Ben Kovach

Media, Entertainment and Sports

• Controlling stockholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), Vincent McMahon, in $21+ billion merger of WWE and UFC to form a global live sports and entertainment company

Consumer and Retail

• Abry Partner’s significant minority investment into AirHelp, Inc., the global leader in air passenger rights and compensation claims management
• Banyan Acquisition Corporation in its $520 million business combination with Pinstripes, Inc.
  
• Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., the largest home goods retailer in the United States, in its sale of certain assets and value-maximizing wind down in connection with its Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
• L Catterton’s significant investment into Ama Waterways, a global, award-winning luxury river cruise line
• Wind Point Partners in its sale of Shearer’s Foods to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Instructure (NYSE: INST), the learning platform and maker of Canvas, in its acquisition of Parchment, the world's largest academic credential management platform and network, for $835 million
• TPG Growth in its $228 million investment in Sayari, a provider of counterparty and supply chain risk intelligence

Industrials and Manufacturing

• AE Industrial Partners portfolio company York Space System’s acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, an aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions
• Aterian Investment Partners-backed NeoGraf Solutions, a provider of specialty natural graphite products, in its sale to Edgewater Capital Partners
• KKR in the sale of GeoStabilization International, a provider of geotechnical maintenance services
• KKR portfolio company Novaria Group’s acquisition of Anillo Industries, a longstanding best-inc-class manufacturer of aerospace components
• Wind Point Partners portfolio company Handgards, Inc. acquisition of EMI Yoshi, Inc., a leading supplier of foodservice tableware and catering products

Business Services

• AE Industrial Partners portfolio company York Space System’s acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, an aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions
• AKKR portfolio company Vitu on their acquisition of the Dealertrack registration and titling businesses from Cox Automotive, including RTS (Registration and Titling Solutions), RegUSA (Nationwide Title and Registration), Accelerated Title, and CMS (Collateral Management Services)
• Alpine Investors portfolio company Cobalt Service Partner’s acquisition of Digi Security Systems, a leading commercial security integrator
• CIVC Partners in its:
  
  • acquisition of Datavail, a provider of data management services, from a group of growth investors led by Catalyst Investors
  • acquisition of Highstreet IT Solutions, a cloud-focused Oracle implementation and managed-services provider offering services across a client’s entire cloud lifecycle
• The CE Shop in its acquisition of A.D. Banker & Company, an online insurance and securities education provider
• Thoma Bravo’s sale of Veriforce, a global provider of supply chain risk management solutions
• Waud Captial Partners portfolio company Career Certified’s acquisition of Amber Book, a leader in architecture online exam preparation

Financial Services

• Cliffwater in connection with a significant investment by TA Associates
• GTCR in its $2.7 billion take private of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.
• Hellman & Friedman in its acquisition of Safe-Guard Products International
• Motive Partners, alongside Apollo (NYSE: APO) in the launch of Lyra Client Solutions, a provider of client services for private market investors
• Nordic Capital’s investment into One Inc., a digital payments platform specializing in modernizing the insurance industry in North America
• Old Republic in the $140 million sale of its mortgage insurance business to Arch Capital Group
• Thoma Bravo in its sale of Adenza, a provider of mission-critical risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, to Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock

Energy and Infrastructure

• Macquarie Asset Management in its preferred equity investment in Pavlov Media, Inc., one of the largest independent providers of fiber-based internet connectivity to off-campus student housing in the United States
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) in its $250 million majority stake investment in Sevana Bioenergy, a developer of large-scale renewable natural gas projects
• Sandbrook Capital in its investment of up to $460 million in rPlus Energies, a private renewable energy developer

Healthcare and Life Sciences

• Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Morphic Holding (NASDAQ: MORF)