Growth Catalyst Partners (with Peter Goldstone) Acquires Controlling Stake in Government Executive Media Group

Government Executive Media Group Acquires The Atlas for Cities

December 2, 2020

Government & Public Sector

Government Executive Media Group (GEMG) acquired The Atlas for Cities, an early-stage online community and market intelligence platform for state and local government leaders. The deal was completed with financial support from Growth Catalyst Partners and will expand GEMG's state and local market insights and data capabilities while keeping The Atlas headquartered in San Diego under its existing leadership.

Government Executive Media Group Acquires City & State New York

January 4, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Government Executive Media Group (GEMG) has acquired City & State New York (CSNY) with financial support from private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners; terms were not disclosed. The acquisition supports GEMG's state and local growth strategy and will keep CSNY based in New York with founder Tom Allon serving as Publisher and General Manager as GEMG expands the CSNY model into other states and major cities.

Growth Catalyst Partners Acquires The Equine Network from Active Interest Media

January 11, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, has acquired The Equine Network in a corporate carve-out from Active Interest Media. GCP will partner with Equine Network's management (Tom Winsor as President & CEO and Andy Clurman as Executive Chairman) to invest in organic growth and M&A to expand the company's sports, information, and tech-enabled services for the global equine industry.

GovExec Acquires 1105 Media Inc.'s Public Sector 360 Group

August 31, 2021

Government & Public Sector

GovExec has acquired the Public Sector 360 Group, a carve-out from 1105 Media Inc., to expand its information, events, lead generation and subscription capabilities in the government technology market. The transaction was completed with financial support from Growth Catalyst Partners; terms were not disclosed.

Growth Catalyst Partners-Backed Platform Acquires Data Society to Form Data Society Group

February 13, 2024

Education

Data Society, a Washington, D.C.-based data science and AI workforce training company, has joined a Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP)-backed platform that includes The Data Lodge and CDO Magazine to form Data Society Group. The combined business will operate under the Data Society brand and offer data literacy assessment, training, custom data science services, and events/media to enterprise and government clients.

Growth Capital Partners Completes Minority Investment in Flint Global

January 7, 2022

Consulting

Growth Capital Partners (GCP) completed a minority growth investment in Flint Global — a London-headquartered political, policy, regulatory and competition advisory firm — as the third investment from GCP’s Fund V. The investment will support Flint’s next phase of growth, including talent acquisition, broadening its service offering and development of business functions while the founders and management continue to run the business.