Role

Craig Muir is a Partner and Head of Software, Data & Analytics. He joined Solomon Partners in 2023 to further build out the firm’s Technology group.

Experience

Craig has over two decades of corporate finance experience, and has advised on critical sellside, buyside, capital raises, strategic partnerships, and other transactions. Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Craig was a Managing Director in the Technology group at Houlihan Lokey and a member of the Data & Analytics team. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Quayle Munro where he was instrumental in developing their Technology practice.

 Select publicly announced, completed advisory transactions include:

  • The recapitalization of Kpler by Insight Partners and Five Arrows
  • The merger of Evaluate and MMIT
  • The sale of Samba Safety to Stone Point Capital
  • The merger of Novantas and FBX, capitalized by Informa and Inflexion
  • The recapitalization of Evaluate by Hg Capital
  • The sale of OPS to OEConnection
  • The sale of eDriving to Solera
  • The sale of Informa’s EPFR division to Montagu Private Equity
  • The sale of Informa’s Asset Intelligence division to Randall Reilly
  • The Sale of GeoPhy to Walker and Dunlop
  • The sale of Bureau van Dijk to Moody’s
  • The sale of Sequel to Verisk
  • The sale of Power Advocate to Verisk
  • The sale of Wood Mackenzie to Hellman & Friedman
  • The sale of Fulcrum Financial Data to Fitch Group

Education

Craig earned a B Comm in Finance, Economics and Business from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and holds a CIMA certification.