Waud Capital Partners Makes Growth Capital Investment in The CE Shop

Waud Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in TeamSnap

April 14, 2021

Software

Waud Capital Partners has entered a growth capital partnership to acquire a majority stake in TeamSnap, the Boulder-based sports technology and team-management software platform. The investment will provide capital and leadership (including a new CEO and Executive Chairman from Waud) to accelerate product development, expand offerings and pursue organic and inorganic growth initiatives while founder Dave DuPont retains a financial stake.

Waud Capital Partners Acquires Science Exchange

September 30, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Waud Capital Partners, a Chicago-based growth-oriented private equity firm, has acquired Science Exchange, a Palo Alto-based provider of life sciences procurement and supplier orchestration SaaS. Under Waud's ownership, Science Exchange's existing leadership will remain in place as the company accelerates product innovation, expands its market presence, and scales its cloud supplier orchestration platform for pharmaceutical, biotech and research customers.

Level Equity Invests in Upshop; Prairie Capital Retains Minority Stake

February 13, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Level Equity has made a growth investment in Upshop, recapitalizing the business previously majority‑owned by Prairie Capital while Prairie and Upshop management retain significant ownership. Upshop is a SaaS store‑operations and omnichannel platform serving food retailers (150+ retailers and 30,000 stores); the investment will accelerate product innovation, technology investment, and the company’s total‑store operations strategy.

Waud Capital Partners Acquires Health & Safety Institute (HSI) from The Riverside Company

September 3, 2019

Education

Waud Capital Partners has acquired Health & Safety Institute (HSI), a cloud-based environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance and training platform, from The Riverside Company. The transaction provides HSI with growth capital and operational support to expand its technology platform and accelerate growth; terms were not disclosed.

WestView Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in The Shelby Group

January 7, 2020

Consulting

Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners has completed a growth investment in The Shelby Group, a Schaumburg, Illinois–based e-procurement transformation and optimization consultancy. The Shelby Group's leadership (CEO John Dreyer and EVP Jim Kandilas) will remain in place and retain significant ownership as the company uses the capital to scale service delivery capabilities and advance its proprietary digital procurement solutions.

Carlyle and PayPal Invest $100M in Shopware

February 8, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Shopware AG raised $100 million in growth capital from global investment firm Carlyle and payments platform PayPal to accelerate product innovation and international expansion. The Hamann founders retain a significant majority and will remain co-CEOs while Carlyle and PayPal provide capital and strategic support; Carlyle will also appoint board members.