Thoma Bravo Makes Strategic Growth Investment in SMA Technologies
September 29, 2022
Thoma Bravo has completed a strategic growth investment in SMA Technologies, the maker of the OpCon workload automation platform. Existing majority investor ParkerGale Capital will retain a minority stake; the capital infusion is intended to accelerate SMA's global growth and expand its automation product and services offerings.
- Buyers
- Thoma Bravo
- Targets
- SMA Technologies
- Sellers
- ParkerGale Capital
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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