Hellman & Friedman

Anthropic announces a JV with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman & Friedman that aims to sell AI tools to companies; sources: the JV is worth ~$1.5B

Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman each expected to invest around $300 million; Goldman Sachs also an investor

Sources: PE firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are competing to buy DocuSign but may partner to clinch a deal; an outcome is expected in the coming weeks

Sources: PE firm Hellman & Friedman takes a 7.5% stake in data analytics service Splunk, worth about $1.4B, following Cisco's $20B takeover offer in February

Wall Street Journal :

Israeli cybersecurity firm Checkmarx, owned by Insight Partners, to be bought by PE firm Hellman & Friedman at $1.15B valuation; Insight to keep minority stake

Application security testing vendor Checkmarx has grown its headcount to more than 700 people, up 28 percent from 534 employees …

German classifieds group Scout24 agrees to sell its European automotive digital marketplace, AutoScout24, to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $3.2B

Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone Group agree to pay €46 per share for Scout24, valuing the Germany-based online classifieds company at €4.9B

Thomas Mulier / Bloomberg :

Ultimate Software Group, which makes HR management software for the cloud, to be bought by an investor group led by PE firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11B

(Reuters) - Ultimate Software Group Inc said on Monday it agreed to be bought by an investor group led by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11 billion.

Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman takes controlling interest in SimpliSafe, a home security hardware and services startup, sources say at a ~$1B valuation

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Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman takes controlling interest in SimpliSafe, a home security hardware and services startup, sources say at a ~$1B valuation

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