Tracked deals
17
17 tracked deals across 2020-2026.
Private Equity Firm
Business Services
Recognize Partners
New York, New York, United States
Recognize is a purpose-built private equity firm that invests exclusively in next-generation technology services companies. It backs companies shaping the future of AI, cloud, data, and digital transformation and provides operator experience to help founders scale.
- Focus Areas
- Private equity (technology services investment platform), AI, cloud and data services investment, Digital transformation
- Website
- recognize.com
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Growth capital
8 growth capital · 7 buyout · 2 addon
Recognize Partners Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 7 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 17 tracked deals for Recognize Partners.
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July 8, 2026
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- Smartlink
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Recognize, a private equity firm focused on digital services, announced a majority investment in Smartlink, a nationally scaled digital infrastructure services provider. The investment is intended to accelerate Smartlink’s growth in digital infrastructure services as demand increases for AI, data centers, edge computing, and next-generation connectivity.
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October 13, 2025
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- Security Risk Advisors Intl, LLC (SRA)
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Recognize, a private equity firm focused on digital services, announced a strategic investment in Security Risk Advisors Intl, LLC (SRA), a scaled cybersecurity services firm providing advisory and managed security. The investment is SRA’s first institutional equity capital, and co-founders Tim Wainwright and Chris Salerno will continue to lead the company.
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January 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- Sprout
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Recognize, a private equity firm focused on digital services, has made a majority investment in IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider Sprout. New Capital Partners will remain a minority investor; Recognize plans to invest in Sprout’s technology, expand solutions, and pursue M&A to accelerate growth as demand for secure data destruction and hardware refresh cycles rises.
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December 9, 2024
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- SDG Corporation
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Connecticut, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Recognize, a private equity firm focused on digital services, has made a strategic growth investment in SDG Corporation, a Norwalk, Connecticut-based provider of advisory, implementation, and managed cybersecurity services. SDG (approximately 400 employees) will continue to be led by founder and CEO Ajay Gupta, and Recognize will support the company’s buildout and accelerated growth in identity and access management (IAM), threat, and risk services.
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November 19, 2024
- Buyer
- Blue Mantis, Recognize
- Target
- Colligio
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Addon
Blue Mantis, a PE‑backed managed services and cybersecurity provider, has acquired Colligio, a Cisco‑focused unified communications, networking and security solutions firm headquartered in Walpole, Massachusetts. The acquisition launches a new Collaboration/Unified Communications Practice led by Colligio founder Sean Kelley and expands Blue Mantis’ collaboration, networking and Cisco capabilities across its Northeast client base.
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October 24, 2024
- Buyer
- Egen, Recognize
- Target
- Qarik
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Egen, a Recognize portfolio company, has acquired Qarik, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, to deepen its cloud, data and AI capabilities and accelerate client digital transformations. The combined business will operate under the Egen brand, with Joe Schenk (founder of Qarik) becoming Chief Client Officer and the enlarged team providing expanded Google Cloud expertise across multiple industries.
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- Buyer
- GTCR, Recognize
- Target
- TRANZACT
- Seller
- WTW PLC
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
GTCR signed a definitive agreement to acquire TRANZACT, a direct-to-consumer insurance services company, from WTW PLC in a corporate carve-out valued at $632.4 million. The deal is backed by GTCR alongside Recognize, with TRANZACT’s President Andy Nelson and the existing management team continuing to lead the standalone business.
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September 9, 2024
- Buyer
- Recognize, Abry Partners
- Target
- Blue Mantis
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- New Hampshire, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Recognize, a private equity firm focused on digital and technology services, has made a majority investment in Blue Mantis, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based IT services provider specializing in managed services, cybersecurity, and cloud solutions. Abry Partners, which had backed Blue Mantis since 2020, will remain a minority investor as Recognize and management pursue growth, capability expansion, and M&A to scale the business.
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February 7, 2024
- Buyer
- Ciklum, Recognize
- Target
- Infogen, Infogen Labs
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Ciklum, a global experience engineering firm headquartered in London, announced its acquisition of Infogen, a digital engineering services company headquartered in the United States. The deal is intended to expand Ciklum’s presence in North America and strengthen its global delivery footprint, leveraging Infogen’s edge-based R&D capabilities and Microsoft expertise.
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August 16, 2023
- Buyer
- Recognize
- Target
- SpringML, Egen
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Recognize, a technology services investment firm, is the lead investor in a merger combining SpringML and Egen into a single company that will operate under the Egen brand. The combination creates an expanded technology services provider with end-to-end capabilities across cloud, data engineering, analytics, AI, application modernization and platform engineering, serving enterprise and public-sector clients.
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July 26, 2023
- Buyer
- Everstone Capital, Recognize
- Target
- MediaMint
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
MediaMint, a San Francisco-based digital advertising operations provider, received its first institutional growth investment from Everstone Capital and Recognize to accelerate product and global delivery expansion. The capital will be used to expand service offerings, on-shore account management, and additional global delivery centers as MediaMint scales its operations for large digital marketing platforms, publishers, and agencies.
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- Buyer
- RECOGNIZE
- Target
- Moove IT, December Labs
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Moove IT and December Labs have merged to form Qubika, a privately held nearshore digital transformation and custom software provider headquartered in Texas. The merger was orchestrated by technology services investment platform RECOGNIZE, which will support Qubika’s growth and has placed senior industry executives (including Charles Phillips) in advisory and board roles.
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