Split Software Enters Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Harness

Gunderson Dettmer represented client Split Software, a leading Feature Management and Experimentation provider, in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Harness, a Modern Software Delivery Platform® company.  Split's Feature Data Platform™ gives product development teams the confidence to move fast without breaking things or burning out. This acquisition defines a new standard in software delivery, empowering companies to innovate faster and more efficiently than ever before.

In the announcement of the transaction, Split Software CEO Brian Bell said, "The moment of feature release is a critical touchpoint between the developer and user. Our mission at Split has been to give development teams the confidence to accelerate with control and the freedom to innovate with ease. To further this mission, I couldn't think of a better partner than Harness. Harness is automating and integrating every stage of software development. Together, we will have the most comprehensive software delivery platform on the market."

The Gunderson Dettmer deal team was led by corporate partner Jared Grauer and M&A partner Jenn Sayles Okorn, and included corporate associates Jared Mayberry, Hannah Porter, Alexis Persson and Vard Danielyan, strategic transactions & licensing partner Aaron Fiske and associates Shagun Parekh and Phoebe Hung, executive compensation partner Michael Richman and associates Erik Ward and Sofia Rattes, tax partner Mark Foster and associate Morgan Otway, employment & labor associates Viviane Scott and Maggie Vogel, and data privacy associate Cecilia Jeong.

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