TA Associates, established in 1968 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms globally. The firm focuses on investing in private companies across various sectors, including business services, consumer products, financial services, technology, and healthcare. With a commitment to supporting management teams in building their businesses, TA Associates has developed a diverse portfolio of approximately 380 current and former companies. The firm expanded its reach by opening offices in Silicon Valley, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong, allowing it to engage in buyouts, growth equity, and recapitalizations, as well as private debt investments since 2000. Through its strategic approach, TA Associates aims to provide steady support to its portfolio companies throughout economic cycles.
TierPoint, LLC is a prominent provider of information technology and data center services, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 2010 through the merger of various respected data centers and IT solution providers, TierPoint specializes in colocation, cloud computing, and managed IT services. The company's offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions such as public, private, multi-tenant, and hybrid cloud deployments, alongside disaster recovery and backup services. Additionally, TierPoint provides managed security, firewall solutions, and professional services to a diverse clientele across sectors including education, healthcare, finance, and technology. With a national presence, TierPoint operates multiple data center locations throughout the United States, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity. The company is committed to delivering tailored solutions that meet the critical needs of businesses, supported by strategic partnerships, such as one with ScaleMatrix.
Answers’ mission is to connect businesses, organizations and consumers with the right answers. The Answers Platform comprises a suite of cloud-based solutions that enable companies to engage their customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle, helping both brands and consumers alike make better-informed decisions about products and services. The key components of the platform - content publisher, customer analytics and advertising solutions via the top-20 comScore site Answers.com - enable brands to engage their customers in dialogue at key moments of their decision-making journey, across multiple channels and devices.
Answers’ mission is to connect businesses, organizations and consumers with the right answers. The Answers Platform comprises a suite of cloud-based solutions that enable companies to engage their customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle, helping both brands and consumers alike make better-informed decisions about products and services. The key components of the platform - content publisher, customer analytics and advertising solutions via the top-20 comScore site Answers.com - enable brands to engage their customers in dialogue at key moments of their decision-making journey, across multiple channels and devices.
Cosentry
Acquisition in 2011
CoSentry.net, LLC provides data center, cloud computing, and managed technical services. Its data center services include co-location, NIST co-location, hosting, virtual servers and storage, and managed Internet access. The company also provides disaster recovery services, including systems recovery, work group recovery, and print recovery; managed services, such as service desk, network monitoring, and storage management; technical help desk services, including service desk outsourcing and remote technical support; security services, such as physical and network monitoring security services; and network management, SLA management, and trouble ticketing services. CoSentry.net, LLC was founded in 2000 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company has data centers in Omaha and Papillion, Nebraska; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Kansas City, Missouri.
Vatterott College is a private for-profit post- secondary education company in the United States. Vatterott offers a diversified range of diploma programs, associate degrees and bachelor degrees in advanced trade industries and computer technology.