GXS Bank Acquires Validus Capital’s Singapore Business

Merchant Provides Growth Capital to Validus Capital

September 3, 2025

Financial Services

Merchant has entered a partnership with Validus Capital, a Los Angeles–based registered investment adviser managing roughly $2.5 billion, to provide growth capital and strategic resources. The capital will support Validus’s plans to expand alternatives distribution and reporting capabilities, attract advisors to its platform, and scale its multi-family office services.

FTV Capital Invests $45M in Validus Risk Management

February 10, 2025

Financial Services

Validus Risk Management, a London-based provider of risk-management software and tech-enabled services for private capital managers, received a $45 million minority growth equity investment from FTV Capital. The capital will be used to accelerate go-to-market efforts, expand into the United States and APAC, and fund technology and product innovation; FTV partner Mike Cichowski will join Validus' board.

Capitolis Acquires Capitalab from BGC Group for $46 Million

December 3, 2024

Financial Services

Capitolis has acquired Capitalab, BGC Group’s rates portfolio compression and margin optimization business, for $46 million. The purchase expands Capitolis’s compression and optimization capabilities and brings Capitalab founder Gavin Jackson onto the Capitolis executive team.

Distinctive Living Acquires Validus Senior Living Management

June 29, 2024

Healthcare Services

Distinctive Living has acquired Validus Senior Living Management, adding 10 Inspired Living communities across three states plus additional Validus-managed communities to its portfolio. The deal expands Distinctive Living’s national footprint and integrates senior leadership from Validus, including Lindsey Hacker as EVP and CFO, to support operational scale and service quality.

Devon Energy Acquires Validus Energy for $1.8 Billion

June 1, 2022

Oil & Gas

Devon Energy Corp. agreed to acquire Eagle Ford operator Validus Energy for $1.8 billion in cash, in a transaction expected to close at the end of Q3 2022 with an effective date of June 1, 2022. The acquisition adds ~42,000 net acres and ~35,000 boe/d of production (projected to average ~40,000 boe/d), deepening Devon's Eagle Ford footprint and driving scale, operational synergies and improved cash returns to shareholders.

Providence Strategic Growth and Silversmith Capital Invest in Validity

May 31, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) led a growth equity investment in Validity, with existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners also participating; financial terms were not disclosed. The funding will accelerate Validity’s go-to-market expansion, product development, and inorganic growth — the announcement also notes Validity has completed the acquisition of Return Path to broaden its email deliverability capabilities.