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Hellman and Friedman

Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F) is an American private equity firm, founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman. The company engages in leveraged buyouts. The portfolio on their web site included the following firms:

Corporate History

I neither have the time nor resources to report the full merger chain. Their site listed entry and exit year of the investment. I used the term "invested in" instead of "acquired" as the site did not list the full scope of each investment. Many investments ended in IPOs.

• 1984: Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman founded the firm in San Francisco to engage in leveraged buyouts.
• 1992: HF invested in Franklin Templeton
  • 1997: HF exited investment.
• 1995: HF invested in Patrick Media
  • 1997: Changed name to Eller Media and sold to Clear Channel
• 1996: HF invested in Advanstar
  • 2000: HF exited investment.
• 1996: HF invested in Young & Rubicam
  • 1998: Exited with an IPO
• 1997: Tully Friedman left the firm and became a co-founder of Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe.
• 1999: HF invested in Blackbaud
  • 2004: Blackbaud held and IPO. HF fully exited in 2006
• 1999: HF invested in Digitas
  • 2000: Digitas held and IPO. HF fully exited in 2004
• 2000: HF invested in Formual One Holdings
  • 20??: EM.TV & Merchandising AG.
• 2000: HF invested in Mitchell International Holdins
  • 2007:
• 2001: HF invested in Arch Capital Group
  • 2007:
• 2001: HF invested in NASDAQ
  • 2007:
• 2003: HF invested in Axel Springer
  • 2010:
• 2003: HF invested in ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
  • 2007:
• 2004: HF invested in Mondrian
  • 2011:
• 2004: HF invested in TexasGenco
  • 2006: NRG Engergy acquired firm.
• 2004: HF invested in Vertafore
  • 2010:
• 2005: HF invested in DoubleClick
  • 2008: Google acquired DoubleClick
• 2005: HF invested in GeoVera
  • 2012:
• 2005: HF invested in LPL Financials
  • 2010: Held IPO.
• 2006: HF invested in Activant
  • 2011: Epicor Software Corporation acquired firm
• 2006: HF invested in AlixPartners
  • 2012:
• 2006: HF invested in Artisan Partners
  • 2013: Artisan held an IPO
• 2006: HF invested in Gartmore
  • 2009: Held IPO on London Exchange. 2011 Henderson Group acquired firm
• 2006: HF invested in Intergraph
  • 2010: Hexagon AB acquired the firm
• 2006: HF invested in Nielson NV
  • 2011: Exited with an IPO
• 2006: HF invested in Paris RE
  • 2007: Paris RE held and IPO and was acquired by PartnerRE in 2014
• 2007: HF invested in Catalina
  • 2019:
• 2007: HF invested in GCM Grosvenor
• 2007: HF invested in IRIS Software
  • 2011:
• 2007: HF invested in Kronos
• 2007: HF invested in Sheridan
  • 2014:
• 2008: HF invested in Change Healthcare
• 2008: HF invested in Gaztransport & Technigaz S.A.S.
  • 2014: Held IPO on Paris Euronext
• 2008: HF invested in Getty Images
  • 2012: HF exited investment.
• 2008: HF invested in Goodman
  • 2012: Daikin Industries, Ltd in 2012.
• 2008: HF invested in SSP
  • 2015: HF exited investment.
• 2009: HF invested in Datatel
  • 2012: HF merged Datatel into Ellucian.
  • 2015: HF exited Elucia
• 2009: HF invested in Web Reservations
  • 2015: Exited with IPO on London and Irish Stock Exchanges
• 2010: HF invested in Assocaited Materials
• 2010: HF invested in Internet Brands
  • 2014: HF exited investment.
• 2010: HF invested in Sedgwick
  • 2014: HF exited investment.
• 2011: HF invested in Openlink
• 2011: HF invested in Pharmaceutical Product Development
• 2011: HF invested in Verisure
• 2012: HF invested in Wood Mackenzie
  • 2015: Verisk Analytics acquired firm
• 2013: HF invested in CarProof
  • 2015: IHS acquired CarProof
• 2013: HF invested in HUB
• 2014: HF invested in Abra Auto Body and Glass
  • : 2019: Abra merged with Caliber Collision in investment led by HF and supported by Leonard Green and The Ontario Pension Fund.
• 2014: HF invested in Applied Systems
• 2014: HF invested in Grocery Outlet
• 2014: HF invested in Renaissance
  • 2018: HF exited investment.
• 2014: HF invested in Scout 24
  • 2015: Held IPO on Frankfurt Exchange
• 2015: HF invested in Edelman Financial Engineers
  • 2018: More details
• 2016: HF invested in Genesys
• 2016: HF invested in MultiPlan
• 2016: HF invested in TeamSystems
• 2017: HF invested in allfunds
• 2017: HF invested in Snap AV
• 2018: HF invested in Nets A/S
• 2018: HF invested in SimpliSafe
• 2019: HF invested in Ultimate Software

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