Name | Location | Type | Current investments | Prior investments | Comments |
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Abry Partners | Boston, MA | PE | Gould & Lamb | | Origins of the firm are in media but have expanded into business services. |
Advent International | Boston, MA | PE | Long Term Care Group, Inc. | | Advent is a very large, global firm. Their US headquarters is in Boston. |
Aurora Capital Group | Los Angeles, CA | PE | Mitchell | | Currently in transaction to sell Mitchell to Investcorp (who will merge it with CCC). |
Bain Capital Private Equity | Boston, MA | PE | Applied Systems | | Acquired Applied Systems from Vista Equity Partners in Aug 2006 |
Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, MA | VC | Enservio | Definity Health | Bain Ventures likes businesses that are built around data and analytics. |
Bluff Point Associates | Westport, Ct | PE | Blue Frog Solutions | | Principals of this small firm have long association with Welsh Carson. Bluff Point does not have a web site; the hyperlink connects to their press release. |
Brera Capital Partners | New York, NY | PE | GAB Robins | | Brera acquired majority interest in GAB Robins in 1999 from Societe Generale. |
Capital Trust Ventures | Washington, DC | VC | | | New fund with experienced leadership. Looking for companies with $5M in revenues, eager to grow. |
CCP Equity Partners | Hartford, CT | GE | Evolution Benefits, Infoglide, Long Term Care Group | Finetra, Sterling Collision Centers, Ward North America | Looks for companies in financial services or healthcare services with $5M to $100M in revenues. |
Century Capital Management | Boston, MA | PE | | | Focused almost exclusively on insurance and insurance-related service companies. |
Evercore Partners | New York, NY | PE | | | Evercore is interested in attractive insurance technology and outsourcing investments. |
Fidelity Ventures | Boston, MA | VC | iPipeline, Coss Development | | Affiliated with Fidelity Investments but acts with autonomy. Interested in expanding their financial services technology and outsourcing investments. |
FirstMark Capital (fka Pequot Ventures) | New York, NY | VC | Superior Access, Swingtide, Duck Creek Technologies (US & Europe), Eagle Eye Analytics, Dovetail Insurance, Health Plan One | | Split from Pequot Capital and renamed FirstMark Capital Summer 2008 |
Flybridge Capital Partners | Boston, MA | VC | FirstBest Systems | | Affiliated with IDG (IT media, research, and exposition) |
FT Ventures | San Francisco, CA | GE | | | They have offices in NY as well. Many of their limited partners are insurers. |
General Atlantic | Greenwich, CT | PE | Xchanging | PMSC | GA looks for large BPO opportunities in our space. |
Greylock Partners | San Mateo, CA | VC | Full Capture Solutions | | Also have offices in Boston, Israel, and India |
Grey Mountain Partners | New York, NY | PE | AQS | | Look for companies with at least $30M in revenue or at least $5M of EBITDA. |
GTCR | Chicago, IL | PE | | Solera (fka ADP Claims) | Bought the claims business of ADP and later took it public as Solera. |
Hellman and Friedman | San Francisco, CA | PE | Vertafore | Mitchell | They have NY and London offices as well. |
Ignition Partners | Bellevue, WA | VC | Full Capture Solutions | | Focuses on North America. Has a partner fund in China. |
Intersouth Partners | Durham, NC | VC | Infoglide | | Focuses on the companies in the southeast that are in seed or early stage and have the potential to become market leaders by creating breakthrough technologies in their respective sectors. |
Investcorp | New York, NY | PE | CCC | | Currently in transaction to buy Mitchell from Aurora to be merged with CCC. |
JMI Equity | Baltimore, MD | PE | Arrowhead GIA | Vertafore (fka AMS), Mitchell, eBenX | JMI has offices on both coasts and has invested in minority position (junior to H&F in Vertafore and Mitchell). |
NewSpring Capital | Radnor, PA | VC | iPipeline, Coss Development | | Focused on the mid-Atlantic geographic region of the US. |
Odyssey Investment Partners | New York, NY | PE | York Insurance Services Group | | Also has offices in Woodland Hills, CA |
Origin Ventures | Chicago, IL | | ClaimForce | | Focus on Chicagoland and Midwest; typically invests $500k to $1M. |
Point Judith Capital | Providence, RI | VC | | | Looking for early stage companies with $0-$3 million in revenues in software, internet, and media. |
Providence Equity Partners | Providence, RI | PE | USIS | | Also has offices in NY, LA, London, Hong Kong, and New Delhi. |
Stone Point Capital | Greenwich, CT | PE | Infoglide, Cunningham Lindsey, Fiserv Insurance Solutions | ZC Sterling, Vertafore (fka AMS) | This firm grew out of the Marsh McLennan (MarshMac) and are well-steeped in insurance. |
Tailwind Capital | New York, NY | PE | Trover Solutions | | Trover was acquired by Tailwind, which later spun off from Thomas Weisel Partners. |
Tennant Capital Partners | Hartford, CT | VC | Insuritas | | Looking to invest in distribution plays. |
Virgo Capital | Austin, TX | PE | | | Looks for companies with $3-7M in EBITDA. |
Vista Equity Partners | San Francisco, CA | PE | Craig/is | Applied Systems | Sold Applied Systems to Bain Capital in Aug 2006 |
Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe | New York, NY | PE | Concentra, SHPS | | Welsh Carson had made offer for PMSC in 2000 before being outbid by CSC. |