Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 6:55 pm
Another day, another US technology company take private.
This time it's Thoma Bravo's arch rival - Vista Equity Partners, led by the controversial billionaire financier Robert Smith - that is buying one of America's listed technology groups.
Vista is buying KnowBe4, Inc, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform for $24.90 in cash or $4.6 billion. Below is the link the to the press release:..
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Monday, 8 August 2022, 6:43 pm
The US deal announcements are now arriving thick and fast.
Aside from the takeovers mentioned in this morning's note, Pfizer has announced it is buying Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4 billion (confirming the Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal scoops from last week). Below is the link to the deal report from the WSJ:..
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Betaville IntelligenceMonday, 14 December 2020, 7:49 pm
Apologies - I hadn't noticed that the venerable Wall Street Journal were claiming the "scoop" with a story about Vista Equity Partners buying Pluralsight for $3.5 billion late last night. Below is the link:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vista-equity-partners-nears-deal-to-buy-software-maker-pluralsight-11607910720..
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