Francisco Partners Leads Strategic Investment in NZXT
December 8, 2021
NZXT, a PC gaming hardware and services company, secured an approximately $100 million strategic investment led by Francisco Partners alongside several strategic individual investors. The investment will fund senior hires, expansion into new hardware categories and global direct-to-consumer markets, and support product and community initiatives while founder Johnny Hou remains the majority shareholder.
- Buyers
- Francisco Partners, Kevin Lin, Vanessa Dew, Patrick Lee, James Lin, Eddie Hartman, James Park, Kevin Ma, Michael Chen
- Targets
- NZXT
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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