Blackstone® is a premier global investment and advisory firm that strives to provide solutions that create lasting value for their investors, the companies in which they invest and society at large.  

The firm was founded in 1985 by Stephen A. Schwarzman, their Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Peter G. Peterson, who retired as Senior Chairman in 2008. They began with a modest balance sheet of $400,000 but with a wealth of entrepreneurial ideas about creating a world-class investment and advisory business built on a foundation of uncompromising commitment to excellence. Their vision was to create a firm that put clients’ needs first, that was independent and conflict-free, adhered to the highest ethical standards and sought to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

Today, they are a firm of nearly 1,800 employees in 24 offices worldwide. But they are more than that. Their portfolio companies employ over 730,000 people across the globe, making us a major factor in economies around the world.   

As a leader in alternative asset management, they are a trusted partner to many of the world’s top institutional investors. Through their various investment vehicles they preserve and protect $230 billion in assets for public and corporate pension funds, academic, cultural and charitable organizations, among others. Their diverse range of funds makes private equity, real estate, credit and hedge fund investments all over the world. They also have a leading independent financial advisor business, handling highly complex and critical M&A, restructuring and reorganization assignments for corporate and government clients on a global scale. They also offer fund placement services to alternative investment managers. All of their businesses reflect Blackstone’s strong partnership culture, solid foundation of intellectual capital, commitment to exceptional performance and uncompromising integrity.
  
In June of 2007, Blackstone completed its initial public offering and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BX.

Blackstone

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Blackstone Group acquires All Cargo Logistics - Warehousing Unit on 2020-01-13 for $53726264

All Cargo Logistics - Warehousing Unit is a multinational leader in logistics.

All Cargo Logistics - Warehousing Unit

Blackstone Group acquires Extended Stay America on 2004-03-08 for an undisclosed amount

Extended Stay America, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, develops, and manages hotels in the United States. As of November 20, 2020, the company had a network of 646 hotels. It serves customers in the mid-priced extended stay segment. The company also licenses Extended Stay America brand to third party franchisees. Extended Stay America, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Extended Stay America, Inc.

Reata Pharmaceuticals raised $350000000 on 2020-06-11 in Post-IPO Equity

Reata Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company that develops drugs for cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases. It offers antioxidant inflammation-modulating drugs, as well as drugs that correct protein misfolding. The company also develops drugs for the treatment of renal/cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. The company was formerly known as Reata Discovery, Inc. and changed its name to Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in May 2005. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals raised $100000000 on 2020-04-13 in Post-IPO Equity

Alnylam (Nasdaq: ALNY) is the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare genetic, cardio-metabolic, hepatic infectious, and central nervous system (CNS)/ocular diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach for the treatment of a wide range of severe and debilitating diseases.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Crossboard Mobile raised $7700000 on 2013-01-11 in Venture Round

Acquired by BERRY and Flatiron Media 1/9/15

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Crossboard Mobile powers a new kind of mobile advertising platform: Signup Ads.

Signup Ads are a simple and 100% opt-in way for people to hear more from brands they like. People can sign up without leaving the mobile app  or website they're on, and advertisers pay only for valid signups. 

Whether it's moms who join Kimberly-Clark's HUGGIES loyalty program, pet lovers who want to help animals with the ASPCA, or people who want personalized books from small businesses like Paper Hat Press, millions of people use Signup Ads every day to connect with their favorite brands and organizations on iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Crossboard Mobile (Formerly Pontiflex, Inc.)

Canoe raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-09-09 in Series A

Canoe focuses on automating document management and data extraction for allocators and investors into alternatives. 

The company is transforming the post-investment operational, monitoring, and reporting experience for all involved. By combining our industry expertise with sophisticated machine-learning and data capture technologies, it turns PDF reporting documents into actionable data and intelligence, unlocking new operational efficiencies for clients.

Canoe was founded in 2013 and based in New York, New York.

Canoe Software Inc.

Alight Solutions raised $1550000000 on 2021-07-06 in Post-IPO Equity

Alight Solutions is a provider of benefits administration and cloud-based HR and financial solutions, they enhance work and life through our service, technology, and data. Their  15,000 colleagues across 14 global centers deliver an unrivaled consumer experience for its clients and their people. It unlocks enterprise growth for the world’s most influential companies with future-ready human capital and business solutions.

Alight Solutions' interconnected, purpose-built solutions help clients operationalize people centricity to build and sustain long-term competitive advantage. Connect disparate data sources to obtain and act on real-time insights. 

Alight Solutions was launched in June 2017 as a result of Blackstone's acquisition of Aon Hewitt's benefits and human resources platform.

Alight Inc.

Blackstone Group acquires Vivint Solar on 2012-09-18 for an undisclosed amount

Vivint Solar, Inc. provides distributed solar energy primarily to residential customers in the United States. It owns and installs solar energy systems through long-term customer contracts. The company also sells photovoltaic installation products, as well as solar renewable energy certificates. As of December 31, 2019, it had an aggregate capacity of 1,294.0 megawatts covering approximately 188,300 homes. The company was formerly known as V Solar Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Vivint Solar, Inc. in April 2014. Vivint Solar, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. As of October 8, 2020, Vivint Solar, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Sunrun Inc.

Vivint Solar

Gopuff raised $1000000000 on 2021-07-30 in Series H

goPuff is a service that is replacing the need for convenience stores. The company warehouses and delivers thousands of products in 20-30 minutes to your door 24/7, for a flat $1.95 delivery charge. As the fastest and most affordable on-demand delivery option available in the market, goPuff takes convenience seriously, bringing you what you need, when you need it, operating from 12 PM to 4:30am in some cities and 24/7 in others. goPuff's backend system and warehouses streamline supply chain and make the model scalable. goPuff currently operates in 33 US markets and continues to expand rapidly.

goPuff

First Eagle Investment Management raised an undisclosed amount on 2015-07-20 in Private Equity Round

First Eagle Investment Management, which was formerly known as Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, is an independent, closely-held firm with approximately $40 billionâ€  in assets under management and a heritage dating to 1803. Over its long history, the firm has helped its clients to preserve capital and earn attractive returns through widely varied economic cyclesâ€”a tradition that is central to its mission today.

First Eagle Investment Management

Talaris Therapeutics raised $115000000 on 2020-10-06 in Series B

Talaris Therapeutics is a operator of a biotechnology company engaged in the development of innovative cellular therapies. The company's proprietary allogeneic cell therapy product has shown to induce tolerance in recipients of solid organ transplants from unmatched and unrelated donors, enabling living donor kidney transplant recipients to wean completely off immunosuppression one year after transplant.

Talaris Therapeutics

Blackstone Group acquires RGIS on 2007-05-01 for an undisclosed amount

RGIS is an acronym for Retail Groc​ery Inventory Service. Early success allowed us to scale our business model and rapidly expand.

RGIS, LLC

GTCR raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-07-27 in Private Equity Round

Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm focused on investing in growth companies in the Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Information Services & Technology industries. The Chicago-based firm pioneered the â€œLeaders Strategyâ€ â€“ finding and partnering with world-class leaders as the critical first step in identifying, acquiring and building market-leading companies through acquisitions and organic growth. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $8 billion in over 200 companies.

GTCR

BYJU’S raised $350000000 on 2021-06-12 in Series F

BYJU’S is a  valuable ed-tech company at USD 10.5 billion and the creator of India’s most loved school learning app which offers highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning programs for students in classes 1 -12 and competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT, and IAS.  

BYJU'S launched its flagship product, BYJU’S - The Learning App, for classes 4-12 in 2015. Today, the app has over 42 million registered students. With an average time of 71 minutes being spent by a student on the app every day from 1700+ cities, the app is creating a whole new way of learning through visual lessons. 

The Disney. BYJU'S Early Learn App was launched in June 2019, a special offering from BYJU'S for students in classes 1-3 featuring Disney’s timeliness characters. In early 2019, BYJU'S also acquired Osmo, a Palo Alto-based maker of educational games to transform the whole offline to an online learning experience.

BYJU’S

Vivint Smart Home raised $488000000 on 2020-01-17 in Post-IPO Equity

Vivint Smart Home is a smart home company in North America. Vivint delivers an integrated smart home system with in-home consultation, professional installation and support delivered by its Smart Home Pros, as well as 24-7 customer care and monitoring. Dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services, Vivint serves more than 1.7 million customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Vivint Smart Home

Blackstone Group acquires Sabre Industries on 2021-04-13 for an undisclosed amount

Sabre Industries provides highly-engineered structures used for electric transmission and distribution, wireless communications, renewable energy, and government and defense infrastructure. In addition, they offer a variety of value added services that are critical to the development, expansion, and maintenance of both power delivery systems and wireless communication networks.

Sabre Industries

Blackstone Group acquires Embassy Industrial Parks on 2021-02-08 for $700000000

Embassy Industrial Parks Private Limited builds and manages industrial, light manufacturing, and warehousing spaces for consumers and industrial centers. Its warehouses’ amenities include truck parking, canteens, rest areas, dormitories, business centers, and other amenities. Embassy Industrial Parks Private Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Bengaluru, India. It has warehousing spaces and offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Pune, India.

Embassy Industrial Parks

WatchDox raised $9000000 on 2012-03-01 in Venture Round

WatchDox enables organizations to access, share and control their critical documents wherever they go: on any tablet, smartphone, or PC, even those beyond the IT department’s control. Available as SaaS or on premise, the WatchDox document-centric security platform allows organizations to collaborate with partners, adopt bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives, and control or wipe their documents remotely, all while providing their users a superior experience across every device.

WatchDox

Blackstone Group acquires QTS Realty Trust on 2021-06-07 for $10000000000

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 7 million square feet of owned data center space throughout primarily North America and Europe. Through its software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity and premium customer service to leading hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities. QTS owns, operates or manages 27 data centers and supports more than 1,200 customers primarily in North America and Europe.

QTS Realty Trust

Blackstone Group acquires Sipartech on 2019-10-04 for an undisclosed amount

Since 2008, Sipartech has been deploying its own fibre and optical transmission networks in France and Europe, interconnecting major datacentres as well as major business centres to guarantee the excellence of its services.
Driven by the constant willingness to go ever further by anticipating major technological challenges and by fulfilling our customers and partners demands and needs, our teams of engineers are mobilized to optimize and offer innovative solutions and specific services  to the needs of each of them. These fundamental values within Sipartech push us every day to take up new challenges and to approach each issue with a unique perspective.

SIPARTECH, SAS

21viaNet raised $150000000 on 2020-06-22 in Post-IPO Equity

21Vianet is an internet data center services provider that offers hosting and related services, cloud services, and business VPN services. 21Vianet provides hosting and related services, managed network services, and cloud computing infrastructure services, improving the reliability, security, and speed of its customers' internet connections through its internet infrastructure.

It was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Beijing, China.

21viaNet

Blackstone Group acquires Refinitiv on 2018-01-30 for $17000000000

Refinitiv is a provider of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries. It provides data and insights, trading platforms, and open data and technology platforms that connect a thriving global financial markets community – driving performance in trading, investment, wealth management, regulatory compliance, market data management, enterprise risk and fighting financial crime.

Thomson Reuters Corporation

AgileBlue raised $2250000 on 2021-12-07 in Seed Round

AgileBlue

Future Lifestyle Fashions raised $78249529 on 2019-07-31 in Post-IPO Equity

Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited operates as an integrated fashion company in India. It primarily operates a chain of department retail format stores under the Central name; youth fashion stores under the Brand Factory name; sportswear and sports goods specialty chain under the Planet Sports name; and fashionable, stylish, social media savvy, and selfie-lovers fashion stores under the I Am In name. The company offers formal menswear, casual wear, active or sportswear, women’s ethnic wear, women’s denim wear, women’s casual wear, footwear, and accessories under a portfolio of fashion brands.

Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited

Sanofi raised $329024934 on 2022-03-15 in Post-IPO Equity

Sanofi's focus on patients has driven our historical and ongoing strategy to create long-term value by researching and delivering innovative treatments. Sanofi Oncology's heritage in oncology has given us an extensive knowledgebase that enriches our current research expertise. This experience encompasses a wide variety of cancer types, disease stages, patient populations, and patient needs. As a global healthcare company focused on patient needs, they are committed to attacking cancer on many fronts.

Sanofi

Blackstone Group acquires Aliseda Inmobiliaria on 2017-08-10 for an undisclosed amount

Aliseda, servicios de gestión inmobiliaria, SL manages, develops, and sells real estate properties. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Madrid, Spain. As per the transaction announced on June 30, 2017, Aliseda, servicios de gestión inmobiliaria, SL operates as a subsidiary of Banco Popular Español, S.A..

Aliseda, servicios de gestión inmobiliaria, SL

Simpli.fi raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-06-28 in Private Equity Round

Simpli.fi is an advertising technology company that simplifies digital advertising through the use of unstructured data. Their In.finity™ Programmatic Marketing Platform enables marketers to use unstructured data to extract unlimited value from real-time bidding (RTB) advertising exchanges. With In.finity, advertisers can target, bid, optimize and report at the data element level.

Founded in 2010, Simpli.fi has experience explosive growth with a 242% compound annual growth rate with more than 50,000 successful advertising campaigns launched through the In.finity platform.

Simpli.fi

Blackstone Group acquires Sphera on 2021-07-06 for $1400000000

Sphera is the global provider of Web hosting automation and management software, today announced that it has expanded its management team and moved its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado. In the coming months, Sphera will continue to leverage recent funding to support and build its infrastructure in high-potential markets, strengthen its technology portfolio, increase sales and marketing initiatives and increase support for its global customers.

Sphera Solutions, Inc.

Gateway Rail Freight raised $64841151 on 2009-11-13 in Private Equity Round

Gateway Rail Freight

Coskata raised an undisclosed amount on 2011-08-21 in Series D

Coskata, Inc. is a biology-based renewable energy company, with technology for the production of liquid fuels. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company will produce ethanol from a wide variety of input materials to provide economic, environmental, and national security benefits.

Coskata

FTV Capital raised an undisclosed amount on 2023-05-03 in Private Equity Round

FTV Capital

Blackstone Group acquires Harvest Fund Advisors on 2017-08-17 for an undisclosed amount

Harvest is a provider of actively managed public market energy infrastructure and MLP investment solutions for institutional investors. Founded in 2005 and located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Harvest currently manages over $10 billion in assets. Harvest maintains a singular goal of generating strong risk-adjusted returns and meeting the needs of our investors each and every day.

Harvest Fund Advisors

Nautic Partners raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-12-14 in Private Equity Round

Nautic Partners, LLC

Ample raised $50000000 on 2021-11-10 in Private Equity Round

Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation. It created an economical, rapidly deployable, and widely accessible platform that delivers a full charge to any electric car in minutes. The aim is to make it possible to have “Electric Cars for Everyone”. 

It was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Ample

Entic raised an undisclosed amount on 2017-05-31 in Private Equity Round

Entic is a SaaS-based company that enables commercial buildings with prescriptive analytics and optimization. The company caters to office buildings, hospitals, hotels, sports venues, infrastructure, and education. 

Entic was founded by Manuel Rosendo and Carlos Diaz in January 2011 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Entic, Inc.

Blackstone Group acquires International Data Group on 2021-06-03 for $1300000000

International Data Group is engaged in providing market intelligence, advisory services, and events services for information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. It operates as a technology media, events, and research company.


It provides its clients with services in the areas of various brands; digital media, including online, mobile, and video; branded technology, entertainment conferences, events, and exhibitions management; and print publications.


It also provides marketing services in areas such as multimedia marketing, lead generation, and consulting.


It serves information technology professionals, business executives, investment communities, enterprise audiences, technology enthusiasts, and video game audiences in the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and North America.


International Data Group was established in 1964 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with partnerships in the United States and Korea, and locations in China, India, and Vietnam.

International Data Group

Blackstone Group acquires Entertainment One- Music on 2021-04-26 for $385000000

Entertainment One is an online platform that provides its users with media content.

Entertainment One- Music

Secure Mentem raised an undisclosed amount on 2013-09-11 in Private Equity Round

Secure Mentem provides turnkey security awareness programs, tailored to an organization’s needs that provide automated delivery of a variety of awareness materials that constantly reinforce messaging to change behaviors. We have an extensive library of materials, in a wide variety of formats that are delivered to address our clients’ individual needs.

Our experts first work with our customers to understand their culture and needs. Based on the findings, we then create a custom security awareness plan that is entered into our platform to automate delivery of the required materials. Our platform delivers awareness materials and specifies the collection of the appropriate metrics to measure the ongoing effectiveness of the effort. Our plans are reassessed every 90 days to ensure that we are constantly addressing our clients’ security awareness short and long-term goals.

Secure Mentem materials can be customized and are delivered in many medias to ensure that we can provide materials that adhere to all organizational requirements and address the learning styles of all demographics. It is a comprehensive program that allows an organization to focus their resources elsewhere.

Secure Mentem

Blackstone Group acquires The Office Group on 2017-06-19 for $636533996

TOG is home to one of the most creative, exciting and forward-thinking working communities in the UK.

They pioneered the concept of the shared workspace in Britain. TOG launched in 2003, when the global economy was beginning to be radically reshaped by new technology and new ideas. Their aim was to reconfigure the modern British workplace to bring it into line with a fast-changing world.

When they founded the company our vision was this: to create beautifully designed buildings with a wide variety of spaces, and to offer tenants progressive membership schemes and short-term leases to allow for growth and change. Each building has its own unique identity, but all have an excellent range of facilities and vibrant communal areas to foster an open, collaborative working culture.

Today, TOG has 15,000 members working across 29 buildings, 27 of which are in London, with more on the way. We house one of the fastest growing and most diverse workforces in Britain: app creators and advertising agencies; makers and media companies, financiers and foodies; artists and architects; and a smorgasbord of startups, entrepreneurs and freelancers.

Whatever your goals, you can achieve them here — and you can find collaborators to help you.

The Office Group

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals raised $150000000 on 2020-04-13 in Post-IPO Equity

Blackstone Group acquires Mphasis on 2016-04-05 for an undisclosed amount

Mphasis Limited operates as an information technology solutions provider that specializes in cloud and cognitive services worldwide. The company operates through Banking and Capital Market, Insurance, Information Technology, Communication and Entertainment, and Emerging Industries segments. It offers application, blockchain, business process, cloud, cognitive, cyber security, DevOps, digital, product engineering, infrastructure, and enterprise automation, as well as governance, risk, and compliance services. The company serves customers operating in the banking and capital, insurance, and payment markets, as well as other industries, including communications, energy and utilities, healthcare, life sciences, logistics, manufacturing, and travel and transportation. It has a partnership agreement with R3 to develop a blockchain-enabled payment solutions. Mphasis Limited was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Mphasis

IBS Software Services raised $170000000 on 2015-12-16 in Private Equity Round

IBS Software is a leading global provider of new generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation and Logistics industry. 

IBS Software provides comprehensive, end-to-end new-generation IT systems to the global aviation industry across all process areas – airline passenger services, cargo operations, flight and crew operations, airport operations and aircraft maintenance engineering. This sets us apart. In fact, no other single enterprise in the world offers this range of technology products to the aviation industry. 

In the non-aviation sector, IBS Software's solutions are used to manage certain mission-critical operations of major oil and gas companies, cruise lines, hotels and tour operators. 

IBS Software's IT services competence includes Business & Technology Consulting, Independent Software Testing, Application Development & Maintenance and Managed Services in the Aviation, Travel, Hospitality and Oil & Gas industries. 

IBS Software is more than a technology vendor. IBS Software's strategy is to help customers achieve their business goals by facilitating business innovation and supporting such innovative business processes using next generation systems. This way IBS Software partners their customers, long term, for their transformation.

IBS Software Services

Black Swan Data raised $7997626 on 2016-07-07 in Series B

Black Swan creates better outcomes through technology, prediction and data science.

Their products transform the way brands create value from data, finding insights and solutions that create an advantage for their business. They analyse consumer behaviour using public and private data, then build cutting edge technology based on predictive models to create better outcomes - they call this “Applied Prediction”.

Black Swan Data Limited

Future Finance raised $29179022 on 2016-03-14 in Series B

Future Finance is a non-government lender that offers student loans.

Its mission is to provide loans for students that are simple, straightforward, and based on where they're heading, not where they've been. Future Finance helps students focus on what matters. Therefore, it aims to ensure everyone has the freedom to focus on their studies or kickstart their career whatever their financial background may be. 

It was founded in 2014 by Brian Norton and Vishal Garg and is headquartered in Dublin.

Future Finance

Blackstone Group acquires Hotel Investment Partners on 2017-10-18 for an undisclosed amount

Hotel Investment Partners is a privately held Spanish hospitality company. The company owns a portfolio of 14 primarily coastal hotels with over 3,700 rooms in Spain’s most popular tourism destinations.

Hotel Investment Partners

Blackstone Group acquires SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment on 2009-01-01 for $2900000000

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is an entertainment company that specializes in the fields of theme parks, education, conservation, and entertainment. It focuses and serves as a zoological organization and animal welfare, training, husbandry, and veterinary care.

The company was founded in 1959 and headquartered in Florida, United States.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.

Blackstone Group acquires Global Sources on 2017-06-01 for an undisclosed amount

Global Sources is a Hong-Kong based business-to-business (B2B) media company that facilitates trade between Greater China and the world. 

It provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. A wide range of media is used to connect suppliers and buyers worldwide — online portals, magazines, research reports, and trade fairs.

Global Sources delivers information on 4.3 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 10 specialized trade shows which run 32 times a year across nine cities. 

Suppliers receive more than 43 million sales leads annually from buyers through [Manufacturers: Global Sources](http://www.globalsources.com) alone. Wal-mart, Best Buy, Samsung and Carrefour are among the buyers that make use of the company's trade services.

Global Sources

Aquicore raised $7500000 on 2019-05-22 in Venture Round

Aquicore is an information technology company that offers a cloud-based software designed for asset operations platform for the CRE sector. Its SaaS platform provides seamless real-time building intelligence, analytics, and process automation solutions that drive higher NOIs.

It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Aquicore

Mollie raised $793770157 on 2021-06-22 in Series C

Mollie B.V. provides online payments processing services to merchants. Its features include integration of all payment methods into one platform; business plan creation for receiving recurring payments; and accepting multicurrency payments. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Mollie B.V.

Blackstone Group acquires Certified Collectibles Group on 2021-07-01 for an undisclosed amount

Certified Collectibles Group

Cryoport raised $275000000 on 2020-08-25 in Post-IPO Equity

Cryoport delivers an innovative and complete outsourced frozen shipping solution for biological materials.

This breakthrough combination replaces outdated dry ice shipping, virtually eliminates the risk of cell degradation and revolutionizes deep frozen logistics. We combine the technology of liquid nitrogen dry vapor shippers with the most advanced Logistics Management Platform in the industry. When added with our logistics expertise, we provide a complete outsourced solution that advances deep-frozen shipping for the life science community.

Whether your business is bio-pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, research or reproductive medicine, you want to focus on your core mission. Cryoport will help you transport life.

Cryoport, Inc.

Blackstone Group acquires Jack Wolfskin on 2011-07-21 for an undisclosed amount

Jack Wolfskin is a major German producer of outdoor wear and equipment headquartered in Idstein.

JW was founded in 1981 and since then has developed first-class, functional products on the basis of constant user feedback. With numerous patents and innovative, proprietary technologies, JW products currently lead the way in function, comfort and user benefits, and are now used all over the world.

Jack Wolfskin

IntraFi Network raised $140000000 on 2021-01-29 in Debt Financing

Promontory Interfinancial Network

Carbon Black raised $54500000 on 2015-10-14 in Series F

Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK) is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint security. Carbon Black serves more than 4,300 customers globally, including 35 of the Fortune 100. As a cybersecurity innovator, Carbon Black has pioneered multiple endpoint security categories, including application control, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and next-generation antivirus (NGAV). Leveraging its big data and analytics cloud platform – the Cb Predictive Security Cloud – Carbon Black solutions enable customers to defend against the most advanced cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and non-malware attacks. Deployed via the cloud, on premise or as a managed service, customers use Carbon Black solutions to lock down critical systems, hunt threats, and replace legacy antivirus.

Carbon Black, Inc.

Blackstone Group acquires Great Wolf Resorts on 2019-10-02 for an undisclosed amount

The official Pinterest page of North America's largest family of indoor water park resorts. Built for families, designed for maximum fun.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

PayCargo raised $130000000 on 2022-06-15 in Series C

PayCargo, LLC provides electronic invoicing and settlement solutions for the global shipping industry. Its products include PayCargo System, a freight payment solution. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida. PayCargo, LLC is a former subsidiary of First Data Corporation.

PayCargo, LLC

ThoughtFocus raised an undisclosed amount on 2013-10-01 in Private Equity Round

ThoughtFocus is a privately held technology consulting and services company serving middle market to large enterprise clients in Manufacturing, Financial Services, Higher Education and Aerospace. Clients look to ThoughtFocus for innovation in product/application engineering, SAP Implementations, knowledge process outsourcing, and digital transformation. The company has over 1,300 employees globally and is one of the fastest growing technology companies. 
ThoughtFocus is a technology partner and portfolio investment company of Blackstone, a leading private equity firm.