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Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor with $85 billion in assets under management, today announced the successful closing of its first private equity Collateralized Fund Obligation (“CFO”), at $1 billion, exceeding its initial target of $750 million. The transaction marks an important milestone in Pantheon’s long track record of innovation across private markets and reflects sustained institutional demand for structured access to private equity.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Kathryn Leaf has been named to Private Equity International (“PEI”) Group’s Women of Influence in Private Markets 2025, in the cross-asset class category. The annual ranking celebrates trailblazing women whose leadership is shaping the future of alternative assets across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, real estate, and venture capital.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, today announced the appointment of Florence Dard as Partner, Chief Client Officer, effective October 7. Based in London, Ms. Dard will develop and lead the firm’s capital formation and client relationship strategy, reflecting Pantheon’s continued momentum and the growing demand for its private markets expertise, in particular its secondaries leadership across asset classes. Ms. Dard will also join the firm’s executive committee.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is pleased to announce the final close of Pantheon Credit Opportunities III (PCO III) and related vehicles, with total commitments of approximately $2.2 billion, exceeding initial targets by over 2.5x.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, today announced the closing of a record $5.2 billion into Pantheon Senior Debt III (“PSD III”) and related vehicles, consisting of closed-end co-mingled funds, evergreen and rated insurance vehicles, and separately managed accounts. The success of PSD III, which was oversubscribed and surpassed preceding fundraises, reflects the strength of Pantheon’s private credit investment expertise, as well as the firm’s leading position as an innovative solutions provider across the institutional, private wealth, and insurance channels.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, announced the final close of Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund II (PSOF II) and related vehicles, with total commitments reaching $1.1bn — almost doubling the size of its $624mn predecessor program. PSOF II invests in companies with compelling ongoing growth and value creation potential, managed by high-quality managers who demonstrate high conviction and strong alignment of interest with secondaries buyers in continuation vehicles. The strategy taps Pantheon’s extensive expertise in secondaries investments, and GP-led transactions in particular, along with its deep mid-market specialization and long-standing GP relationships, to offer investors the opportunity to capitalize on the rapidly growing GP-led secondaries market.

Pantheon, a leading provider of specialized global private markets investment solutions, has completed its previously announced leadership transition. Kathryn Leaf, who has played a leading role in the firm’s strategic development and led the firm’s real assets investment strategies, has become Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Paul Ward, who is now Executive Chairman. Jeff Miller has become Chief Investment Officer, and also serves as Global Head of Private Equity.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, today announced that it has filed for registration of the AMG Pantheon Infrastructure Fund (P-BUILD), an innovative evergreen fund offering private wealth investors access to Pantheon’s specialist approach to private infrastructure secondaries investments. P-BUILD will be offered in a registered interval fund structure and become the latest addition to the firm’s growing, global evergreen platform.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, today announced the launch of two funds to expand its private wealth offerings across asset classes in key growth markets globally. Leveraging decades of expertise in evergreen product structuring, Pantheon is focused on meeting the complex needs of private wealth investors seeking diversified portfolios and access to exclusive market segments. The new funds, focusing on secondaries investments in private credit and private equity, respectively, capitalize on Pantheon’s leadership and extensive experience in mid-market secondaries investing.

Pantheon, the leading WebOps platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced the appointment of Sameer Kazi as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Kazi, a veteran leader with over 20 years of experience scaling SaaS organizations and driving operational excellence, will spearhead Pantheon’s next phase of accelerated growth and innovation. Former CEO Bill Ingram will continue to support the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is delighted to announce the appointment of Arnab Mazumdar as Partner and Chief Data & Innovation Officer, as well as two new Managing Directors, Christian D’Amico and Brian Hanson, to continue to expand the firm’s presence and reach in key global growth markets.

Pantheon, a leading specialist global private markets investor, and iCapital1, the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, have announced a global partnership to distribute Pantheon open-ended products in the wealth management channel.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, has announced a partnership with Lytics, the premier customer data platform (CDP) for Google Cloud customers and 100% Google Cloud-native CDP, at Google Cloud Next ‘24. Together, Lytics and Pantheon are providing mutual customers with free access to Lytics’ Personalization Engine, giving digital marketing teams an unprecedented opportunity: to get up and running with website personalization in days, not quarters, address an imminent cookie-less future, and leverage cutting-edge generative AI technology.

Pantheon, a leading specialist global private markets investor, is pleased to announce that Kathryn Leaf will become Chief Executive Officer, reflecting the ongoing evolution of the firm’s leadership structure and the increasing scale and breadth of its global business. She will succeed Paul Ward, who will become Executive Chairman following a highly successful decade-plus tenure leading Pantheon through a period of substantial growth and expansion. The transition will be effective from January 1, 2025, and is subject to standard regulatory approval.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is pleased to announce three senior promotions as part of its annual promotion round, enhancing leadership in the firm’s Investment and Investor Relations teams.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is pleased to announce the final close of Pantheon Global Infrastructure Fund IV and associated vehicles (PGIF IV), marking the firm’s largest-ever fundraise with commitments totaling $5.3bn1.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is pleased to announce the successful closing of Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VII and associated vehicles (PGSF VII), its latest flagship global private equity secondaries offering, with commitments totalling $3.25bn1.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced it has named Berrie De Vet Vice President of Sales for EMEA and APAC. De Vet is a renowned industry sales leader, with more than two decades of experience spanning roles at digital experience platform (DXP) companies including Acquia and Sitecore. He will focus on growing Pantheon’s global customer base, while empowering regional teams to connect WebOps value to organizations eager to boost team productivity and drive exponential business velocity.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is pleased to announce it has filed for registration an innovative evergreen private credit fund anchored in private credit secondaries. The AMG Pantheon Credit Solutions Fund (PSECC) will become the latest addition to the firm’s growing, global evergreen platform – and will be the first of its type to deliver a private credit secondaries-focused investment strategy to the US private wealth market.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced it has appointed John Gardiner the company’s Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer. In this dual leadership role, he is an integral part of the Pantheon executive team and will focus on value creation and driving efforts to transform and scale operational initiatives, systems, growth, legal, and finance company wide.

Inc. revealed today that Pantheon ranks No. 3799 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced it has named enterprise SaaS engineering expert Kshitij Dayal Senior Vice President of Engineering. He joins the executive team and is chartered with scaling the Pantheon engineering team to enhance the user experience and deliver on the next wave of WebOps innovation.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced it has been named a Strong Performer in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Web Content Management. Pantheon received 5 out of 5 stars on the overall rating scale in 50% of reviews synthesized for the document, and 93% of users who reviewed Pantheon said they are willing to recommend the platform, based on 28 reviews submitted in the Web Content Management market on Gartner Peer Insights as of January 2023.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced its Front-End Sites product is now enhanced with advanced content cache coordination, eliminating the conflict between serving visitors at large scale and being able to update content in real-time. The release is the latest improvement to Front-End Sites, which is now widely available to any organization interested in a decoupled architecture. Pantheon team members will demonstrate the technology this week at DrupalCon 2023, held June 5-8 in Pittsburgh.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced a new, direct purchase path that puts web teams in control of accessing significant WebOps value in just a few clicks. Pantheon has unlocked the automation features, WebOps tools, and technical support that allow teams to uplevel collaboration and focus on delivering extraordinary performance for their organizations, by making Pantheon Gold account plans available self-service on pantheon.io.

Pantheon, a leading specialist global private markets investor, is pleased to announce the final close of its latest private credit secondary offering, Pantheon Credit Opportunities Fund II program (PCO II), having secured $590m in commitments from investors, exceeding the initial target size.

Pantheon, a leading specialist global private markets investor, is pleased to announce the final close of our latest flagship private equity co-investment program, Pantheon Global Co-Investment Opportunities Fund V (PGCO V), having secured more than $2.4bn commitments from investors1.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today announced recipients of its inaugural Best in WebOps Awards. Twenty standout teams and individuals from organizations including The Clorox Company, Princeton University, Nestlé, WebMD Provider Services, and Salesloft were recognized, by a panel of judges, for their use of WebOps to create exemplary website experiences, increase web team agility and deliver business results.

Pantheon, a leading, diversified global private markets investor, today announces the formation of a strategic real estate platform with Elliott Bay Capital Trust (“Elliott Bay”), a privately held healthcare-focused real estate company. The partnership is consistent with Pantheon’s real estate strategy, which is focused on creating specialized operating platforms in needs-based property sectors.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today published new research that explores consumers’ brand experiences and identifies the most influential points for trust-building and trust-breaking along the digital customer journey. Consumers ranked the marketing strategies and missteps that most significantly impact brand trust, which 73% say is their biggest motivator to share first-party data. As marketers rapidly approach a cookieless digital world, the findings demonstrate that the ability to create frictionless digital experiences that build, cultivate, and protect customer trust is a competitive advantage.

Pantheon, a leading provider of specialized global private markets investment solutions, is pleased to welcome four new members to the firm’s partnership, including three colleagues elevated through our annual promotions, which recognize the contribution of professionals across all levels and teams to the ongoing growth and success of our business, and to meeting the evolving needs of our clients around the world.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, is proud to announce that it has been named to career service FlexJobs’ inaugural list of the Top 100 Companies for Hybrid Jobs 2022. This list is based on an analysis of approximately 57,000 companies and their hybrid job posting histories in the FlexJobs database between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022. Pantheon is one of 100 companies that had the most hybrid job postings during this time period.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is delighted to announce the addition of Alex Denny, formerly head of Fidelity International’s investment trust business, as its new Managing Director, European Private Wealth, and Nicole Parker, formerly of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, as Managing Director, US Private Wealth. Pantheon has a longstanding and ongoing commitment to opening access to private markets to non-institutional investors, and the new hires reflect increasing investor demand for the offerings across its $6 billion evergreen platform1 that currently includes two UK-listed investment trusts, as well as the SEC-registered AMG Pantheon Fund.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced it has named accomplished SaaS technology executive Meredith Brown as chief product officer. Brown will lead product strategy, development and design, and she will drive the vision and execution for market-leading WebOps innovations that enhance the user experience, boost collaboration, and speed time to value.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is delighted to have led the launch of the new Asia-Pacific chapter of Initiative Climat International (iCI), the global initiative that seeks to harness the collective efforts of private market participants to address climate change and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon global economy.

Today, Inc. revealed that Pantheon is No. 3251 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers, and marketers, today published new research that explores the relationship between marketing and IT leaders as they develop, manage, update and evolve their most important digital asset – their website. The survey, conducted in partnership with Hanover Research, uncovered a collective focus on improving website agility; however, competing priorities and collaboration gaps create significant challenges for both groups as they navigate their organizations' digital efforts.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is delighted to announce the appointment of Eimear Palmer as Partner and Global Head of ESG. In this new role, which sits within Pantheon’s investment function, Eimear will oversee and further develop the firm’s established ESG strategy and range of initiatives, reflecting our ongoing commitment to integrating ESG principles throughout our business and enhancing our track record of leadership in private markets on a topic that is of growing importance to investors.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced its inclusion in the Forrester Research Now Tech: Agile Content Management Systems (CMS), Q2 2022 report.

Pantheon, a leading global private markets investor, is delighted to announce the final close of Pantheon Senior Debt II USD (PSD II), our flagship global fund dedicated to senior private debt secondary investment opportunities, on $834m, substantially in excess of the initial target of $500m.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced it has named technology industry veteran Christine Park as chief people officer. Park will lead the evolution of Pantheon’s people organization, with a focus on building and scaling the strategies, teams, and processes needed to drive sustainable, global growth.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced the appointment of Bill Ingram, former Avalara chief financial officer, to the company’s board of directors. Ingram is the ideal champion for Pantheon’s value proposition, and his extensive financial leadership and deep SaaS industry expertise will contribute to capitalizing on the global WebOps market opportunity.

Pantheon, the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced it will kick off its second annual Gift of Open Source on Dec. 1. The free, month-long event, which runs through Dec. 31, connects technical and non-technical audiences to opportunities to contribute to open source projects that are designed to make the open web more inclusive, efficient and impactful for all.