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TA Associates

TA XI, L.P. - $3.5 Billion; Fund XI will focus on a similar growth equity / buyout approach
Boston John Hancock Tower 200 Clarendon Street 56th Floor Boston, MA 02116
TA Associates website

 Background

Founded in 1968, TA Associates is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms in the world. TA has invested in nearly 400 companies. Equipped with a $12 billion capital base and four decades of experience, TA offers our financial support, strategic guidance, and a significant network of contacts. They help companies navigate the complicated paths of public offerings, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Since 1995 have helped raise more than $15 billion. There are more than 60 investment professionals in Boston, Menlo Park, London and Mumbai, and possess the knowledge and the ability to act decisively in a wide array of industries. TA has a deep expertise in technology, financial and business services, healthcare, and consumer industries, and will consider investments in other areas.

Key Contacts

- Jeffrey Barber (Managing Director): Prior to joining TA, Mr. Barber was an associate at Weiss Peck & Greer and Vestar Capital Partners and a financial analyst in the Global Power and Utilities Group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Barber was a former Board of Director at Florida Career College, Microban International, and Tempur-Pedic International. Mr. Barber holds a MBA with Honors, at Columbia Business School and was a Beta Gamma Sigma Scholar. Mr. Barber also is the Chairman for the Private Equity Advisory Board, at Columbia University Business School.

- Michael Berk (Managing Director): Prior to joining TA, Mr. Berk was a Senior Vice President at Joseph Littlejohn & Levy and an associate at Frontenac Company. Mr. Berk currently a Board of Director at Keeley Asset Management, Microban International, Professional Warranty Service Corporation and Triumph HealthCare. Mr. Berk holds a JD from Harvard Law School, with Cum Laude and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

- Brian Conway (Managing Director): Mr. Conway heads the Boston office Technology Group, focusing on recapitalizations, buyouts and minority growth investments of technology-based growth companies. He is also a member of the TA Associates' Executive Committee. Prior to joining TA, Mr. Conway worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance departments at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Berk holds a MBA from Stanford University. Mr. Berk is a former Board of Director at multiple companies and is a currently on the Board of Epic Advertising, IntraLinks, and Numara Software. He is currently a chairman of Steppingstone Foundation and a trustee at Amherst College.

- Jonathan Goldstein (Managing Director): Mr. Goldstein focuses on healthcare, technology and service-related businesses. Mr. Goldstein holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Goldstein is currently on the Board of Directors of Cypress Pharmaceutical, Logistics Health, Quotient Bioscience and Twin Med and was on the Board of several other companies. Mr. Goldstein is the Director of the New England Venture Capital Association.

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