Director, Technology
Joe Schlitter is a director for William Blair based in the firm’s Chicago office. He joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2019. Before William Blair, he worked for Freeborn & Peters LLP and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
a portfolio company of Lightyear Capital
has received a significant
strategic investment from
June 2025
has been acquired by
June 2025
William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Brightflag, a portfolio company of One Peak Partners, Sands Capital, Frontline Ventures, Tribal Ventures, and Enterprise Ireland, in connection with its pending sale to Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) for €425 million.
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a portfolio company of TCV and JMI Equity
$900M Series F Investment led by
July 2024
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Clio in connection with its $900 million Series F investment round led by New Enterprise Associates, at a $3.0 billion valuation.
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a business unit of CARET, a portfolio company of THL
has been acquired by
June 2024
a portfolio company of Banneker Partners
has been acquired by
a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo
May 2024
has made a majority investment in
June 2023
has received a strategic growth investment from
April 2022
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Carpe Data in connection with its pending investment from Thomas H. Lee Partners.
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has acquired
July 2022
a portfolio company of Alpine Investors
has received a strategic growth investment from
November 2021
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.
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has been acquired by
March 2021
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to AbacusNext, a portfolio company of Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), in connection with its acquisition by Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL).
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has been acquired by
November 2020
William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Zywave, a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners, in connection with its pending sale to Clearlake Capital.
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