Clearlake-Backed Symplr Acquires Phynd Technologies Clearlake Capital Group and Symplr are buying healthcare technology company Phynd Technologies. The acquisition of Phynd represents Symplr’s eleventh acquisition in the past six years, and its sixth under sponsorship from Clearlake and SkyKnight since November 2018. “This is an impressive milestone for symplr as the acquisition of Phynd provides highly complementary cloud provider directory management technology, expanding the company’s capabilities and addressable market,” said Behdad Eghbali, co-founder and managing partner, and Prashant Mehrotra, partner, of Clearlake. Harris Williams and Patient Square Capital, a health care investment firm, had hired Karr Narula as founding partner. Prior to joining Patient Square, Narula spent 13 years at KKR, where he was a partner and head of KKR’s portfolio operations team (KKR Capstone) in the Americas. At Patient Square, Narula will oversee the firm’s transformation and growth team.