Genstar-backed Stack Sports Acquires PlayMetrics

Blue Star Innovation Partners Makes Growth Investment in PlayMetrics

August 23, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Blue Star Innovation Partners, a growth-focused investment firm backed by Jerry Jones, has taken a significant ownership position in PlayMetrics, a Morrisville, North Carolina-based provider of operations management software for youth sports organizations. The capital and BSIP's software and payments expertise will accelerate product development, improve customer service, and support expansion into additional youth sports end markets like leagues, tournaments, and governing bodies.

Playfly Sports Acquires Paragon Marketing Group

March 10, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Playfly Sports has acquired Paragon Marketing Group to expand its capabilities in brand consulting, event creation, content development and live sports production, particularly across the high-school sports landscape. Paragon will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary called Paragon Sports Marketing, with founding partners Rashid Ghazi and Julie Simmons overseeing the unit to integrate Paragon’s events, media relationships and client partnerships into Playfly’s commercial platform.

Genstar Capital Acquires Numerix

August 30, 2022

Software

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired Numerix, a provider of capital markets pricing and risk management software. Genstar said it will partner with Numerix's management to accelerate growth, pursue strategic acquisitions, and expand the company's front-to-risk product offerings for banks, buy-side firms and insurers.

Stats Perform Acquires 13 Strides

July 27, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Stats Perform has acquired 13 Strides, a visual content studio for sports, to enhance its media and fan-engagement capabilities by integrating fast, data-driven graphics into its OptaAI Studio platform. The acquisition brings 13 Strides' visualization tools and expertise together with Stats Perform's sports data and AI to help clients produce engaging graphics quickly across social, broadcast, and stadium channels.

Contentstack Acquires Lytics

January 8, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Contentstack acquired Lytics, a real-time customer data platform, in a deal that closed in December 2024 to add first‑party data activation, audience insights and profile management to Contentstack's composable DXP. The combination aims to enable real‑time personalization at scale for brands and creates a combined business that the company says includes over 500 customers and more than 500 employees.

ScaleCo Management Invests in PSP Metrics, Inc.

April 24, 2023

Staffing & HR

ScaleCo Management has made a growth investment in Pittsburgh-based employee assessment and talent development firm PSP Metrics, Inc., marking ScaleCo's 20th platform investment. PSP founders Dr. Gary Williamson and Dr. Steve Guinn remain involved as investors/advisors, while Donald L. Bedney III joins as President to support the company's planned organic growth and add-on strategy in human capital management.