Lean Staffing Solutions (LSS), a staffing firm offering nearshored solutions in Colombia focused on transportation and logistics, announced Tuesday that it had raised a $42.5 million growth equity minority investment from FTV Capital. “Colombia is the fourth-largest business process outsourcing (BPO) market in Latin America with a $2.3 billion market size and an annual growth rate of 19% over the last seven years,” said Brad Bernstein, managing partner of FTV Capital, in a statement.
Lean Staffing Solutions (LSS), a staffing firm offering nearshored solutions in Colombia focused on transportation and logistics, announced Tuesday that it had raised a $42.5 million growth equity minority investment from FTV Capital. “Colombia is the fourth-largest business process outsourcing (BPO) market in Latin America with a $2.3 billion market size and an annual growth rate of 19% over the last seven years,” said Brad Bernstein, managing partner of FTV Capital, in a statement.
All told it seems that the biggest tech companies are busy defending their market position instead of re-earning it with great products. A good time for startups? I think so. When incumbents are busy fighting with governments, themselves and each other, it’s a great time to show up, steal a march and build neat products that take away their momentum. On the funding front, we peeked at the neat Help Lightning round, the Agiloft investment and the Vertafore exit.
Founded in 1998, private equity firm FTV Capital pursues a theme-based growth strategy, focusing on high-growth companies in the enterprise technology, financial services, and payments and transaction processing space. It has also cultivated a Global Partner Network, a range of large financial services companies and individual investors, that can connect with FTV's portfolio companies to solve potential problems or fill outstanding needs.
Derivative Path, Inc. (DPI), a leading capital markets financial technology and services company, announced today that it has secured $35 million in growth equity funding from FTV Capital, a successful investor in innovative, high-growth companies within the enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing sectors.
Ranked by Capital under management
This List includes private equity firms with offices and operations in the Bay Area, which is defined as Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Information was obtained from firm representatives, websites and PitchBook (pitchbook.com).
#22 - FTV Capital
FTV Capital is a growth equity investment firm that has raised over $3.7 billion to invest in high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions in three sectors: enterprise technology & services, financial services and payments & transaction processing. FTV’s experienced team leverages its domain expertise and proven track record in each of these sectors to help motivated management teams accelerate growth.
