We don’t invest in fancy Powerpoint decks or big ideas that may become a business one day. We obsess over highly-addictive, business-critical enterprise applications and seek to partner with similarly obsessed industry veterans who are solving a problem with their business.
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PSG
We’ve spent our careers in the growth-stage software space and appreciate the importance of a company’s inflection point. With a dedication to the fundamentals, understanding of the software market and lessons learned in the operational trenches, we're focused on helping propel companies to the next level. People with perspective We’re powered by an energetic, collaborative community – a community made of the motivated people at PSG and the exceptional innovators who lead PSG portfolio companies. We find purpose together: by diving in, working as a team and capturing new opportunities. Built for growth We understand the unique opportunities and challenges of building a leading software company. With that foundation, we’ve built a tried and tested growth engine that helps software businesses unlock their full potential for growth, expansion and impact. A genuine partnership It’s in our DNA: building connections and trust with management teams. This collective effort forms the foundation that drives companies forward. Meet the businesses that we’re proud to call our partners and learn how their software is transforming industries.
Serent Capital
Founded in 2008, Serent Capital is a leading lower-middle market private equity firm focused on investing in high growth service and technology businesses. Our operating model is distinct in its focus on business building. We strive to be an involved, value-added investor, capable of providing significant operational and strategic support to our portfolio company CEOs on the most critical issues that they face as their companies scale. Serent Capital’s ability to assist its companies is based on its principals’ experience as CEOs, strategic advisers, and Board Members, and a deep network of formal and informal advisors. Our mission is to deliver extraordinary returns by partnering with outstanding executive teams to grow exceptional businesses. Our success in this mission comes from our persistent adherence to our values. Created by founders, for founders When you partner with an investor, you’re looking for a partner with the right values, working style, and personality to build an amazing relationship. Serent was created by experienced founders and operators to offer growing companies the guidance we wished we’d had. With Serent, you can partner with experts who have been there – so we can find opportunities together that will help you scale your business faster. Purpose-driven partnership Imagine the difference it could make to your business if you could rely on top-tier industry experts to guide you through planning your pricing structure or hiring your head of marketing. With Serent, that’s exactly what you get. With everything we do, we strive for collaborative decision making. You can always expect an honest conversation, knowing we’re working toward what’s best for your business. More than financial partners Working with experts is the best way to get better, faster. That’s why we invest in hiring the seasoned pros on our Growth Team – and offer their guidance to you without consulting fees. Whether you’re developing new marketing channels, expanding your team, or rolling out a new service, we’ll connect you with the right people to provide support through every step of the process. Our valuesPerformance: Demanding of excellence, unyielding in the search for truth, upholding the obligation to dissent, disciplined. Partnership: Trust, support, and respect – both internally and with our portfolio executive teams and employees. Our portfolio companies come first, Firm second, self third. Development: High expectations, invest in the individual, reap the rewards as a firm. Entrepreneurship: Valued in our firm, in our professionals, in our portfolio companies and their leadership. Principled: Fiercely protective of our reputation for professionalism and integrity, with everyone in our universe: executives, employees, intermediaries, investors, service providers. Investment focus & criteria We invest significant time and resources researching attractive industry segments. As a result, we can quickly assess whether we are interested in investigating a business further. This often takes place within 72 hours. If we are interested, we are able to leverage our research and move quickly to complete a transaction. Serent invests in great businesses with exciting growth prospects. Our investment approach is to identify sectors with robust growth, and then to invest significant time and resources researching those sectors to identify attractive business models. We focus predominantly on services businesses, particularly ones with moderate to light capital intensity, requiring limited capital expenditures. We also look for companies at key inflection points, where they can benefit from our experience and expertise in business building. GROWING SECTORS: We like businesses that operate in sectors that are undergoing significant change, with dynamics that create or expand a market opportunity beyond what has been available historically. Examples include sectors that are benefiting from strong demographic trends, from shifting distribution, sourcing, or staffing models, or from technology enablement. SCALABLE BUSINESS MODELS: We like emerging new businesses that have developed a “secret sauce” in the form of capabilities, resources, proprietary content/information, or other types of intellectual property. Typically, this secret sauce is delivered in the form of a service and has subscription or recurring revenue. These services benefit from increasing scale, which helps establish a sustainable and defensible market position. OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD BUSINESSES: We prefer to invest in companies that will benefit from the experience and expertise of Serent’s principals in business building. We believe that by partnering together, we can build great companies and earn great returns. We are open to buying businesses where an owner may not want an active role going forward, and we are very comfortable working with those owners and companies to ensure a smooth and successful transition for all parties. SIZE Serent Capital typically invests from $20 million to $200 million in B2B software companies with a strong product market fit and 30%+ Net Promoter Score (NPS). In general, the companies in which we invest have the following characteristics: REVENUE: We are comfortable with a range of annual recurring revenues, from $5 million (or a path to $5 million) to $100 million GROWTH: We focus on growing businesses and look for annual growth from 20-1000% PROFITABILITY: We look for businesses that are profitable or have a path to profitability STRUCTURE We make investments of the following types: RECAPITALIZATIONS: We provide liquidity for entrepreneurs looking to sell a majority or minority stake in their businesses, while allowing them either to retain operational control or to bring in a new management team. BUYOUTS: Through a highly collaborative process, we are able to develop thoughtful and successful exit strategies for business owners. Our versatile approach allows us to partner with existing management teams or to engage new management if needed. GROWTH CAPITAL: We bring our business building experience and financial capital to bear to make significant investments that accelerate growth. This is typically done in conjunction with a recapitalization. In our investments, we look for a meaningful ownership stake and always look for a role for Serent to work actively with management in building the business.
Arconic Capital
Most people only see a paradigm shift after the fact, not the incremental steps taken to get there. At Arconic, we focus on the delta. We believe growth is never a product of any one factor alone. It’s the incremental improvements; the intelligent interventions and the strategic connections that drive exponential returns. When these pieces come together, everything shifts. The growth compounds. The trajectory arcs up and to the right. The whole becomes greater from the sum of its parts. At Arconic, we believe greatness is Intelligible, incremental, measurable, accretive. AI accelerated technologies will reshape how business gets done. It has shaped our ambition, and the necessity, to build a new technology focussed private asset investment manager, built like a tech company. While we draw on over 40 years of experience and heritage as leading operators and investors, Arconic will combine AI and data driven techniques to provide actionable opportunities, optimise returns and build an efficient platform. Our initial Fund, Arconic Venture Fund I, will invest and partner with the next generation of category defining B2B and Enterprise leaders that will redefine industries.
Arrowroot Capital Management
We offer bespoke growth capital solutions to emerging software companies to fuel growth-focused initiatives. Exclusively dedicated to software investing, we bring deep domain expertise to deliver meaningful, tangible value to our portfolio companies. We sit in Los Angeles and Miami and invest globally wherever there is need for flexible capital. With over eight years investing and 25+ platform investments under our belt, we target opportunities of varying sizes and a broad range of transaction types. Alignment is at the core of what we do – alignment with the management teams we partner with, with our investors and with one another. We challenge ourselves to see opportunity where others don’t. We consider ourselves lucky to have the opportunity to partner with and invest in some of the best SaaS companies in the world and we take the responsibility of being a part owner and part contributor very seriously.
Sorenson Capital
Sorenson Capital is a growth equity firm that backs market-defining B2B software companies. Through two decades of partnering with high-performing entrepreneurs, Sorenson Capital has developed a repeatable playbook to help companies build their go-to-market efforts to achieve lasting scale. The firm’s strategy is to invest in minority positions in high-growth companies from the Series B to pre-IPO stage.
14Peaks Capital
Our focus is on B2B software, and we are committed to partnering with companies that are well-positioned to capitalize on the megatrends shaping the future of how businesses leverage software in their day-to-day operations and interactions. As early stage investors, we provide our partners with the resources and support they need to grow and scale. Our team has extensive experience in supporting companies throughout different stages of growth, and we leverage our network of industry contacts, strategic partners, and investors to help these succeed. Our presence in key cities in Europe and the US allows us to provide valuable insights and connections, helping our partners expand into new markets and grow their businesses abroad. We are committed to helping our founders build successful ventures with lasting impact and value. We believe in the power of partnerships, and we work closely with our portfolio companies to help them achieve their goals and realize their full potential. WE LOOK FOR FUTURE TRENDS NOT PRESENT HYPES Targeting companies addressing the mega-trends shaping the technology of tomorrow WE ARE BE MORE THAN JUST CAPITAL PARTNERS Creating genuine partnerships and providing aligned and operational support to accelerate growth WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE WITH DISRUPTIVE VISIONS Who seek to transform industries through innovative technology and unique approaches