Abry Partners

Abry Partners is a private equity firm founded in 1989 and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in late-stage investments, including leveraged buyouts, acquisition roll-ups, and growth capital across various sectors. Abry Partners focuses primarily on industries such as media, communications, business services, healthcare services, and information services. Its investment strategy includes targeting television and radio broadcasting, cable television, magazine publishing, and managed IT services, among others. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $150 million in equity or $15 million to $50 million in mezzanine capital in its portfolio companies, with an investment horizon ranging from three to seven years. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Abry Partners operates primarily in North America and Europe.

Chris Anzivino

Managing Director and Head of Distressed Credit

Andrew Banks

Chairman and Co-Founder

Anders Bjork

Partner

Ralph Choufani

Partner

Jay Grossman

Managing Partner and co-CEO

John Hunt

Managing Partner

Azra Kanji

Partner

Rob Nicewicz

VP

Nathan Ott

Partner

Bob Pan

Principal

TJ Rose

Partner

James Scola

Partner

Nicholas Scola

Partner

Medhini Srinivasan

Principal

Brent Stone

Partner

Tyler Wick

Principal

Michael Yirilli

Partner

Tomer Yosef-Or

Partner

Royce Yudkoff

Managing Partner

Steve Zammit

Vice President

Past deals in Technical Support

AirHelp

Secondary Market in 2025
AirHelp is an organization dedicated to enhancing passenger rights and experiences worldwide. It offers an online service that assists air travelers in obtaining compensation from airlines for flight cancellations, delays, and overbookings. The platform enables passengers to navigate the claim process efficiently, handling essential documentation and legal complexities to ensure they can assert their rights under passenger rights laws. In addition to compensation claims, AirHelp provides disruption coverage through subscriptions and parametric travel insurance products. Operating around the clock in 18 languages, AirHelp supports millions of travelers each year from its offices in cities such as Berlin, Barcelona, Gdansk, Krakow, Tarragona, and Sao Paulo. Founded in 2013 by Greg Roodt, Henrik Zillmer, and Nicolas Michaelsen, the company is currently led by CEO Tomasz Pawliszyn, who took on the role in January 2022.

Donuts

Acquisition in 2018
Donuts Inc is the registry of next generation domain names. With nearly 200 top-level domains, and millions of registrants, Donuts offers a wide variety of clear and meaningful names that represent your identity online in the best possible way. Whether looking for business identifiers (.ltd), navigation (.support), vertical market specifics (.builders) or broad-based generics (.world), their portfolio offers unequaled precision and differentiation. Using their industry-first DPML product, they also work with a large majority of the top global brands to protect their trademarks online. With office locations in Seattle, Washington DC, Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong, they sell their products through the world's leading registrars and resellers, including Go Daddy, Alibaba and 1and1.

SiteLock

Acquisition in 2018
SiteLock was founded in 2008 on the principle that effective website security should no longer be an expensive and unattainable goal for small to midsized businesses. Historically website security has been an expensive, intimidating topic, accessible only to large corporations with IT departments full of engineers. Utilizing one of a kind technology developed by seasoned security and business veterans trained at Caltech, MIT, Wharton and Stanford, SiteLock's patented 360-Degree scanning provides the ultimate protection while still being light enough to not affect your server or website performance. Not only does SiteLock offer inexpensive 360-Degree scanning solutions for online businesses, but also employs a team of professional security engineers. SiteLock differentiates itself from all competitors with On-Demand Expert Services, Maintenance plans, Site Design and Hardening. These services, available to all SiteLock members, can fix identified issues and keep you up to date on newly developing threats.

Rackspace Technology

Private Equity Round in 2017
Rackspace Technology is a hybrid cloud services provider that offers end-to-end solutions for businesses to manage their workloads across public and private cloud environments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, the company serves over 300,000 customers globally, including a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Rackspace specializes in various services, including application services, data management, colocation, managed hosting, professional services, and security and compliance. It is recognized for its expertise through its Fanatical Support service, which leverages technologies from leading platforms such as OpenStack, Microsoft, and VMware. Rackspace generates revenue through consumption-based contracts and professional services aimed at designing and building customized cloud solutions.

Root Data Center

Private Equity Round in 2016
Founded in Montreal, ROOT Data Center specializes in next-generation colocation that goes beyond just security and reliability. ROOT stands out with its industry-leading deployment speed, energy efficiency, and power density solutions, enabling IT organizations to outperform their competitors. These qualities helped ROOT signed one of the largest data center deals in Canada – with one of the largest hyper scale technology providers in the world. The firm’s constant innovation continues to create waves in the data center industry.

Telx Group

Acquisition in 2011
Telx is a prominent provider of interconnection, colocation, and business exchange services across key North American markets. The company operates 15 facilities strategically located in major cities, including four in the New York Metro area, two each in Chicago and Dallas, and three in California, along with additional locations in Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix, and Charlotte. By facilitating direct connections to over 800 telecommunications carriers, internet service providers, content providers, and enterprises, Telx enhances speed to market and reduces connectivity costs for its clients. In addition to its core offerings, Telx provides installation and technical support services, which include system reboots, troubleshooting, and infrastructure installations, ensuring customers have comprehensive access to its interconnection and colocation products. The company is headquartered in New York City and operates with a network-neutral approach, emphasizing reliability and performance in its services.

Masergy Communications

Acquisition in 2011
Masergy Communications, Inc. is a provider of managed services and cloud communications, specializing in hybrid networking, managed security, and cloud communication solutions for enterprises globally. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company operates the largest independent global network platform, offering services such as SD-WAN, virtualized customer premises equipment, and managed detection and response security solutions. Masergy’s cloud communication services enable instant messaging, video calls, screen sharing, and virtual meetings through its global unified communications as a service (UCaaS) platform. The company also addresses security risks associated with cloud applications through its Managed Cloud Access Security Broker and enhances operational efficiency with automation tools. Its offerings include integrated security solutions, professional security services, and an AI-based network optimization solution. With additional offices in major cities worldwide, Masergy aims to deliver high-performance platforms that support businesses in a competitive global marketplace.
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