RTC Partners Makes Growth Investments in fama PR, Intelisent, MarketBridge and Quarry

RTC Partners Invests in Marketing Agency COMM

March 8, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

RTC Partners, a growth-focused private equity firm, announced an investment in COMM (formerly CommCreative), a Boston-based marketing agency that provides digital strategy, demand generation, account-based marketing, and martech solutions. COMM — a 50-person team — will join RTC's marketing services platform alongside prior investments (fama PR, Intelisent, MarketBridge, and Quarry) to expand capabilities and scale integrated marketing and sales services.

CitNOW Group Acquires Real Time Communications (RTC)

August 17, 2022

Software

CitNOW Group, backed by Livingbridge with reinvestment support from Tenzing, has acquired software provider Real Time Communications (RTC). The bolt-on expands CitNOW Group's product portfolio for franchised car dealerships, strengthening aftersales and lead management capabilities across its existing markets.

Tritium Partners Makes Growth Investment in PublicRelay

September 20, 2021

Data & Analytics

Tritium Partners has made a strategic growth investment in PublicRelay to accelerate the company's product roadmap, including new analytics and AI capabilities. As part of the transaction, veteran executive Mark Parise joined PublicRelay's board as Executive Chairman; Vista Point Advisors acted as PublicRelay's exclusive financial advisor.

Charlesbank Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in Bridgepointe Technologies

January 11, 2022

IT Services

Charlesbank Capital Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Bridgepointe Technologies, a San Mateo-based IT strategy and advisory firm. Bridgepointe raised more than $100 million in total proceeds to fund partner recruitment and enablement, service and brand expansion, key hires, and future acquisitions.

Rockbridge Growth Equity Invests in Quartile Digital

September 29, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has made an investment in Quartile Digital to recapitalize the company and fund direct sales and marketing expansion, product enhancements and further international growth. Quartile is an AI/ML-driven advertising optimization and spend-management SaaS platform used by brands and sellers across Amazon and other online marketplaces; the deal closed on September 29, 2020, with CG Petsky Prunier advising Quartile.

Berkshire Partners and TA Associates Lead Growth Investment in PDQ

October 17, 2023

Software

PDQ, a Salt Lake City–based provider of IT asset and endpoint management software, received a significant growth investment led by Berkshire Partners alongside existing investor TA Associates and PDQ's founders and management. The capital will be used to accelerate product innovation and expand PDQ's portfolio of endpoint management, inventory and patch management solutions.