Baird Capital Invests in Aura Futures (Karlson and Intevi platform)

Baird Capital Invests $53M in EvoluteIQ

September 17, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Baird Capital has made a $53 million growth investment in EvoluteIQ, an AI-native platform that automates end-to-end business processes. The funding will be used to accelerate EvoluteIQ's global expansion and scale its enterprise agentic AI capabilities across industries including banking, insurance, healthcare, telecom and manufacturing.

Enlightenment Capital Forms Auria by Merging Four Portfolio Companies

January 8, 2024

Aerospace & Defense

Enlightenment Capital has combined four portfolio companies—Boecore, Ascension Engineering Group, Orbit Logic, and La Jolla Logic—into a new space-focused platform called Auria, based in Colorado Springs. Auria will deliver mission planning, space domain awareness, satellite communications management and cybersecurity capabilities and will employ more than 400 people across the combined businesses. The consolidation is intended to broaden the customer base, expand capabilities and create a mid-tier contractor in the space and defense market.

Aura Futures (Baird Capital-backed) Acquires Reflex Limited

August 5, 2021

IT Services

Aura Futures, a Baird Capital–backed workspace technology provider, has acquired Reflex Limited, a Reading-based full-service audio-visual integrator established in 1983. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal is an add-on to Aura’s platform intended to expand AV technical capabilities and deepen Aura’s footprint in higher education, corporate and public sector markets.

Baird Capital Invests in eCube Solutions

August 20, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

Baird Capital, the direct investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co., has acquired an interest in eCube Solutions Limited, a UK-based provider of aircraft storage, disassembly and parts re-use and recycling services. The investment will fund expansion of eCube's UK operations, accelerate growth at its new continental European facility in Spain, expand parking and disassembly capacity, and support entry into the North American market.

Baird Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Vega Global Group

January 14, 2020

IT Services

Baird Capital has acquired a majority stake in Vega Global Group, a Hong Kong–headquartered provider of audio-visual systems integration, video collaboration and managed AV services across the Asia Pacific region. The investment will support Vega's regional growth, capability expansion and ability to serve enterprise clients with global standards and delivery platforms.

Baird Capital Takes Majority Stake in R2integrated

September 15, 2016

Marketing & Advertising

Baird Capital has made a majority investment in R2integrated (R2i), a national digital marketing and marketing-cloud agency; R2i senior management will retain a substantial equity stake and terms were not disclosed. The capital will fund R2i's growth plans — expanding geographically, deepening marketing-cloud capabilities across partners like Adobe, Sitecore and Acquia, and pursuing organic growth and acquisitions — and Baird will place operating partners and principals on the board.