Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo, L.P. is a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in San Francisco and Miami. Founded in 1980, the firm specializes in control investments primarily in software and technology companies, leveraging a buy-and-build investment strategy that it pioneered nearly 20 years ago. Thoma Bravo has a strong focus on sectors such as application software, cybersecurity, financial technology, and healthcare information technology. The firm seeks to invest between $30 million and $750 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from $100 million to $2 billion, typically preferring to take majority stakes. With over $30 billion in investor commitments and more than 200 acquisitions representing over $50 billion in value, Thoma Bravo emphasizes collaboration with existing management teams to drive operational excellence and long-term value creation. The firm primarily targets North American companies but is open to global opportunities as well.

Andrew Almeida

Principal

Rahel Ayalew

Senior Vice President

Alok Basani

Vice President

Catherine Beall

Vice President

Marcel Bernard

Senior Operating Partner

Carl Chan

Principal

Scott Crabill

Managing Partner

Dylan Despot

Vice President

Eric Doolittle

Principal

Will Downing

Vice President

Michael Forrest

Vice President

Brendan L. Fox

Principal

Etham Frenkel

Vice President

Collin Gallagher

Vice President

Mohnish Gandhi

Vice President

Chandler Gay

Vice President

Joe Grady

Vice President

Nabil Hamade

Vice President

Irina Hemmers

Partner

Peter Hernandez

Vice President

Mike Hoffmann

Partner

Jamie Hutter

Principal

George Jaber

Principal

Christine Kang

Principal

Adam Kinalski

Senior Vice President

Matt Losardo

Principal

Sacha May

Vice President

Erwin Mock

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets

Alex Park

Principal

Brian Paskas

Vice President

Carl Press

Partner

Robert Sayle

Partner

Ryan Scheffler

Vice President

Hudson Smith

Partner

Adam Solomon

Partner

Adam Solomon

Partner

Peter Stefanski

Partner

Oliver Thym

Partner

David Tse

Senior Vice President

Chip Virnig

Partner

Annie Wei

Principal

Cook Wylly

Principal

Sam Yules

Vice President

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Proofpoint

Acquisition in 2021
Proofpoint Inc. is a leading next-generation security and compliance company that provides cloud-based solutions to protect the way people work today. Proofpoint solutions enable organizations to protect their users from advanced attacks delivered via email, social media and mobile apps, protect the information their users create from advanced attacks and compliance risks, and respond quickly when incidents occur. SAAS SECURITY & COMPLIANCE SUITE Enterprise Email Archiving: The email archiving solution supports eDiscovery, regulatory compliance and email storage management. Enterprise Email Protection: Provides inbound and outbound email security and management to protect from outside threats including spam, phishing, unpredictable email volumes, malware and other forms of objectionable or dangerous content before they hit the enterprise perimeter. Enterprise Privacy: Protects private information in email, defends against leaks of confidential information and ensures compliance with common international, industry and US data protection regulations—including HIPAA, GLBA and PCI-DSS. PRODUCT ADD-ONS Policy-Based Email Encryption: Mitigates regulatory violations, data loss and corporate policy violations, without adversely impacting business operations. Secure File Transfer: Adds secure, easy-to-use large file transfer capabilities to an organization's Proofpoint deployment CUSTOMERS Proofpoint provides email security, encryption, archiving and data loss prevention solutions for over 3,000 enterprise-level accounts including global enterprises, universities and government agencies. Proofpoint, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Mailgun

Private Equity Round in 2019
Mailgun Technologies, Inc. is an email automation platform designed specifically for developers, allowing them to easily send, receive, and track emails within their applications. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with additional offices in Austin and San Francisco, Mailgun provides a range of functionalities that include creating mailboxes, forwarding emails, and managing email deliverability. The platform enables users to build applications that can send, receive, store, search, and forward emails in real time, utilizing standard protocols for seamless integration. By allowing developers to incorporate email capabilities akin to how voice and SMS services are integrated, Mailgun facilitates features such as private user mailboxes, email-driven comments, and discussion groups within applications. The company operates as a subsidiary of Rackspace Hosting, Inc.

Mailgun

Acquisition in 2019
Mailgun Technologies, Inc. is an email automation platform designed specifically for developers, allowing them to easily send, receive, and track emails within their applications. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with additional offices in Austin and San Francisco, Mailgun provides a range of functionalities that include creating mailboxes, forwarding emails, and managing email deliverability. The platform enables users to build applications that can send, receive, store, search, and forward emails in real time, utilizing standard protocols for seamless integration. By allowing developers to incorporate email capabilities akin to how voice and SMS services are integrated, Mailgun facilitates features such as private user mailboxes, email-driven comments, and discussion groups within applications. The company operates as a subsidiary of Rackspace Hosting, Inc.

SonicWall

Acquisition in 2010
SonicWALL is a private company that provides Internet security solutions and appliances. SonicWALL has three business units: Network Security, Content Security, and Business Continuity. Their product lines within these business units include devices that provide a firewall, UTM (Universal Threat Management), VPN (Virtual Private Network), backup and recovery, and anti-spam / email and content filtering, as well as software and value-added subscription services.
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