Private Equity Firm Software

ABS Capital Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

ABS Capital provides growth equity capital to B2B software and tech-enabled services businesses with strong technology and data underpinnings looking to scale with the right partners. Building businesses has been their passion for more than 30 years; they have invested more than $2.5 billion in approximately 130 companies across eight funds.

Focus Areas
B2B software, Tech-enabled services
Website
abscapital.com

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2019-2023.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

4 growth capital · 3 buyout

ABS Capital Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for ABS Capital Partners. 1 2019 1 2020 1 2021 1 2022 3 2023

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Audax Private Equity, ABS Capital Partners
    Target
    GuidePoint Security
    Industry
    Cybersecurity

    GuidePoint Security, a Herndon-based cybersecurity solutions provider, closed a growth funding round led by Audax Private Equity with participation from prior investor ABS Capital Partners. The investment will be used to accelerate GuidePoint's U.S. growth and support international expansion; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    RIBBIT, Inc., ABS Capital, MissionOG
    Target
    ValidiFI
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Buyout

    RIBBIT, a provider of alternative bank and payment data, has acquired ValidiFI, a specialist in fraud, compliance and risk-mitigation solutions. The deal — led by RIBBIT with support from existing investor ABS Capital and new investor MissionOG — combines RIBBIT's predictive analytics and data assets with ValidiFI's verification capabilities to expand product breadth and create a larger alternative database of bank and payment data.

  • Buyer
    LLR Partners, ABS Capital Partners
    Target
    Viventium
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    LLR Partners has made a growth capital investment in Viventium, a SaaS-based human capital management and payroll platform focused on post-acute healthcare. Existing investor ABS Capital Partners and Viventium’s founders (the Kohn family) remain shareholders, and the capital will support continued product and customer growth; BMO Capital Markets served as lead financial advisor with KeyBanc as co-advisor.

  • Buyer
    NewSpring Growth, ABS Capital
    Target
    Cordial
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    NewSpring Growth led a Series C growth investment in Cordial on July 26, 2022, with co-investor ABS Capital. The $50 million round will be used to accelerate product innovation, expand Cordial's global team, and scale its cross-channel marketing and customer data platform capabilities for enterprise marketers.

  • Buyer
    Metamorph Partners, ABS Capital Partners
    Target
    Fluxx
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    Fluxx, a San Francisco–based cloud grantmaking platform, has been acquired by a syndicate led by operator-led private equity firm Metamorph Partners with growth investor ABS Capital Partners; terms were not disclosed. The investors said they will support Fluxx's growth and expand its product offering under CEO Kristy Gannon as the company continues serving foundations, government organizations and higher-education customers.

  • Buyer
    ABS Capital Partners
    Target
    GuidePoint Security
    Industry
    Cybersecurity

    GuidePoint Security, a cybersecurity solutions leader based in Herndon, Virginia, closed a growth capital round led by ABS Capital Partners to accelerate organic growth and geographic expansion. As part of the transaction, ABS Capital partner Michael Avon joined GuidePoint's board and GuidePoint appointed Michael Annessa as CFO; AGC and DLA Piper served as advisors.

  • Buyer
    Egis Capital Partners, ABS Capital Partners
    Target
    ClearObject
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Egis Capital Partners and ABS Capital Partners have acquired a majority interest in ClearObject, an IoT systems integrator headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. The investment will provide ClearObject with financial and strategic resources to accelerate growth, scale its cloud-based IoT solutions, and expand its global IoT leadership while the existing management team remains in place.

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