
Medallia lands with lenders after Thoma Bravo’s $5bn loss
A Blackstone-led consortium, including Apollo and KKR, will take control of Medallia from Thoma Bravo and inject $150 million to cut its debt, wiping out nearly all of Thoma Bravo’s roughly $5 billion investment in what’s described as one of private equity’s biggest losses. Thoma Bravo had admitted overpaying for Medallia, whose debt exploded after a high-growth buyout in 2021, and had resisted further cash injections while lenders pressed for relief. The deal aims to stabilize Medallia and fund next‑phase AI investments, while the lender-backed takeover marks a rare PE setback at scale.








