Housatonic Partners Makes Growth Investment in Key Media

Housatonic Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in eCard Systems

December 15, 2023

Payments & Fintech

Housatonic Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in eCard Systems, a Brentwood, Tennessee provider of outsourced gift card programs and processing services. The capital will support expansion of eCard's sales, marketing, technology and production capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed. Canaccord Genuity and Kroll Securities acted as financial advisors to eCard Systems.

Housatonic Partners Invests in Working Solutions

January 12, 2021

Staffing & HR

Housatonic Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, made a significant growth equity investment in Working Solutions to fund technology automation and support geographic and market expansion. The capital will help the on-demand, onshore contact center provider scale its virtual model and expand tools, channels and geographies amid strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BC Partners Acquires Keesing Media Group from Ergon Capital and Mediahuis

November 13, 2020

Media & Entertainment

BC Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Keesing Media Group, the leading European braintainment and puzzle publisher, from Ergon Capital and Mediahuis. The investment will support Keesing's digital expansion, continued consolidation across Europe and further international growth; terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to regulatory approvals.

Housatonic Partners Invests in Mobile Vascular Physicians

January 5, 2022

Healthcare Services

Housatonic Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, made a strategic growth investment in Mobile Vascular Physicians (MVP), a New York–based mobile concierge vascular and interventional radiology practice. The capital will support MVP's expansion of onsite vascular services and its network of vascular care centers serving long-term care facility residents.

Housatonic Partners Invests in Brainfuse

December 12, 2022

Education

Housatonic Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Brainfuse, a New York City–based provider of online tutoring, career counseling, and veterans assistance that serves public libraries, higher education institutions, and K‑12 school districts. Financial terms were not disclosed; Housatonic Managing Director Mark Hilderbrand joined Brainfuse's board as the firms partner to enhance the company's proprietary online learning platform and support growth.

CIVC Partners Invests in KeyData Associates

July 21, 2021

Cybersecurity

CIVC Partners has made a growth equity investment in KeyData Associates to support the Toronto-headquartered identity security specialist’s expansion across adjacent cybersecurity services and to fund strategic add-on acquisitions. KeyData’s founder and CEO Rosa Caputo remains a significant stakeholder and will continue to lead the business as the firm scales its advisory, systems-integration and managed identity services across North America.