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William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Castlight Health, Inc. (NYSE: CSLT) with its pending combination with Vera Whole Health, Inc and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Ministry Brands in connection with its majority investment from Reverence Capital Partners.

William Blair in conjunction with its Asian affiliate, BDA Partners acted as exclusive financial advisors to The Ritedose Corporation, an AGIC Capital portfolio company, in connection with its pending sale to Novo Holdings.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to LINQ, a portfolio company of Banneker Partners, in connection with its investment from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to BioAgiltyix in connection with its pending sale to Cinven.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to AlsoEnergy, a portfolio company of Clairvest Group in connection with its pending sale to Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Pharm-Olam in connection to its merger with CATO SMS, a portfolio company of Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to KKR in connection with its pending acquisition of Bettcher Industries, a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting tools, processing systems, and aftermarket solutions for meat processing markets.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Convergint Technologies, a portfolio company of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), in connection with its equity sale from a fund managed by Ares’ Private Equity Group and other existing shareholders to Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to RESA Power, a portfolio company of Blue Sea Capital, in connection with its sale from Blue Sea Capital to Investcorp.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Norwood Medical in connection with its sale to Heraeus.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Landec Corporation (NasdaqGS: LNDC) on the divestiture of its Eat Smart business.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to AquaCentral, a portfolio company of Tenex Capital Management, in connection with its sale to Heritage Pool Supply Group.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Corcentric in its pending merger with North Mountain Merger Corp (NASDAQ: NMMC), announced on December 10, 2021, and acted as co-placement agent to North Mountain in the PIPE financing undertaken in connection with the pending merger.

William Blair acted as the financial advisor to LightBay Capital in connection with its growth investment in Burton. Burton is a leading provider of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Corza Medical, a GTCR portfolio company, in connection with their acquisition of Katena Products.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Businessolver, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and JMI Equity, in connection with its majority investment from Stone Point Capital.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Halo Technology, a portfolio company of Inflexion Private Equity Partners, in connection with its sale to Amphenol.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Orbit Irrigation, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, in connection with its pending sale to Husqvarna Group (OM: HUSQ B) for approximately $480 million.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Natural Partners, Inc. in connection with a $240 million strategic growth investment led by HGGC, LLC and Snapdragon Capital Partners LLC.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to North West Rubber (NWR) in connection with its sale to TorQuest Partners.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Building Engines, Inc., a portfolio company of Wavecrest Growth Partners, L.P., in connection with its pending sale to JLL.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to H.I.G. Capital in connection with its strategic growth investment in 3Pillar Global, a leader in the digital transformation sector.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Knowledge Diffusion, Inc. in connection with its sale to Elsevier, part of RELX.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Invicti Security in connection with a its strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners. Summit will join forces with Turn/River Capital, which first invested in Invicti in 2017 and will remain a significant shareholder going forward.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Gryphon Investors in connection with its pending acquisition of Revision Goodier, a clinically proven, highly efficacious skincare brand, and trusted development and manufacturing partner specializing in high-end cosmetic and topical skincare solutions.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Ubiquity Global Services in connection with its strategic investment from BV Investment Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Home Brands Group Inc., the parent holding company of Re-Bath, a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners and Sorenson Capital, in connection with its sale to TZP Group LLC.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to RefrigiWear in connection with its recapitalization by Sentinel Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Critical Process Systems Group, a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, in connection with its sale to Exyte.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Paradigm, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors, in connection with its pending strategic growth investment by Francisco Partners.

Parts Town, LLC, a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners, recently completed a recapitalization of the business in partnership with management and Leonard Green & Partners.

William Blair is acting as the lead financial advisor and capital markets advisor to Black Rifle Coffee Company in its pending merger with Silver Box Engaged Merger Corp I.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BitTitan Inc., a founder owned and led business, in connection with its acquisition by Idera, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Partners Group.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Federal Resources Supply Company in connection with its sale to Noble Supply and Logistics.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to All My Sons, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, in connection with its sale to Golden Gate Capital.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to MineralTree, a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners, in connection with its acquisition by Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) for $500 million.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Daxko, a portfolio company of GI Partners, in connection with an investment from Genstar Capital and GI Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Wayne Farms, Continental Grain, and Cargill in connection with the sale of its poultry production facility located in Laurel, Mississippi.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Hemovent, a company backed by a consortium of institutional investors led by MIG Capital in connection with its sale to MicroPort (SEHK Ticker: 0853) for €123m in total consideration (including future milestone payments).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Carrus, a portfolio company of Revelstoke Capital Partners, in connection with its combination with Penn Foster.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Big Truck Rental, co-owned by the company’s founders and Trivest Partners LP, in connection with its sale to Alinda Capital Partners and existing and new management investors.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to HyTest, a portfolio company of Summa Equity in connection with its pending sale to Mindray (Shenzen Stock Exchange Ticker: 300760) for €545 million in total consideration.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Allocate, a portfolio company of Hg and Vista Equity Partners (Vista), in connection with its pending sale to RLDatix, a portfolio company of Five Arrows Principal Investments and TA Associates.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Sunny Sky Products, a portfolio company of Seidler Equity Partners, in connection with its acquisition by The Jordan Company.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Popcornopolis, LLC, a portfolio company of NexPhase Capital, LP, in connection with its sale to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. Popcornopolis is a leading manufacturer of premium-quality, ready-to-eat popcorn.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to MMIT, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), in connection with its pending merger with Evaluate, a portfolio company of Hg Capital.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Fast Growing Trees, a portfolio company of Summit Park Partners, LP, in connection with its sale to Berkshire Partners.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to GCX Corp. in connection with its sale to Audax Group.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Targa Telematics in connection with its pending investment from Investindustrial.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to DRB Systems, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in connection with its pending acquisition by Vontier (NYSE: VNT) for $965 million.

William Blair acted as the financial advisor to Questel, a portfolio company of Eurazeo Capital, IK Investment Partners, and RAISE Investissement, in connection with its pending acquisition of NovumIP, a group comprised of PAVIS and Novagraaf and a portfolio company of Paragon Partners.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to The Evans Network of Companies, a portfolio company of Calera Capital, in connection with its recapitalization with Court Square Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Power Factors LLC, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management, in connection with its pending acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SiOnyx, a privately held company, in connection with its sale to DC Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Aurora Plastics, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, in connection with its sale to Nautic Partners.

William Blair acted as a financial advisor to Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (Clearlake) in connection with its pending acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) (Cornerstone).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to evitria, a portfolio company of Afinum Management and SHS Capital, in connection with its sale to Atlas Antibodies, a portfolio company of Patricia Industries.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Government Brands, a portfolio company of PSG and Greater Sum Ventures (GSV), in connection with its strategic growth investment from PSG and TPG.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Kantar and Bain Capital in connection with the pending sale of Kantar’s Reputation Intelligence business to STG.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Semantix, a portfolio company of Segulah Private Equity, in connection with its sale to TransPerfect. The transaction closed on July 30th, 2021.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vestar Capital Partners in connection with the majority investment in PetHonesty, a leader in premium pet supplements.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to HungerRush, LLC, a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group, to refinance its existing indebtedness and to support future growth.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to WellSky Corporation, a portfolio company of TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, in connection with the sale of its International Medicines Management Business, WellSky International, to System C, a portfolio company of CVC Capital.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Dwyer Instruments, Inc. in connection with its sale to Arcline Investment Management.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Assembly in connection with its strategic investment led by Advent International.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to EIS Holdings in connection with its sale to Sun Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as capital markets advisor to ServiceMax, a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners (Silver Lake), in connection with its pending merger with Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: PFDR; Pathfinder), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Connatix Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Volition Capital LLC, in connection with its sale to Court Square Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Pluralsight, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in connection with its pending acquisition of A Cloud Guru.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Vector Solutions, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in connection with its pending majority investment from Genstar Capital.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Connect America, a portfolio company of Rockbridge Growth Equity (Rockbridge), in connection with the pending acquisition and financing of Philips Aging and Caregiving.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 2020 Technologies, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, in connection with its pending agreement to merge with Compusoft, a portfolio company of TA Associates.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to NEOGOV, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, in connection with its pending growth investment from Warburg Pincus and The Carlyle Group.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Connect America, a portfolio company of Rockbridge Growth Equity (Rockbridge), in connection with the pending acquisition and financing of Philips Aging and Caregiving.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Stratus Unlimited in connection with its sale to Vestar Capital Partners from Arcapita Investment Management.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to PrimeKey, a portfolio company of Pomona Group, in connection with its pending merger with KeyFactor, a portfolio company of Insight Partners.

William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to PRO Unlimited, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners and Investcorp, in connection with its pending sale to EQT Partners.

William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Zego, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in connection with its pending acquisition by Global Payments Inc.

William Blair acted as financial advisor to Maass Holding GmbH in connection with the sale of its North American assets to Ameriforge Group, Inc.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BigBear.ai, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, in connection with its pending merger with GigCapital4, Inc. (NYSE: GIGGU).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 3Phase Elevator in connection with its pending sale to Berkshire Partners from Fort Point Capital.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to benefitexpress, a portfolio company of LLR Partners, in connection with its pending acquisition by WEX.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS), in connection with the acquisition of its ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal business by Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POST).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 2020 Technologies, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in connection with its sale to Genstar Capital.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Foodmate in connection with its sale to Duravant, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Xact Data Discovery (Xact), a portfolio company of JLL Partners, in connection with its pending sale to Aquiline Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to xMatters, Inc., a portfolio company of Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, in connection with its pending acquisition by Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG).

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Applitools, a founder-led DevOps leader VC-backed by OpenView, Sierra Ventures, and Magma, in connection with its pending investment by Thoma Bravo.

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Grace Hill, Inc., a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in connection with its pending sale to Aurora Capital Partners.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Reward Gateway, a portfolio company of Great Hill Partners, in connection with its pending sale to Abry Partners and Castik Capital.