Managing Director, Technology
Robert Abbe is a managing director for William Blair based in the firm’s San Francisco office. He joined William Blair's investment banking team in 2012. Prior to William Blair, he worked for Jefferies and Broadview LLC.
a portfolio company of MDP
has been acquired by
August 2022
William Blair & Company acted as the lead financial advisor to BlueCat, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (MDP) in connection with its pending acquisition by Audax Group.
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a portfolio company of Monterro
has been acquired by
July 2022
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Outpost24, in connection with its acquisition by Vitruvian Partners.
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a portfolio company of Carousel Capital
has been acquired by
July 2022
a portfolio company of Inflexion
has been acquired by
December 2021
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.
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has been acquired by
May 2021
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).
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has received a strategic growth investment from
May 2021
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.
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has agreed to sell its Registry business to
April 2020
has been acquired by
March 2020
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).
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has been acquired by
January 2019
has been acquired by
September 2018
has been acquired by
July 2018
has been acquired by
November 2017
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