Marcura/Marlin Acquire Brightwell Navigator (Brightwell Payments division)
August 7, 2025
Marlin Equity Partners’ portfolio company Marcura has acquired Brightwell Navigator, the maritime crew payroll and payments division of Atlanta-based Brightwell Payments Inc. Brightwell Navigator will be merged into Marcura to strengthen its embedded payments and crew payroll capabilities, creating a leading crew payments solution serving over 150,000 seafarers per month.
- Buyers
- Marcura, Marlin Equity Partners
- Targets
- Brightwell Navigator (Brightwell Payments Inc.)
- Sellers
- Brightwell (Brightwell Payments Inc.)
- Platforms
- Marcura
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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