Clearlake Capital-backed FloWorks acquires Flotech
August 8, 2022FloWorks International LLC (“FloWorks”), a specialty flow control distribution platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced it has acquired Flotech, Inc. ("Flotech" or the "Company"), a value-added distributor and servicer of industrial valves. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Clearlake Capital completes sale of Brightly Software to Siemens
August 4, 2022Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with certain of its affiliates, “Clearlake”) today announced it has completed the sale of Brightly Software, Inc. (“Brightly Software”, “Brightly” or the “Company”) to Siemens AG (“Siemens”) (FRA:SIE) for $1.575 billion of upfront cash consideration, along with $300 million in cash earn-out payments, for a total of $1.875 billion.
Clearlake Capital completes acquisition of BBB Industries
July 28, 2022BBB Industries LLC, (“BBB” or the “Company”), a leading sustainable manufacturer of non-discretionary automotive, industrial, energy storage, and solar parts, announced today that it has been acquired by an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) from Genstar Capital (together with its affiliates, “Genstar”).
Clearlake Capital and TA Associates complete acquisition of Kofax
July 25, 2022Kofax® (or “the Company”), a leading supplier of intelligent automation software for digital workflow transformation, today announced that Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and TA Associates (“TA”) have completed their acquisition of the Company from Thoma Bravo.
Clearlake Capital Group announces senior promotions and new additions
July 15, 2022Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”), an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies, today announced several senior executive promotions and new additions to the Clearlake team.
Crash Champions announces growth investment from Clearlake and strategic transaction with Service King
July 14, 2022Crash Champions (“Crash Champions” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s fastest growing independent collision repair service providers, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to receive a growth investment from Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and will simultaneously execute a strategic transaction with Service King Collision (“Service King”). Crash Champions’ management team and operating partners, alongside Clearlake, will lead the combined Company going forward.
2022 Q2 Investment Activity
July 11, 2022In Q2 2022, Clearlake announced a total of 3 exits; 7 new platforms acquisitions, inclusive of 2 structured investments; and 9 add-ons. Clearlake and WhiteStar have continued to provide direct structured credit-orientated capital solutions to U.S. and European operating companies. Clearlake and WhiteStar have invested ~$3.5 billion in credit-oriented products in U.S. and European issuers in the form of primary and secondary structured debt investment, senior and junior secured and unsecured debt, participating preferred, and other credit-oriented structures. We continue to remain active across our core sectors, develop and expand our industry scope, and look for ways to creatively invest.
Clearlake Capital and Motive Partners Complete acquisition of wealth management software platform BETA+ from LSEG and launch BetaNXT℠ brand with new management team
July 1, 2022Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Motive Partners (together with its affiliates “Motive”) today announced the closing of the acquisition of the BETA+ assets including BETA Post-trade Processing, Maxit, and Digital Investor, from the London Stock Exchange Group (“LSEG”). Effective immediately, the company will operate as BetaNXT, reflecting its evolved strategic vision.
Bluerock introduces the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund, a registered interval fund
June 30, 2022Bluerock, a leading alternative asset manager, has announced the launch of the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the “Bluerock High Income Credit Fund”, the “Fund”, Tickers: IIMAX, IIMCX, IIMWX), an income-focused fund with a portfolio comprised of actively managed pools of diversified collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
Clearlake Capital-backed FloWorks acquires netMercury
June 29, 2022FloWorks International LLC (“FloWorks”), a specialty flow control distribution platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced it has acquired netMercury ("netMercury" or the "Company"), a specialty parts and services distributor.
