Symphony Technology Group
Symphony Technology Group is an American private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California.[1] Its Managing Partner is Bill Chisholm, who cofounded the firm in 2002.
| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, U.S.[1] |
| Website | www |
Investments
The company has investments in the following companies:[2]
- Connexity (formerly Shopzilla)
- Erecruit (formerly Bond International Software / TempBuddy / Erecruit)[3]
- Evidera
- FireEye Products
- Symphony Talent
- Jobrapido
- AFS Technologies
- First Advantage
- IBS
- ImpactRX
- IRI (formerly SymphonyIRI)
- McAfee Enterprise
- MSC Software
- Dodge Data & Analytics
- Poplicus
- Sigma^3
- Source Healthcare Analytics
- SUMMIT Software Inc.
- Symphony RetailAI, containing the business units Symphony EYC and Symphony GOLD (from the acquisition of Aldata and EYC)
- Symphony Advanced Media
- Winshuttle
- RSA Security
Acquisitions
Symphony acquired McGraw-Hill Construction from McGraw-Hill Financial for US$320 million on September 22, 2014. [4] The acquisition includes Engineering News-Record, Architectural Record, Dodge and Sweet's.[5] McGraw-Hill Construction has been renamed Dodge Data & Analytics.[6]
Dell Technologies nears deal to sell RSA Security business to private-equity firm STG in an all-cash transaction for $2.075 billion on February 17, 2020.
March 2021: McAfee announces the sale of enterprise business activities to Symphony Technology Group for $4 billion.
June 2, 2021: FireEye announces the sale of key software technologies to Symphony for $1.2 billion, while retaining services business under the Mandiant name. FireEye bought Mandiant for around the same price.[7]
Divestments
- Symphony Teleca (from the merger of Teleca and Symphony Services) was sold to Harman International Industries in 2015.
References
- "Company Overview of Symphony Technology Group". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
- "Portfolio". Symphony Technology Group. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- "Erecruitâ„¢, Bond International Software and TempBuddy Combine Under the Erecruit Name Bringing Together the Industry's Most Complete Global Staffing Solutions". Cision PR Newswire. 2018-01-16.
- Staley, Eddie (September 22, 2014). "McGraw Hill Financial To Sell McGraw Hill Construction To Symphony Technology Group For $320M In Cash". Benzinga. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- McGraw Hill Sells ENR and Construction Group to Equity Investor
- Maidenberg, Micah (December 14, 2014). "Best year since 2008 for construction industry". Crain's Chicago Business.
Dodge Data & Analytics, a data provider formerly known as McGraw-Hill Construction
- "FireEye Announces Sale of FireEye Products Business to Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 Billion". FireEye. 2021-06-02.