Columbus Nova

Columbus Nova is an investment management firm established in 2000, with offices located in New York, Los Angeles, and Charlotte. The firm manages over $2.5 billion in assets and employs a multi-strategy approach, investing across various segments of the capital structure, including senior secured debt and common equity. Columbus Nova primarily focuses on lower middle-market companies in sectors such as consumer products, services, education, entertainment, leisure, infrastructure, and media. With a value-oriented and long-term investment philosophy, the firm aims to achieve consistent returns while prioritizing capital preservation.

Andrew Intrater

Managing Director, CEO and Founder

8 past transactions

Rally

Seed Round in 2018
Rally is an investment platform that enables individuals to buy and sell fractional equity shares in various collectible assets, such as sports cards, classic cars, vintage watches, and rare books. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Rally aims to democratize access to alternative investments, which have traditionally been limited to a select group of investors. By providing a marketplace that emphasizes liquidity and transparency, Rally allows members from all income levels to participate in the ownership of high-value collectibles, fostering a more inclusive investment environment.

MapAnything

Series B in 2017
MapAnything, Inc. is a geo-productivity software company that develops solutions designed to enhance productivity and planning for businesses using Salesforce and ServiceNow. Founded in 2006 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with additional offices in Atlanta, Sydney, and London, MapAnything offers a suite of applications that include mapping, route planning, and territory management. Its flagship product, MapAnything, provides tools for field productivity, prospecting, and business process automation. The company also offers specialized solutions like MapAnything Live for IoT workflows and vehicle telematics, and MapAnything for ServiceNow, which focuses on IT service and asset management. With a diverse customer base exceeding 1,400 clients across various sectors—including financial services, healthcare, technology, and government—MapAnything is recognized as a Gold Salesforce App Innovation Partner and has received accolades for its innovative location analytics. The company, formerly known as Cloudbilt, Inc., rebranded in 2015 and operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce.

Daybreak Game Company

Acquisition in 2015
Daybreak Game Company is a video game developer and publisher known for its focus on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). The company operates under a business model that emphasizes free-to-play games and games-as-a-service, allowing players to engage with immersive online experiences on personal computers and console platforms. Daybreak encourages player creativity by enabling users to contribute names, item descriptions, and narratives that integrate into the ongoing storyline of its games. This approach fosters a dynamic gaming environment where players can enjoy both solo and collaborative gameplay, appealing to a wide range of gaming preferences.

Harmonix Music Systems

Acquisition in 2010
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. is a video game development studio based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. The company specializes in creating music-oriented video games that allow users to engage with music through gameplay across various platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Harmonix is well-known for its successful franchises, such as Rock Band and Dance Central, and was the original developer of the Guitar Hero series up until Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The studio focuses on providing interactive entertainment that enables players, regardless of musical background, to experience the joy of making music.

ConXtech

Series B in 2007
ConXtech specializes in modular building systems using structural steel chassis. It offers customizable, prefabricated structures for high-density residential, commercial, healthcare, institutional, and industrial projects. The company's innovative connectors enable mass-customization of precise structural frames, reducing construction time and costs.

sentitO Networks

Series E in 2006
sentitO Networks is a leading provider of open and distributed VoIP switching and service delivery solutions that help telecommunications service providers worldwide successfully migrate their networks to deliver Voice over IP (VoIP) services. sentitO has fundamentally redesigned the time-to-profitability for VoIP service providers using breakthrough software, silicon, security, and service intelligence innovations. Our Open Network Xchange (ONX) suite of voice and signaling gateway solutions is the first to successfully fulfill the demands of VoIP providers for: - Network and service scalability - Heightened voice quality and integrity - Carrier-grade reliability - An open service delivery architecture that enables consistent innovation and differentiation The first solution purpose-built from the ground up for VoIP and the resilient delivery of IP-based voice services from the network edge, the ONX allows carriers and service providers to economically expand their geographic reach and their addressable markets. It provides an open and distributed architecture to enable service providers to efficiently create and evolve VoIP services. The ONX suite incorporates true telco-grade security, management, and performance as well as SIP-driven service innovation and flexibility. Its modularity, scale, and economics uniquely enable rapid deployment and profitability while supporting ongoing service and subscriber expansion.

sentitO Networks

Series D in 2005
sentitO Networks is a leading provider of open and distributed VoIP switching and service delivery solutions that help telecommunications service providers worldwide successfully migrate their networks to deliver Voice over IP (VoIP) services. sentitO has fundamentally redesigned the time-to-profitability for VoIP service providers using breakthrough software, silicon, security, and service intelligence innovations. Our Open Network Xchange (ONX) suite of voice and signaling gateway solutions is the first to successfully fulfill the demands of VoIP providers for: - Network and service scalability - Heightened voice quality and integrity - Carrier-grade reliability - An open service delivery architecture that enables consistent innovation and differentiation The first solution purpose-built from the ground up for VoIP and the resilient delivery of IP-based voice services from the network edge, the ONX allows carriers and service providers to economically expand their geographic reach and their addressable markets. It provides an open and distributed architecture to enable service providers to efficiently create and evolve VoIP services. The ONX suite incorporates true telco-grade security, management, and performance as well as SIP-driven service innovation and flexibility. Its modularity, scale, and economics uniquely enable rapid deployment and profitability while supporting ongoing service and subscriber expansion.

ThinkEquity

Venture Round in 2003
Founded in 2001, ThinkEquity is a boutique investment bank based in New York City. It provides advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, private placements of equity and debt, recapitalization, fairness opinions, due diligence, valuation, and strategic advice to clients across healthcare, financial services, information technology, energy, media, cleantech, and supply chain sectors.
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