
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of TA Associates
has received a significant growth investment from
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to PDQ, a portfolio company of TA Associates, in connection with a significant growth investment from Berkshire Partners.
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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Bain Capital Tech Opportunities in connection with a $190 million growth investment in Blackpoint Cyber (Blackpoint), with participation from Accel. Bain Capital Tech Opportunities and Accel join existing investors including Adelphi Capital Partners, Telecom Ventures, Pelican Ventures and WP Global Partners.
Read morea portfolio company of MDP
has been acquired by
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.
Read morea portfolio company of Monterro
has been acquired by
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Outpost24, in connection with its acquisition by Vitruvian Partners.
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a portfolio company of Francisco Partners
has received an investment from
a portfolio company of Turn/River
has received a strategic growth investment from
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Invicti Security in connection with a its strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners. Summit will join forces with Turn/River Capital, which first invested in Invicti in 2017 and will remain a significant shareholder going forward.
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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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