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Thoma Bravo promotes twoThe firm has promoted Seth Boro and Holden Spaht to managing partners in San Francisco, bringing the total number of managing partners to six.
- TSG promotes two
The promotion of former principals Blythe Jack and Robyn Rutledge comes following a year in which TSG completed eight new investments, bringing its $1.3bn fund to roughly 20% invested.
- Bain leads $6.9bn software take-private
The acquisition of BMC Software by a group of investors including Golden Gate Capital, Insight Venture Partners and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is the third private equity ‘mega-deal’ to transact in 2013.
- Thoma Bravo to take internet monitor private
The 30-year-old private equity firm will buy Keynote for $395m, with shareholders receiving 48% premium over Friday’s closing price.
- Thoma Bravo seals $1.03bn carve-out
The Orlando Bravo-led firm’s second platform investment of 2013 comes as Thoma Bravo seeks $400m for a supplemental buyout fund that will invest alongside its Fund X.
- Florida pledges $700m to private equity
The $122.5bn pension system has committed to Ares Management, Warburg Pincus, RCP Advisors, AXA PE and Crescent Capital as it works to deploy $6bn over the next three years.
- GI Partners in 5x exit to Baird
The private equity and real estate firm has sold software company PC Helps Support to Baird Private Equity’s US buyout group. GI acquired the business in 2005 and helped grow sales by more than 90% during the holding period.
- Obama and private equity: Take two
President Barack Obama’s election to a second term followed months of debate surrounding private equity’s role in the economy.
- OTPP in C$1.1bn data centre club deal
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners combined to contribute C$420m in equity for Canadian data centre Q9 Networks.
- Thoma Bravo hits $1.25bn on Fund X
Managing partner Lee Mitchell attributed LPs' strong reception to Fund X to Thoma Bravo’s performance on previous funds.