On September 13, 2023, Denodo, a leader in data management, and TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TPG Growth, the firm’s middle market and growth equity platform, to invest $336 million in Denodo’s Series B preferred equity. The transaction, which includes both primary capital and a secondary sale of shares by HGGC, held its initial closing on October 16, 2023. HGGC, which invested in Denodo’s Series A investment round in 2017, will remain a significant investor.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Denodo on the transaction. The Wilson Sonsini team included corporate attorneys Mark Baudler, Lianna Whittleton, James Babikian, Amaan Shaikh, and Katie Obermiller and paralegal Joan Moses.
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