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Lone View Capital Acquires Controlling Stake in Jumpmind

September 15, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Lone View Capital, a Los Angeles-based growth private equity firm, has acquired a controlling stake in Jumpmind, a Columbus-based provider of cloud-native point-of-service and enterprise data synchronization software. The investment will support Jumpmind’s product roadmap, global expansion, and continued growth while CEO Joe Corbin remains in place.

Growth Catalyst Partners Acquires InspiredMinds!

November 20, 2024

Consulting

Growth Catalyst Partners, a U.S. middle-market private equity firm, has acquired U.K.-based InspiredMinds!, a global AI strategy group and events community. Growth Catalyst will integrate InspiredMinds! into its Data Society Group platform while the business continues to operate independently and plans to launch its festival-style AI summits in the United States in 2025.

Bain Capital Double Impact Makes Growth Investment in Branching Minds

February 7, 2024

Education

Branching Minds, an education-technology company providing an MTSS platform for K-12 schools, received a growth investment from Bain Capital Double Impact to accelerate platform development and expand access to more school districts across the United States. The company will continue to be led by co-founders Maya Gat (CEO) and David Magier (COO); financial terms were not disclosed and Tucker Capital served as exclusive financial advisor.

Curriculum Associates Acquires Mentoring Minds

June 29, 2021

Education

Curriculum Associates, the maker of the i-Ready K–8 assessment and instructional platform, has acquired Mentoring Minds, a Texas-based education publisher of the ThinkUp! Standards Mastery System. The acquisition will migrate Mentoring Minds' ThinkUp! content into the Teacher Toolbox for i-Ready to expand Curriculum Associates' curriculum offerings and support educators with additional instructional resources.

Contour Ridge Makes Strategic Growth Investment in WhiteStar Corporation

June 17, 2021

Data & Analytics

Private equity firm Contour Ridge (via CR Sweetwater Fund I / Contour Ridge Sweetwater Investco LLC) has made a strategic growth investment to acquire a majority stake in WhiteStar Corporation, a Lakewood, Colorado-based GIS data and land-mapping software company. The capital will be used to accelerate commercialization and development of WhiteStar's proprietary geospatial data assets and AI-based land-mapping capabilities for real estate, energy & utilities, telecom and other infrastructure markets; terms were not disclosed.

Trendline Interactive Acquires Data Insight Group

February 25, 2021

Data & Analytics

Trendline Interactive, an Austin-based digital messaging consultancy, acquired Canadian data and analytics firm Data Insight Group (DiG) to deepen its advanced analytics and data science capabilities. The deal was completed with financial support from middle-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners to strengthen Trendline’s analytics-led marketing services and expand its strategic consulting offerings.