Thomas H. Lee Partners Makes Majority Investment in Bazaarvoice

Bazaarvoice (Marlin Portfolio) Acquires Influenster

August 28, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Bazaarvoice, a Marlin Equity Partners portfolio company, has acquired Influenster, a product discovery and reviews platform with a community of nearly six million members. The deal merges Influenster's consumer-driven content and sampling capabilities with Bazaarvoice's global UGC and retail network to expand product review coverage and capabilities for brands and retailers.

Marlin-backed Bazaarvoice Acquires Curalate

July 8, 2020

Software

Marlin Equity Partners and its portfolio company Bazaarvoice have acquired Curalate and will merge Curalate into Bazaarvoice to expand visual commerce and user-generated content (UGC) capabilities. Curalate — a provider of shoppable social, influencer marketing and UGC solutions used by more than 1,000 brands and retailers — will broaden Bazaarvoice's offerings for brands and retailers across social and e-commerce channels.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Insurance Technologies

September 14, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Insurance Technologies, LLC from NexPhase Capital. The investment will support Insurance Technologies' continued development of a SaaS cloud-based sales and regulatory automation platform for the insurance and financial services industries and enable further strategic acquisitions.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Majority Investment in inriver

May 19, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has made a majority growth investment in inriver, a Malmö-headquartered provider of product information management (PIM) software. The capital will support inriver's product innovation and go-to-market expansion across North America and Europe; Verdane will remain a significant minority shareholder. The deal was announced May 19, 2022 and was expected to close in Q2 2022.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Bynder

December 20, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) will make a majority investment in Bynder, acquiring Insight Partners' stake to support Bynder's next phase of product innovation and global growth. Bynder, an Amsterdam-headquartered provider of cloud-native Digital Asset Management (DAM) software with ~500 employees and ~$100m ARR, will leverage THL's SaaS and automation expertise to scale its platform and partner ecosystem.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Leads $100M Series D Investment in FourKites

March 24, 2021

Transportation

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) led a $100 million Series D growth round in FourKites, a Chicago-based real-time supply chain visibility software provider. Strategic investors Zebra Technologies, Volvo Group Venture Capital and Qualcomm Ventures joined the financing to help FourKites accelerate product innovation, expand market penetration and pursue organic and inorganic growth initiatives.