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Gryphon Investors Acquires 3Cloud

On July 1, 2020, private equity firm Gryphon Investors acquired information technology company 3Cloud

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gryphon Investors’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Gryphon Investors’ 53rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gryphon Investors’ 4th transaction in Illinois.
Investment Fate
  • 3Cloud was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2025.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-07-01
Target 3Cloud
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Gryphon Investors
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Drake Star Partners (Financial)
Epstein Becker & Green (Legal)

Target

3Cloud

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
3Cloud is a Microsoft Azure technology consulting firm and Azure Expert Managed Services Provider that provides cloud strategy, design, implementation, and managed services to clients across multiple industries. Founded by former Microsoft technology leaders, 3Cloud combines a team of highly experienced cloud architects and technologists with a strong network of Microsoft sales and engineering relationships to deliver the ultimate Azure experience for clients. 3Cloud was founded in 2016 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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Buyer

Gryphon Investors

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 9.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gryphon Investors is a private equity firm focused on making $50 to $500 million of equity or equity-linked investments in middle-market companies. Target transaction situations include traditional buyouts, leveraged build-ups, and growth financings. Gryphon will consider both control and shared-control positions. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer, retail, automotive, chemicals, general manufacturing, healthcare, and hotels. Gryphon Investors was formed in 1995 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 53 of 76
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 19 of 26
State: Illinois M&A 4 of 6
Country: United States M&A 53 of 75
Year: 2020 M&A 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-11 Pacur

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Pacur is a supplier of extruded PETG sheet used principally to provide rigid, high-performance packaging for medical devices. The Company also produces sheet for certain specialty graphics, pharmaceutical packaging, and food packaging applications. Pacur was founded in 1979 and is based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-21 Techmer PM

Clinton, Tennessee, United States

Techmer PM is a materials design company that specializes in modifying and fine-tuning the properties of technical polymers. The company thrives on partnering and collaborating with plastics processors, fabricators, designers, specifiers, and brand owners. It operates seven North American plants and has extensive expertise in virtually every plastic- and fiber-related process, from additive manufacturing and blown film to nonwovens, injection molding, and sheet extrusion. Techmer PM was founded in 1981 and is based in Clinton, Tennessee.

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