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PEC adds 18 members, changes nameThe Washington, DC trade group has more than doubled its membership to include mid-market firms, and has created a committee to consider issues relating to the small and mid-market.
- Vector to buy software company for $160m
After rebuffing the San Francisco-based firm’s $13 per share offer last summer, Aladdin Knowledge Systems has accepted an offer of $11.50 per share.
- Software company rebuffs Vector bid
The technology-focused private equity firm’s offer to buy Aladdin Knowledge Systems, as well as an Israel-based division on which Aladdin asked Vector to bid, was rejected on the basis that it ‘significantly undervalues the company’.
- Vector nabs COO from Thomas Weisel
The Bay Area private equity firm has hired David Baylor to helm operations as the company grows.
- Vector acquires Symantec unit
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has spun off a software vendor into a stand-alone business for the first time since 2000, and has tapped a Benchmark GP to run the company.
- Vector raises $1.2bn for fourth fund
The San Francisco firm’s fourth, $1.2 billion fund is more than three times the size of its predecessor, allowing it to target more and larger investments.
- Vector backs $26m software spin-out
Vector Capital has bought Tripos Discovery Informatics, a software company known for its “maniacal dedication” to science, for $26 million.
- Francisco, Vector acquire Watchguard for $151m
After an initial announcement saying Francisco Partners would acquire the publicly traded internet security software maker on its own, the two firms have announced they will co-invest equally.
- Francisco Partners buys WatchGuard
The Menlo Park, California-based PE firm has reached an agreement to acquire WatchGuard Technologies, an internet security software and hardware developer, for $151m in cash.