Clearlake Capital Makes Strategic Equity Investment in RSA Security

Crosspoint, Clearlake and STG Acquire Significant Interest in RSA Conference

March 15, 2022

Cybersecurity

Crosspoint Capital Partners led an investment to acquire a significant interest in RSA Conference Parent, Inc. from affiliates of RSA Security, establishing RSA Conference as a standalone, independent business. Existing investors Clearlake Capital and Symphony Technology Group also invested alongside Crosspoint to provide capital to grow the world's largest cybersecurity event and expand its year‑round community and offerings.

Symphony Technology Group-led Consortium Acquires RSA from Dell Technologies

February 18, 2020

Cybersecurity

A consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG) with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and AlpInvest Partners has acquired RSA from Dell Technologies in an all-cash transaction valued at about $2.075 billion. The deal transfers RSA — a provider of integrated risk management, identity and access management, threat detection, and fraud prevention solutions — to the investors so it can operate as an independent company and accelerate product and SaaS-focused growth.

Clearlake Capital and TA Associates Make Strategic Growth Investment in DigiCert

October 17, 2019

Cybersecurity

Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates have completed a strategic growth investment in DigiCert, with the management team continuing to lead and investing alongside the new investors. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and automation of certificate management, expand DigiCert's PKI, TLS/SSL and IoT security offerings, and support organic and inorganic growth initiatives.

Charlesbank Makes Strategic Investment in Clearlake-Backed symplr

July 12, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Charlesbank Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to make a strategic investment in symplr, joining Clearlake Capital (and SkyKnight, the prior co-investor) as an institutional investor. The undisclosed transaction will provide growth capital to support symplr's product innovation and buy-and-build acquisition strategy; symplr will continue to be led by CEO BJ Schaknowski.

Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners Invest in BeyondTrust

August 17, 2021

Cybersecurity

Clearlake Capital has made a significant equity investment in BeyondTrust, joining existing investor Francisco Partners as institutional shareholders. The capital will support BeyondTrust’s continued investment in cloud products, innovation, recurring revenue growth and its targeted acquisition strategy.

Clearlake Capital Completes Acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners

February 2, 2022

Cybersecurity

Clearlake Capital Group completed its acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners, making Clearlake the majority shareholder and partnering with Quest’s existing management team to pursue a buy-and-build strategy. The investment aims to accelerate Quest’s cloud/SaaS adoption, expand its identity-centric cybersecurity, data intelligence, and IT operations management offerings, and drive growth organically and through M&A.