LOS ANGELES, November 2, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a growth investment in TRAFiX (“TRAFiX” or the “Company”), a leading provider of order and execution management software (“OEMS”) and FIX connectivity solutions for the global capital markets. TRAFiX’s versatile suite of solutions caters to capital markets participants worldwide, supporting their electronic trading workflows for equities, complex options and other asset classes through a purpose-built, multi-geography trading system. Marlin’s investment represents the first institutional capital raised by TRAFiX since its inception in 2013. The transaction will enable the Company to ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, October 9, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that Cloud Technology Solutions Group (“CTS”), an existing Marlin portfolio company, has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Appsbroker Ltd. (“Appsbroker”) to form the largest Google Cloud-dedicated digital consultancy in Europe. The two Google Premier Partners will become a single, united company for both strategic consulting and engineering, meeting the rapidly growing demand for seamless artificial intelligence, martech, data and cloud security solutions that deliver real business impact. With a customer base that already includes major household names, the agreement will further boost ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, August 29, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired ShipServ Ltd. (“ShipServ”), a leading maritime software procurement platform and marketplace. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, ShipServ enables maritime buyers to streamline their procurement processes through digitization and increased efficiency, while simultaneously providing suppliers access to consolidated demand, improved procurement flow and an array of value-added services. ShipServ will be merged with Marcura, an existing Marlin portfolio company, to deliver an innovative customer centric platform built for the Blue Economy. Marcura’s proficiency in payments and compliance solutions adds ...

LOS ANGELES, August 9, 2023 — Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the take-private acquisition of Meltwater (Oslo Stock Exchange: MWTR), a media intelligence and social listening platform that specializes in solutions for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputations. The offer and subsequent post-closing restructuring were originally announced on January 18, 2023 and completed on August 9, 2023. Meltwater shareholders were entitled to receive NOK 18.00 settled in cash, shares in the Offeror, or a combination thereof. Marlin partnered with Altor Equity Partners (“Altor”) in the transaction and will together hold a ...

LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired CyberGRX, a leading provider of Third-Party Cyber Risk Management (TPRM) software. Equipping organizations with complete third-party cyber risk intelligence, CyberGRX delivers a robust cyber risk data exchange, predictive risk insights and a portfolio-wide view of security gaps. CyberGRX will be merged with ProcessUnity, an existing Marlin portfolio company, creating a software and data platform that accelerates customers’ ability to identify, assess, analyze and ultimately reduce risk within their ecosystems. Under terms of the transaction, ProcessUnity and its investors acquired CyberGRX, ...

LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a majority growth investment in LineLeader by ChildcareCRM (“LineLeader”), a leading provider of SaaS software and digital payment solutions for the early childcare education market. The company’s product suite is comprised of three unified core modules: Enroll, Engage and Manage, which together allow childcare businesses to manage the entire journey of a family, including customer relationship management (CRM), family engagement, childcare management, and tuition billing functionality. Growth Street Partners and other existing shareholders will retain a minority stake in the ...

LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired ETHIX360, a Charlotte-based provider of next-generation integrated risk and compliance management solutions. ETHIX360’s cloud-based, SaaS solutions provide case management, policy management, compliance training and whistleblowing capabilities to over four million workers across 80 countries in numerous industries including manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, energy, retail and hospitality, the public sector, and education. ETHIX360 will be merged with StarCompliance, an existing Marlin portfolio company, further expanding the company’s leading product suite to provide compliance solutions across both employee conflicts of interest and ...

LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Immuware, a leading provider of occupational and employee health software. The company’s multi-tenant SaaS solution helps hospitals, healthcare systems and other organizations automate compliance workflows related to employee health by centrally recording, tracking and reporting across a range of employee health data. Immuware will be merged with CE Broker, an existing Marlin portfolio company, further expanding the company’s ability to accelerate product innovation and address a wider range of healthcare compliance requirements, reinforcing its mission to power professional management through ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, March 09, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in Tennaxia (the “Company”), a leading cloud-based software provider of corporate social responsibility and sustainability data management solutions. Tennaxia enables middle-market and enterprise businesses as well as financial institutions to effectively manage and improve EHS (Environment, Health, Safety) and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) performance and reduce associated operational risks and costs. Serving over 750 clients, including some of Europe’s largest corporations, the Company supports its corporate clients in successfully meeting regulatory compliance obligations and proactively ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, January 25, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a growth investment in OpenAsset Enterprises (“OpenAsset”), a leading verticalized DAM (“Digital Asset Management”) provider for the AEC (“Architecture, Engineering and Construction”) industry. The company’s market leading DAM platform, focused solely on the AEC sector, serves as a central system-of-record for marketing and sales-related workflows, solving document management and collaboration pain points through further organization and access to digital media asset management. The platform has a project-centric architecture that provides the ability to store digital assets by project, ...

Meltwater shareholders to receive NOK 18 per share, to be settled in cash, shares in the Offeror or a combination thereof. The Offer Price represents a premium of 36% to the last traded price of NOK 13.25 as per 18 January 2023 and 135% to the last traded price of NOK 7.67 as per 14 September 2022, the day immediately preceding announcement of the strategic review. The Offeror is controlled by Altor and Marlin. The Board supports and unanimously recommends the Offer. The Offer and the launch thereof are subject to certain terms and conditions of a transaction agreement between Meltwater and ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, January 09, 2023 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in Cloud Technology Solutions Group (“CTS & CloudM”). The company consists of two market leading companies: “CTS,” providing Google Cloud professional and managed services, and “CloudM,” providing Google Workspace/M365 migration and management software. The company’s solutions help customers adopt advanced digital business models and benefit from reduced costs with improved data analytics and efficient productivity suite management. Current investor NorthEdge Capital (“NorthEdge”) re-iterated its support in the business and will maintain a minority share in ...