Colony Capital Invests $185M in DataBank as Edgewater Exits

DataBank Acquires zColo Data Centers; Edgewater Growth Capital Invests in DataBank

December 1, 2020

Infrastructure

Edgewater Growth Capital Partners IV invested in DataBank to fund DataBank's acquisition of zColo Data Centers from Zayo Group Holdings, adding 44 data centers across 23 U.S. and European markets. The deal expands DataBank's footprint to a national scale—bringing the company to 64 data centers in 29 markets and strengthening its edge colocation, connectivity and managed services capabilities.

Beringer Capital Makes Growth Investment in VeraData

November 21, 2022

Data & Analytics

Beringer Capital made a significant growth investment in VeraData, a Fort Myers–based decision science and fundraising acceleration platform serving not-for-profit organizations. The capital will be used to invest in talent, capabilities, and technology to scale VeraData’s predictive modelling, machine learning platform, and fundraising analytics offerings.

DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Houston Data Centers for $670M

March 3, 2022

Infrastructure

DataBank closed its $670 million acquisition of four Houston-area data centers from CyrusOne, adding more than 300,000 square feet of raised-floor capacity and 42.5 megawatts of power. The deal expands DataBank’s U.S. footprint into Houston as its 28th metro, bringing the company’s portfolio to more than 65 facilities and roughly 2.0 million square feet of capacity; TD Securities and CIT (a division of First Citizens Bank) provided underwritten debt financing.

DigitalBridge and Silver Lake Lead $6.4B Equity Investment in Vantage Data Centers

January 9, 2024

Infrastructure

Vantage Data Centers announced a $6.4 billion equity investment led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake to accelerate expansion across North America and EMEA. The capital — incremental to a recently announced €1.5 billion EMEA commitment from AustralianSuper — will fund development of hyperscale, energy-efficient data center capacity to meet rising cloud and AI demand; the transactions are expected to close in Q1 2024.

Phalanx Impact Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in CollateralEdge

January 16, 2024

Payments & Fintech

New York-based Phalanx Impact Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Dallas-area fintech CollateralEdge to support the company’s expansion of its collateral-enhancement platform for community and regional banks. The investment will help CollateralEdge scale its proprietary portal that automates collateral pricing and underwriting support to increase middle-market lending to underserved communities.

Bain Capital Private Equity Makes Majority Growth Investment in EDB

June 7, 2022

Software

Bain Capital Private Equity has made a majority growth investment in EnterpriseDB (EDB), a leading provider of enterprise-class software and services for Postgres. Great Hill Partners, which acquired EDB in 2019, will remain a significant shareholder; the investment is intended to accelerate EDB's growth and cloud offerings including the BigAnimal DBaaS.