| Fintech player Calypso draws immense interest, and the land grab for managed service providers Morning!
Ten private equity firms are circling the sale process for Calypso Technology, a fintech company backed by Bridgepoint Capital and Summit Partners, sources familiar with the process told PE Hub. Find out who's in the running here.
White space: Managed service providers, or MSPs, typically charge a flat fee to automate workstreams, recover data, conduct backups, move operations to cloud and handle IT support service requests for small-and medium-sized businesses. For a lot of MSPs, monthly recurring revenue or MRR is over 50 percent of total revenue; it’s a pricing model revered by PE managers guaranteeing a steady customer base. But few MSPs are mature enough to be a PE platform; the vast majority are regional, founder-owned business that have yet to scale...
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Debut: Crosspoint Capital Partners, formed by veteran tech CEO Greg Clark, is heading for a final close on its hard cap of $1.2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the firm tell Buyouts. Read it here.
Big start: BayPine is in the lead to acquire Mavis Tire Express Services for more than $6 billion, including debt, in what would be the private equity firm's biggest deal since its inception last year, people familiar with the matter said told Reuters. Check it out.
Portfolio shift: In the second half of 2020, California State Teachers’ Retirement System committed more to private equity co-investments than traditional private equity funds, according to documents posted on the $282.5 billion fund’s website. Read more on Buyouts.
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They said it
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