William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to ALKU, a portfolio company of FFL Partners, in connection with its pending majority investment from New Mountain Capital. The transaction signed on April 8, 2023.
About The Companies
ALKU is the leading contingent staffing firm focused on deploying highly skilled, specialized consulting resources in the areas of enterprise technology, life sciences, data science, cybersecurity, and government. ALKU is consistently ranked on prestigious ‘Best Places to Work’ lists across the country and has a 15-plus year track record of training and developing talent. Given ALKU’s unique culture, focus on training and development, and highly specialized, division-led operating model, ALKU has grown at an industry-leading pace since its founding in 2008.
New Mountain Capital is a New York-based investment firm that emphasizes business building and growth, rather than debt, as it pursues long-term capital appreciation. The firm currently manages private equity, credit, and net lease real estate funds with more than $37 billion in assets under management. New Mountain Capital seeks out what it believes to be the highest quality leaders in carefully selected “defensive growth” industry sectors and works intensively with management to build the value of these companies.
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