Demonstrates Union Square Advisors’ continued momentum in providing strategic advice to leading financial sponsors and companies in the enterprise software space
On October 12, 2020, Clearwater Analytics, the market-leading SaaS provider of investment accounting and analytics, announced that it will receive a new investment led by investment firms Permira, Warburg Pincus, Dragoneer Investment Group and Durable Capital. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), which first invested in Clearwater in 2016, will remain the Company’s majority shareholder, and Sandeep Sahai will continue as Clearwater’s Chief Executive Officer.
Clearwater Analytics helps thousands of leading corporations, insurance companies and asset managers by providing unified, highly-compliant, and powerfully-automated investment accounting, reporting, and analytics. The new investor group will further Clearwater’s innovative leadership and strong organic growth as it brings its solutions to the global marketplace and enable transformative M&A opportunities in the years ahead.
Sandeep Sahai, Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Analytics, said, “Our new partnership with Permira, Warburg Pincus, Dragoneer, and Durable, builds upon our very strong relationship with WCAS and continues the momentum Clearwater has achieved as the innovative leader in the investment accounting and analytics market. We remain 100% focused on bringing our clients the best solutions and service quality in the world. We look forward to benefitting from all of our partners’ deep domain expertise, global resources, and growth capital as we continue to extend Clearwater’s international reach and advance our solution set for our valued clients.”
Andrew Young, Principal and Fintech lead at Permira, added, “At Permira, we look to partner with companies with differentiated technology solutions serving large market opportunities, and Clearwater is a perfect fit. We look forward to supporting Clearwater’s continued growth in a number of large vertical markets worldwide. With one of the highest Net Promoter Scores among all SaaS companies, the company’s strong focus on its clients is clear. We are excited to help enable Clearwater’s vision of becoming the world’s most trusted and comprehensive technology platform for investment accounting and analytics.”
Read the full press release here.
About Permira
Permira is a global investment firm. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately US$50bn (€44bn) to make long-term investments in companies with the objective of transforming their performance and driving sustainable growth. The Permira funds have made over 250 private equity investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Services, and Healthcare. Permira employs over 250 people in 14 offices across Europe, North America, and Asia. For more information visit www.permira.com.
About Clearwater Analytics
Additional information about Clearwater Analytics can be found at www.clearwater-analytics.com.
About Union Square Advisors
Union Square Advisors is a leading technology-focused investment bank that offers strategic mergers & acquisitions advice and execution, agented private capital financing, and debt capital markets advisory services. Founded in 2007, with offices in San Francisco and New York, Union Square Advisors works with leading public and private technology companies, private equity, venture capital, and family offices across the technology landscape with a primary focus on Software, Software-Enabled Services, IT Infrastructure and Internet/Digital Media/Marketing Technology. Since inception, Union Square Advisors has advised on over 120 transactions, valued in excess of $105 billion. For more information, please visit http://www.usadvisors.com.
