PeakEquity Partners Leads Growth Investment in BERA Brand Management

The Harris Poll (Stagwell) Acquires BERA

July 12, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

The Harris Poll, part of Stagwell, has acquired BERA, a predictive brand technology platform, and will integrate BERA's AI-powered brand insights into its Harris Quest suite within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud. The deal is intended to strengthen Harris Quest's real-time predictive brand analytics and advance Stagwell's marketing cloud AI capabilities.

Beringer Capital Makes Growth Investment in VeraData

November 21, 2022

Data & Analytics

Beringer Capital made a significant growth investment in VeraData, a Fort Myers–based decision science and fundraising acceleration platform serving not-for-profit organizations. The capital will be used to invest in talent, capabilities, and technology to scale VeraData’s predictive modelling, machine learning platform, and fundraising analytics offerings.

Beringer Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Benzinga

October 25, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Beringer Capital, a North American private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in Detroit-based financial media and analytics platform Benzinga, valuing the company at approximately $300 million. Benzinga founder Jason Raznick will retain a significant ownership stake and continue to lead the business as Beringer supports growth via expanded content verticals, product improvements and deeper B2B partnerships.

AEA Growth Invests in Bespoke Partners

July 21, 2022

Professional Services

AEA Growth, the growth-investing arm of AEA Investors, has made a strategic growth investment in Bespoke Partners, a San Diego–based retained executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on enterprise software. The capital will help Bespoke scale its team, further leverage technology in its services, and expand its offerings while founder Kristie Nova remains as Founding Partner and Eric Walczykowski serves as CEO.

Providence Equity Partners Invests in Brandt Information Services

June 5, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Providence Equity Partners has made an equity investment to become the majority owner of Brandt Information Services, a Tallahassee-based provider of software platforms for outdoor recreation management. NexPhase Capital will remain an investor while the company — which offers licensing, registrations, reservations and e-commerce solutions to public conservation agencies and outdoor organizations — will continue to be led by CEO Travis Warren.

PeakEquity Partners Invests $30M in CareerArc

January 14, 2019

Software

PeakEquity Partners led a $30 million investment in CareerArc Group to support the HR technology company's product innovation and accelerated sales and marketing growth. CareerArc, a SaaS provider of social recruiting and virtual outplacement solutions with offices in Burbank, California and Boston, Massachusetts, will use the capital to expand offerings and grow market share.