Clearlake

Clearlake Capital Group is an investment firm founded in 2006 managing integrated platforms spanning private equity, credit and other related strategies.

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We recently welcomed the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica to our offices for a Career Dash Teens event, which mentored high school students on entrepreneurship and career development.

Marcelia Freeman, Josh Lederman, Joshua Robinson, Kathleen Holihan, and Mary Mansaray coached the students through a "Shark Tank"-style pitch competition, while Blair Glimcher and Jessica Lambert discussed their career journey in a Q&A.

For more than 10 years, Clearlake has been proud to support the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica to help the youth in our local community reach their full potential. Thank you to Kelly Wigmore for coordinating a great event!

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Clearlake has formed a partnership with Databricks and West Monroe to advance AI-enabled investing and accelerate data transformation across our portfolio.

By pairing Databricks’ platform with West Monroe's implementation expertise, Clearlake aims to connect investment, operational, financial, and portfolio data in a secure and scalable environment, building an "investment firm of the future" data platform across deal origination, due diligence, fund operations, and portfolio company transformation.

This partnership is a direct extension of our O.P.S.®(Operations, People, Strategy) framework and, leveraging Clearlake AI Labs, will help our portfolio company management teams modernize data infrastructure, identify high-impact AI use cases, and deploy solutions that aim to drive productivity, enhance customer engagement, and create durable long-term value.

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What have been the most defining moments for Clearlake in Q2?

In the most recent edition of The Clearlake View, we reflect on our acquisition of Pathway Capital Management, highlights from SuperReturn Berlin, and share key takeaways from our annual Credit Day in London.

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Employees of our Clearlake Credit team in London recently participated in the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge at Battersea Park, joining thousands of participants from over 700 companies for a 5.6km run in support of @CR_UK. In its 40th year in London and 50th globally, the Corporate Challenge is a great way to give back to local communities. Well done Clearlake Credit team!

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Over 20 employees from Clearlake’s Santa Monica office recently volunteered with the Westside Food Bank, handing out food to more than 200 people during the organization’s monthly Emergency Relief Distribution and Resources Fair. Since 2025, Clearlake has partnered with Westside to support their mission to end hunger in our communities.

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For the fourth year in a row, Clearlake has been named a Top 50 Private Equity Firm for Executives by @PE_CXO and FALCON. The list recognizes firms whose governance approach, partnership style, and engagement with leadership best enable portfolio company executives to drive value creation, based on data from more than a thousand sponsor-backed executives. “The funds that intentionally hire to a clearly defined governance model consistently outperform their peers,” says Rob Huxtable, CEO of Falcon Partners.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/QhUTtj2QMD

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We are pleased to announce the successful close of Clearlake Capital Partners VIII, L.P., and related vehicles, representing $14.8 billion of capital commitments.

We extend our sincere thanks to our nearly 300 limited partners for their trust and partnership. We believe AI will be one of the defining forces shaping the next generation of industry leaders, and we remain focused on helping companies harness that opportunity to drive long-term value creation.

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Our Co-Founder, and Managing Partner, recently joined at @Forbes Iconoclast Summit in New York, hosted by Maneet Ahuja, for a discussion on the future of private capital, the transformative impact of AI, and the opportunities shaping the next phase of market evolution.

Watch the full interview here:
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We’re proud to celebrate our 7 portfolio companies recognized in Newsweek’s 2026 ranking of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Perks & Benefits. Based on feedback from 179,000 employees, the list highlights companies leading in flexibility, employee benefits, and overall well-being. Congratulations to @BakeMark, @CornerstoneInc, @IPGtape, @alteryx, @BeyondTrust, Diligent, and @InvestCloud on this recognition.

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We recently hosted our annual Clearlake Credit Day in London, bringing together nearly 200 attendees, including 100 investors for discussions on the evolving global credit landscape.

Throughout the day, we shared perspectives on market dislocation, flexible capital solutions and the opportunities emerging across liquid and private credit markets globally.

A key theme was Clearlake Credit’s differentiated approach – combining deep sector expertise, global scale, cross-platform collaboration, and flexible investing capabilities across the capital structure. We also explored how AI is reshaping software and credit underwriting, and why we believe resilient businesses with proprietary data, embedded workflows and mission-critical infrastructure continue to stand out.

Thank you to our investors, speakers, colleagues, and friends who traveled from around the world to help make the event a success.

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Prashant Mehrotra, Partner and Managing Director, recently spoke with PE Hub about how Clearlake is navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape across the portfolio, including the firm’s efforts through Clearlake AI Labs to drive value creation and operational transformation across our portfolio companies.

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We’re thrilled to share that we’ve completed our acquisition of Qualus, a pure-play power and electric grid services platform. The next phase of growth begins today.

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Rafael Calvo, Head of European Private Credit Portfolio Management, recently spoke at the Financial Times' Private Credit Connect: London – a timely forum discussing where the private credit market is heading.

Key takeaways:

•The evolving opportunity set across Europe vs the U.S.
•Private credit spread dynamics vs broadly syndicated loans and the role of illiquidity premium
•Underwriting discipline matters more than ever
•The growing influence of AI and the broader democratization of the asset class

Private credit continues to mature, but the core remains the same: disciplined underwriting, differentiated sourcing, and the ability to navigate across cycles.

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We’re thrilled to share that Marcelia Freeman, Managing Director, Investor Relations, was named to The Wall Street Journal Pro Private Equity’s list of Women to Watch.

Since joining the firm in 2020, Marcelia has played a key role fundraising for CCP VII ($14.1B) and COP III ($2.5B), strengthening the firm’s global limited partner relationships and supporting the continued growth of the platform.

Congratulations to all the women named on the list.

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Clearlake is thrilled to sponsor the Women’s Private Equity Summit hosted by With Intelligence!

We’re proud to have strong representation from across our firm:

Marcelia Freeman, Managing Director, Clearlake Capital
Katharine Rutherford, Executive Director, Clearlake Capital
Emily Mullins, Principal, Clearlake Capital
Valerie Ruddick, Managing Director, Pathway Capital Management

They will be joining a distinguished community of LPs and GPs to discuss the shifting dynamics in private markets – from portfolio construction and co-investment strategies to policy-driven impacts on deal flow and leadership across the PE ecosystem.

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From winners and losers in the AI disruption to Clearlake's 20th anniversary - and even what sports and software investing have in common - our Co-Founder and Managing Partner, José E. Feliciano covered a wide range of topics in conversation with MK Flynn at this week's PEI NEXUS conference.

Clearlake has been “very disciplined throughout the cycle. We only invested in those higher multiple companies when we saw there was a true moat around those companies - essentially in companies that are pretty much AI-native," said Feliciano.

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Employees from our LA office came together to ride in Cycle for Survival – and what an incredible impact they made! Clearlake’s team was the third-largest fundraising team at the West LA event, raising an impressive $45,000 to support research for rare cancers.

We’re so proud of this team’s energy, commitment, and heart. Go Team Clearlake!!

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Gordon Neilly, Managing Director, Head of European Credit, recently spoke with Global Capital on European private credit lenders’ sharpened focus on credit quality amid recent defaults.

“Our emphasis is on cashflow lending, and we are beginning to see an increase in deals that are well suited to our client base,” said Gordon Neilly, head of credit Europe at Clearlake Credit.

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