K1 Investment Management Invests $21M in Gravyty

K1 Investment Management Invests in Graduway

August 7, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

K1 Investment Management has made a growth investment in Graduway, a U.K.-headquartered provider of alumni engagement and career services management software. The capital will support Graduway’s product-suite expansion, accelerate growth in North America, and strengthen its market position; financial terms were not disclosed.

Graduway Merges with Gravyty

December 6, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Graduway announced a merger with AI fundraiser enablement provider Gravyty to create a combined community and enablement software platform serving education, non-profits, and healthcare organizations. The combined business (with offices in London, Boston, Seattle and Tel Aviv) will integrate Graduway's community software and Gravyty's AI fundraising capabilities to scale alumni, mentoring, and fundraising programs.

K1 Investment Management Invests $21M in Eltropy

June 16, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

K1 Investment Management has made a $21 million growth investment in Eltropy to accelerate development of its messaging-based digital communications platform for financial institutions. Eltropy plans to more than double its headcount and further invest in its all-in-one communication suite to expand adoption among credit unions, banks and other financial services firms.

Gravyty Acquires Athlete Network

June 1, 2025

Education

Gravyty, an AI-powered engagement and fundraising provider for higher education, has acquired Athlete Network, a platform that connects student-athletes with alumni and supports athletic department engagement. The acquisition will integrate Athlete Network’s athletics-focused engagement tools into Gravyty’s suite to expand fundraising and donor intelligence capabilities for collegiate athletic programs.

K1 Invests $47M Minority Stake in HR Acuity

October 19, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

K1 Investment Management made a $47 million minority growth investment in HR Acuity to help the HR case management and predictive insights SaaS provider scale its product and go-to-market capabilities. The funding will support talent hires and product innovation as HR Acuity expands its cloud solutions for enterprise employee relations teams.

Graduway + Gravyty Acquires Gratavid

May 31, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Graduway + Gravyty has merged with Gratavid, integrating Gratavid’s personalized video platform into the Graduway + Gravyty product ecosystem to enhance donor, alumni, and community engagement. The acquisition aims to combine Gratavid’s video personalization and CRM integrations with Graduway + Gravyty’s existing engagement and fundraising technologies to expand capabilities and improve retention and stewardship for schools, non-profits, and healthcare organizations.