Press Release

Kirkland Advises Guidepost Growth Equity on $35 Million Investment in Tractive

Kirkland & Ellis advised Guidepost Growth Equity on its lead role in the $35 million growth equity financing of Tractive, a leading maker of GPS-based devices providing real-time location tracking for dogs and cats, to fuel further growth and expansion into the U.S. / North American market.  As part of the financing, Guidepost General Partner, Chris Cavanagh, and former Ancestry and Lynda.com executive, Andrew Wait, will join Tractive’s board of directors.

Read the Tractive press release

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Christian Atwood and Attila Oldag and associate Henry Spalding, and tax partner Vincent Thorn.