Thoma Bravo acquires Coupa for €7.6 billion
Thoma Bravo announced the acquisition of Coupa. The software provider's board accepted an $8 billion (€7.6 billion) takeover bid.
The acquisition hinges on regulatory approval. Thoma Bravo expects to complete the process in the first half of 2023. If everything goes according to plan, Coupa w... Read more
Thoma Bravo spends $2.3 billion to acquire ForgeRock
ForgeRock, an identity management service provider, is being acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
ForgeRock recently caught the eye of Thoma Bravo. The identity management service provider announced that Thoma Bravo bid $2.3 billion for an all-cash buyout. The acquisition amount has skyr... Read more
Barracuda acquired by private equity firm KKR
The deal will continue Barracuda's move toward cloud based security solutions.
Mail backup and security vendor Barracuda Networks has been sold by its private equity owner to KKR, another private equity firm. According to Blocks and Files, this deal gives "an indication of late-stage startup lif... Read more
Thoma Bravo wants to acquire security company Darktrace
Investment company Thoma Bravo set its sights on British security company Darktrace. The transaction amount of the possible acquisition is unknown at this time.
Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson released a statement to confirm that the company is in talks with Thoma Bravo about a possible acquisit... Read more
Thoma Bravo acquires Ping Identity for €2.8 billion
Private investor Thoma Bravo announced the acquisition of Ping Identity. Ping Identity develops access management solutions. Thoma Bravo intends to acquire the company for $2.8 billion (€2.75 billion).
Ping Identity's announced its quarterly results on the same day as the acquisition. Revenue ... Read more
Thoma Bravo’s acquisition offer for Anaplan cut to $9.6 billion.
On Monday, Anaplan announced that private equity company Thoma Bravo reduced its buyout offer to $9.60 billion after the software developer agreed to settle a disagreement over compliance with merger conditions.
In premarket trade, the company's shares, which have climbed over 44% this year, wer... Read more
‘SUSE rejects bid from Thoma Bravo’
According to insider sources, SUSE's largest shareholder turned down an acquisition bid from Thoma Bravo.
SUSE was acquired by private equity firm EQT in 2018. Three years later, the company went public. EQT remained the largest stakeholder with a share of over 75 percent. Insider sources told B... Read more
Elon Musk fires back at Twitter after it adopts ‘poison pill’ stance
On Monday, Elon Musk took a shot at Twitter's board of directors after the social media firm implemented a "poison pill" to defend itself from a $43 billion cash acquisition bid from its second-largest shareholder.
Musk wrote in response to a user's comments criticizing the board, saying th... Read more
Thoma Bravo to pay $10.7 Billion to acquire Anaplan
Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, said that it has agreed to buy Anaplan Inc., a business planning software firm, for $10.7 billion.
The all-cash deal Anaplan shares prices are now trading at $66, up from $50.59 per share on Friday.
Anaplan, founded in 2006, bills itself the ... Read more
Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos
Sophos will most likely be in the hands of Thoma Bravo soon. The company has, in fact, received a takeover bid from the American private equity company of USD 7.40 per share. This amounts to a total of approximately 3.9 billion dollars (3.53 billion euros).
The board of directors will unanimousl... Read more