Gryphon Investors Completes Sale of 3Cloud to Cognizant

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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Gryphon Investors ("Gryphon"), a leading middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has completed the sale of its portfolio company 3Cloud ("the Company"), a highly scaled dedicated Microsoft Azure services provider, to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH). The transaction was originally announced on November 13, 2025. Financial terms are not disclosed.","length":460,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, 3Cloud offers comprehensive solutions that help customers optimize business outcomes within Microsoft Azure, including being a global leader in Azure-dedicated AI enablement solutions. 3Cloud's offerings are purposely built to optimize the value of Microsoft's Azure platform with a proven track record in modern data engineering, cloud-native AI application development, advanced analytics, and Azure managed services. 3Cloud is also an Elite Databricks partner. Since Gryphon's initial investment in June 2020, the Company has completed multiple add-on acquisitions, while also growing organically at over 20% per year to increase its scale by approximately 12x.","length":732,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Gabe Stephenson, Deal Partner and Co-Head of Gryphon's Technology Solutions & Services Group, said, "We truly enjoyed the journey of working with CEO Mike Rocco, President Jim Dietrich, and the entire 3Cloud management team to build a preeminent Azure services provider. We are grateful for the hard work of the 3Cloud team and we appreciate the shared vision and ultimate success we had together. We wish the 3Cloud team well and expect them to continue to flourish and grow as a part of Cognizant."","length":518,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Gryphon was represented in sale by Lazard on transaction advisory and Kirkland & Ellis on legal. Cognizant was represented by Mayer Brown.","length":142,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"About Gryphon Investors Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on growing competitively-advantaged companies in the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Software, and Technology Solutions & Services sectors. With more than $...

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