Automatic Website Traffic RSS

SimpliSafe to Join Everon Owner GTCR’s Security Holdings

GTCR’s deal for SimpliSafe is unpacked with analysis from Kirk MacDowell and Elizabeth Parks covering strategy, competitive responses and the shift toward add-on services and ... read more

GTCR buys SimpliSafe in deal expanding its home security portfolio

The SimpliSafe acquisition marks GTCR’s fifth deal in a security alarm company, the Chicago-based firm said in a statement, following investments in SecurityLink, Protection1, H ... read more

HPS, Blue Owl Lend Private Debt for GTCR’s SimpliSafe Buyout

HPS Investment Partners and Blue Owl Capital Inc. are among lenders providing a private credit package to support GTCR’s acquisition of residential security company SimpliSafe, according to people ... read more

Boston home-security provider SimpliSafe sold to another private equity firm

One of downtown Boston’s biggest tech companies has been sold by one private equity firm to another. Chicago-based GTCR has reached a deal to acquire SimpliSafe, based at 100 Summer St., from Hellman ... read more

GTCR said to explore bid for Hellman & Friedman’s SimpliSafe

GTCR is in talks with HPS Investment Partners for about $1.2 billion in financing to support a possible acquisition of the Boston-based company, according to people familiar with the matter. read more

GTCR explores bid for home security provider SimpliSafe

Chicago-based buyout firm GTCR is weighing a bid for Hellman & Friedman’s residential security company SimpliSafe, according to people familiar with the matter. read more