Posts tagged: Vista Equity Partners

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 28

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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Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 24

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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