Robert Abbe

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 financial advisor to AVI-SPL, Inc. (AVI-SPL), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), in connection with its sale to Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin Equity).

William Blair acted as financial advisor to ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVON), in connection with its pending sale to affiliates of CVC Capital Partners ("CVC").

William Blair is acting as the exclusive financial advisor to Donuts, a portfolio company of Adams Street Partners, Austin Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Generation Partners, and TL Ventures, in connection with its pending sale to ABRY Partners. The transaction is expected to close in September 2018.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Wireless Logic Group and CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) in connection with its pending sale to Montagu Private Equity.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Nominum, Inc. in connection with its sale to Akamai Technologies, Inc. The transaction was announced on October 11, 2017.

William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to TeleSign Holdings, Inc., in connection with its pending sale to Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS), a joint venture of Proximus, Swisscom, and MTN. This transaction was signed on April 25, 2017.