Turn/River Capital takes SolarWinds private

JANUARY 8, 2026

Turn/River Capital takes SolarWinds private

TARGET

SolarWinds sells network, systems, database, and IT service management monitoring software to IT professionals and enterprises managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Ownership	Publicly traded
Investors	Thoma Bravo, Silver Lake
Headcount	2,824 FTEs
Headquarters	Austin, Texas
Leadership	Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sell-side advisor	—

ACQUIRER

Turn/River Capital

Deal value	$4.4B deal value
Ownership	—
Deal lead	Matthew Amico, Investments Partner
Buy-side advisor	—

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Turn/River Capital -> SolarWinds  (2026-09-11)
take_private | DevTools/Infrastructure | $4.4 billion | announced
Target: SolarWinds sells network, systems, database, and IT service management monitoring software to IT professionals and enterprises managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Website: solarwinds.com | Buyer site: turnriver.com
HQ: Austin, Texas | Ownership: public
Advisors - not yet credited
Source: Thematic - https://thematichq.com/software/d/turn-river-capital-solarwinds.html

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