Horizon Capital Takes Majority Stake in Alchemist Learning and Development

Alchemist Acquires RAIN Group

June 1, 2024

Professional Services

Alchemist, a London-based learning and development company backed by Horizon Capital, has acquired RAIN Group, a Boston-headquartered sales training firm. The deal is Alchemist’s first follow-on transaction with Horizon and is intended to expand global reach, combine complementary capabilities and drive revenue synergies across leadership and sales training offerings.

Altamont Capital Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Horizon Investments

July 27, 2021

Wealth Management

Altamont Capital Partners has completed a strategic growth investment in Horizon Investments, a Charlotte-based registered investment advisor with approximately $7 billion in assets under advisement. The investment will provide capital and strategic support to accelerate Horizon's distribution, expand its goals-based solutions, and pursue add-on acquisitions while Horizon's management remains significant equity holders and John Drahzal assumes the CEO role.

Horizon Capital Backs Buyout of Juniper Education

July 1, 2019

Education

Horizon Capital (via its Horizon 2018 fund) has made a £20 million equity commitment to back a buyout of education software and services provider Juniper Education, supporting a buy-and-build strategy. Juniper — led by Executive Chairman Gavin Freed — has already completed an add-on acquisition of EES for Schools (Target Tracker) from Essex County Council and will pursue further organic and acquisitive growth to consolidate the fragmented UK schools software and services market.

Horizon Capital Majority Investment in Ascent Software; Ascent Acquires TechHuddle

December 8, 2019

IT Services

Horizon Capital has made a majority investment in Ascent Software and simultaneously completed the acquisition of TechHuddle in a combined £30m transaction. The deal creates a scaled technology services platform headquartered in Reading (with delivery centres in Malta and Bulgaria), giving Ascent over 100 clients and more than 300 developers to accelerate organic growth and further buy-and-build activity.

KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Alchemer

May 18, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

KKR has made a significant majority investment in Alchemer, a provider of customer experience (CX) and voice-of-the-customer (VoC) software. The investment will support Alchemer's growth through marketing, product innovation, industry partnerships and strategic M&A; financial terms were not disclosed.

Horizon Capital Invests in Sapphire Systems Limited

January 5, 2020

IT Services

Horizon Capital has made an investment in Sapphire Systems Limited, a UK-based provider of ERP and financial management solutions and a partner of SAP and Infor. The funding will support Sapphire's organic growth and buy-and-build strategy — accelerating expansion, enhancing support/hosting capabilities and pursuing complementary acquisitions.