2022

Marlin portfolio company ProcessUnity acquires AI/NLP technology from ISMS Solutions

LOS ANGELES, November 2, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing technology from ISMS Solutions (“ISMS”), a leading provider of technology-assisted compliance solutions. The patented technology will be integrated with ProcessUnity, an existing Marlin portfolio company, extending ProcessUnity’s Third-Party Risk Management platform and allowing organizations to assess large volumes of vendor due diligence responses more efficiently.

“Organizations spend a significant portion of their overall effort reviewing and verifying vendor assessment questionnaires and the associated policies and procedures that accompany them. It’s a labor-intensive process that lacks ...

Marlin portfolio company Puzzel acquires S2

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, November 1, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired S2 Communications AB (“S2”), a leading digital-first provider of outbound campaign management and sales functionality solutions, such as payment services, order capture, calendar bookings and e-signatures. Headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, and with customers throughout Europe, the company’s solution offers both in-house and agent sales representatives a suite of ancillary CRM solutions aimed to enhance outbound campaign management and sales functionality. S2 will be merged with Puzzel, an existing Marlin portfolio company, further strengthening the functionality of Puzzel’s cloud-based ...

Marlin portfolio company Learning Pool acquires People-Analytix

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, October 11, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired People-Analytix AG (“People-Analytix”), an AI-based employee skills management platform. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company’s skills management platform includes a proprietary multilingual skills ontology with over 20,000 unique skills, enabling companies to identify organizational skills gaps, uncover workforce trends and match employees to jobs, projects and learning. People-Analytix will be merged with Learning Pool, an existing Marlin portfolio company.

“The advancements from the acquisition of People-Analytix will allow customers the power to automatically address skills gaps as they appear,” said ...

Marlin portfolio company Linnworks acquires SkuVault

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, September 1, 2022 — Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired SkuVault, a U.S.-based inventory management software (“IMS”), order management systems (“OMS”) and warehouse management systems (“WMS”) solutions provider. SkuVault will be merged with Linnworks, an existing Marlin portfolio company, strengthening its position as a leading global e-commerce enablement software platform. The deal unites two companies with a shared vision of accelerating growth for omnichannel sellers. The combined global organization will benefit from greater scale, enhanced brand awareness, an extended product portfolio, and an expanded talent base and roadmap ...

Marlin completes significant majority investment in Altvia to support continued growth

LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a significant majority investment in Altvia Holdings Inc. (“Altvia”), a leading provider of investor communications and data management software that serves the private capital markets. The company’s comprehensive product suite enables private equity, venture capital, fund of funds and other participants in the private capital markets to effectively and efficiently manage mission critical data, improve communications and develop industry relationships through a vertically-tailored software platform. The transaction enables Altvia to further expand its leadership position within the software ecosystem for ...

Marlin portfolio company iBanFirst signs definitive agreement to acquire Cornhill

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, June 29, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that iBanFirst, an existing Marlin portfolio company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based FX provider, Cornhill International Payments FX Holdings Ltd (“Cornhill”) to strengthen its position as a leader in multicurrency B2B payment services. Cornhill’s combination with iBanFirst will improve its value proposition for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by simplifying currency transfers and offering clients access to state-of-the-art, cross-border technology. The acquisition further builds upon iBanFirst’s mission to accelerate international expansion, strengthen partnerships and establish market leadership across Europe. ...

Marlin portfolio company Worksoft acquires eureQa

LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired eureQa, LLC (“eureQa”), a leading provider of an AI-powered, purpose-built SaaS test automation platform for testing digital applications. The company’s comprehensive product offering provides no-code performance and end-to-end testing of web, mobile, API, database and enterprise e-commerce packaged applications. eureQa will be merged with Worksoft, an existing Marlin portfolio company, further expanding Worksoft’s Connective Automation platform capabilities and creating a comprehensive automation platform to help organizations understand, de-risk and optimize end-to-end business processes.

“The addition of eureQa’s AI-driven SaaS testing platform and ...

Marlin portfolio company Exegy acquires Enyx

LOS ANGELES, May 10, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Enyx S.A. (“Enyx”), a leading provider of FPGA-based, high-performance trading solutions for the financial markets. The company’s comprehensive product offering provides FPGA-powered solutions for numerous financial technology applications, including market data acquisition and normalization, order execution and network connectivity management, as well as a development environment for customers to create customizable applications. Enyx will be merged with Exegy, an existing Marlin portfolio company, further expanding Exegy’s global leadership in FPGA technology with a more robust solution for its global financial ...

Marlin portfolio company Lengow acquires netRivals

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, 26 April, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired netRivals, a leading SaaS provider of price and market intelligence solutions for e-commerce businesses and brands. netRivals is a recognized leader in pricing, product attributes and image recognition, with a unique data-tracking technology that enables businesses to make more effective pricing decisions and boost their e-commerce sales. Headquartered in Barcelona, netRivals will be merged with Lengow, an existing Marlin portfolio company, enabling it to further deepen its value proposition by offering product pricing and market intelligence as a ...

Marlin signs definitive agreement to complete growth equity investment in Marcura

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, March 14, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to complete a growth equity investment in The Marcura Group (“Marcura”), a leading vertical software, data intelligence and payments platform for the maritime industry. The company’s spend management software allows leading shipping companies to optimize the port process, as well as reduce the time spent in port, in order to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability. The company’s platforms are used by over 700 leading maritime organizations who play a crucial role in global trade. The ...

Marlin portfolio company Skuid acquires InFlight

LOS ANGELES, February 3, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired InFlight, a leading software platform that helps enterprise organizations modernize their business applications and improve talent acquisition and the overall employee experience (“EX”). The company’s solution allows enterprises to extend the life of their existing human capital management (“HCM”) systems and create modern, web-based user experiences that are integrated with their systems of record. InFlight will be merged with Skuid, an existing Marlin portfolio company, significantly enhancing Skuid’s cloud application development platform with a more comprehensive offering for enterprises that ...

Marlin completes significant growth investment in Reputation

LOS ANGELES, January 25, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a significant growth investment in Reputation.com, Inc. (“Reputation”), a global leader in Reputation Experience Management (“RXM”). The company’s comprehensive reputation feedback platform helps businesses collect, combine and translate solicited and unsolicited feedback across all channels, in real-time, and provides customers with prescriptive insights that can lead to better decisions aimed at improving and enhancing their online reputation.

“Not only is Reputation seeing exponential growth, but the customer experience industry is also thriving,” said Joe Fuca, CEO at Reputation. “Businesses understand the ...

Marlin completes majority investment in Silobreaker

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, January 19, 2021 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in Silobreaker, a leading risk and threat intelligence SaaS provider, to support its continued growth strategy. The company’s comprehensive software solution helps business, security and intelligence professionals generate critical and actionable insights from overwhelming amounts of unstructured data on the web through its powerful data enrichment, contextualization and visualization capabilities. Co-founders, Kristofer Mansson and Per Lindh, will continue to lead the company and retain minority ownership in the business.

“Our market-leading, machine learning powered platform enables ...

Marlin completes significant growth investment in CE Broker

LOS ANGELES, January 12, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a significant growth investment in CE Broker, Inc. (“CE Broker”), a leading provider of Continuing Education (”CE”) management and license verification software to the healthcare sector. The company offers two core solutions: CE Broker, a software platform that facilitates and tracks CE compliance for regulatory boards and licensed professionals, and EverCheck, a software platform that facilitates license verification compliance for health systems and licensed professionals.

“We are incredibly proud of the market-leading products and loyal customer base that we have built ...

Marlin portfolio company Learning Pool acquires True Office Learning

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, January 6, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that Learning Pool, an existing Marlin portfolio company, has acquired True Office Learning (“True Office”), a provider of software and eLearning content focused on Governance, Risk & Compliance. Headquartered in New York, True Office specializes in predictive insight and targeted remediation and has become a disruptor in the compliance space by creating award winning programs and solutions that proactively manage risk and drive better business outcomes for a wide range of Fortune 100 clients. The acquisition of True Office by Learning Pool ...