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Bhavan Suri

Bhavan Suri

Managing Director, Technology

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About Bhavan

Bhavan Suri is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. Bhavan joined William Blair in 2007 in Equity Research, where he most recently served as co-group head of Technology, Media, and Communications. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Elytics and Answerthink.

Board Membership

Board Advisor, Pivotal Ventures
Board Advisor, Airspares Inc.
Board Advisor, Revieve Inc.

Community Involvement

Board of Trustees, Catherine Cook School
Board of Directors, 2030orbust.org
Previous Board Member, One Acre Fund
Previous Board Member, LIFT

Podcasts

Bhavan Suri on The Fundraising Environment in Insurtech

Notable Transactions

  • $2,500,000,000

    has agreed to be acquired by

    Pending

  • $3,300,000,000

    has agreed to be acquired by

    Pending

  • $1,401,762,153

    Initial Public Offering

    July 2025

  • $75,000,000

    Follow-on Offering

    June 2025

  • $1,000,000,000

    Convertible Senior Notes

    June 2025

  • £43,000,000

    a subsidiary of Coforge

    has been acquired by

    May 2025

  • $372,948,652

    Follow-on Offering

    May 2025

  • Not Disclosed

    has received a strategic
    growth investment from

    March 2025

  • $718,520,000

    Initial Public Offering

    December 2024

  • $200,000,000

    has acquired

    October 2024

  • $27,475,000

    Follow-on Offering

    September 2024

  • $630,000,000

    has merged with

    April 2024

    William Blair & Company acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Powerfleet (Nasdaq: PWFL) in connection with its pending all-stock merger with MiX Telematics (NYSE: MIXT; JSE: MIX).

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    Technology

    We have built the premier technology investment banking franchise by using our deep sector expertise and our relationships to connect innovative, high-growth companies with transformative sources of capital and strategic partnerships. By drawing on our knowledge of strategic roadmaps and investment trends across the technology ecosystem, we have helped companies in the most dynamic verticals accelerate their growth and unlock their potential.

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