| Riverside creates new managed IT and cybersecurity platform, Gryphon's Smile Brands buys Midwest Dental, Strattam's Blacksmith tacks on TABs Analytics, healthcare-only bank Westcove launches It’s hump day, hubsters!
In today's highlights, Riverside Partners is building out a managed IT and cybersecurity services platform as it combines Grade A and Convergence Networks, the firm told PE Hub.
The founders of the pair of companies had known one another for over 10 years and shared a lot of best practices, according to David Del Papa, general partner at Riverside.
“So even before the actual combination has happened, the businesses had a lot of common platforms, values, and culture, which got us excited,” the investor said.
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Also of note (may require subscriptions) Doubling down on tech: Vista Equity has agreed to a make a majority investment in Gainsight, valuing the customer-relations technology company at $1.1 billion, a person familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.
Fund news: True Wind Capital, an emerging manager formed by two ex-KKR executives, is targeting $800 million for its sophomore fund after a pause in fundraising in the depths of the pandemic, sources told Buyouts.
Mega dealmaking: In one of technology’s biggest transactions of 2020, Salesforce is buying Slack Technologies for $27.7 billion in cash and stock, Bloomberg writes.
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They said it “We think that diversity on our teams and in our business is not only the right thing to do, but it’ also good for business .. it’s part of everything. It’s part of how we go to campus. It’s a part of how we hire people. It’s part of how we drive our business results.” Blackstone’s Paige Ross, senior managing director and global head of human resources, told Private Funds CFOs, speaking to the private equity firm’s commitment to DE&I.
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