50 South Capital

50 South Capital is an alternatives asset management firm established in 2014 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northern Trust Corporation, the firm focuses on addressing the investment needs of clients seeking access to hedge funds, private equity, and real asset solutions. It specializes in both direct and fund of funds investments, with a particular emphasis on technology and life science sectors in the United States. The firm targets middle market and lower middle market investments, engaging in venture capital, buyouts, special situations, and infrastructure funds, among others. Additionally, 50 South Capital is involved in secondary investments and co-investments, while maintaining a global investment perspective that includes North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Chris Bires

Director of Product Strategy and Investor Relations

Lizabeth R. Boeckmann

SVP and Chief Administrative Officer

Molly B. Brister

VP

Megan Brooks

Product Strategy and Investor Relations Associate

Jeff Buth

CFO

Kevin T. Butts

Director and Principal

Canna C.F.A., Julie H.

SVP

Chip Davis

VP

Bradley M. Dorchinecz

Co-Founder and MD of Private Equity

Adam Freda

SVP, Private Equity

Aaron Gillum

vice_president

James R. Hart

SVP

Kevin R. Kresnicka

VP

Nicholas W. Lawler

Director and Principal

Nick Lawler

VP

Michael Marderosian

Principal

Robert Morgan

SVP and MD

Patricia Nolan

VP

Bridget Schweihs

Senior Associate

Anthony J. Sorrentino

Private Equity Associate

Maureen Wilkie

VP

Alex Williams

Associate

21 past transactions

Avant

Series D in 2014
Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.

Fooda

Series C in 2017
Fooda is a provider of office lunch services used to offer workplace food programs that employees love and look forward to every day. Its services allow restaurants to partner with companies and office buildings to provide unique restaurant-based meal services and top-rated restaurants who visit and serve in the office lobby or company breakroom ad enable employees to find delicious, authentic restaurants and enjoy them at work

Kenna Security

Series D in 2019
Kenna Security is a leader in predictive cyber risk. The Kenna Security Platform enables organizations to work cross-functionally to determine and remediate cyber risks. Kenna leverages Cyber Risk Context Technology™ to track and predict real-world exploitations, focusing security teams on what matters most. Headquartered in San Francisco, Kenna counts among its customers many Fortune 100 companies and serves nearly every major vertical.

Interior Define

Series D in 2021
Interior Define Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets furniture products. It offers sofas, occasional chairs, and chaise and L-sectionals. It also provides custom furniture products. The company offers products through its showroom, as well as online. Interior Define Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Bringg

Series D in 2020
Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. develops a software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile-based platform that enables businesses to manage deliveries. Its platform enables users to order through the business system, track location of driver in real-time, and rate service; dispatch orders to drivers, and locate and communicate with drivers; and manage orders on the go, share location, and communicate with customers. The company’s platform also allows users to share the location of their driver with their customer via email or text message. It allows restaurants, couriers, movers, logistics and transportation companies, commercial companies, retailers, product brands, and other service providers to manage their tasks and drivers. Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Evanston, Illinois; Toronto, Canada; and Austin, Texas.

Bringg

Series D in 2020
Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. develops a software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile-based platform that enables businesses to manage deliveries. Its platform enables users to order through the business system, track location of driver in real-time, and rate service; dispatch orders to drivers, and locate and communicate with drivers; and manage orders on the go, share location, and communicate with customers. The company’s platform also allows users to share the location of their driver with their customer via email or text message. It allows restaurants, couriers, movers, logistics and transportation companies, commercial companies, retailers, product brands, and other service providers to manage their tasks and drivers. Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Evanston, Illinois; Toronto, Canada; and Austin, Texas.

FourKites

Series D in 2021
FourKites, Inc. develops software platform for freight brokers and shippers to streamline their operations. It offers a real-time tracking platform for shippers, carriers, third party logistics companies, and freight brokers; BackHaul Management, a solution that identifies details about the window in which deadhead miles could potentially occur; and CarrierLink, a solution that helps brokers and owner-operators sync up in real time. FourKites, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Aurora Investment Management L.L.C. is the managers of hedge fund portfolios in the alternative investments industry. Since its founding in 1988 with the launch of Aurora Limited Partnership, Aurora has managed hedge fund portfolios, pursuing investment results with a consistent investment philosophy, a commitment to superior due diligence, and a disciplined investment process. Headquartered in Chicago, Aurora manages portfolios for institutional clients and high net worth investors.

Interior Define

Series D in 2021
Interior Define Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets furniture products. It offers sofas, occasional chairs, and chaise and L-sectionals. It also provides custom furniture products. The company offers products through its showroom, as well as online. Interior Define Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Outcome Health

Private Equity Round in 2017
Outcome Health LLC develops health intelligence technology solutions. The company’s solutions include digital waiting room screen that engages patients and caregivers with a library of various videos featuring specialty-specific and educational health content; digital exam room tablet, which brings individuals in the consultation room with personalized information in the critical moments before speaking to the provider; clinical trial education to patients for enhancing awareness and participation in clinical trials; digital anatomy board that delivers intelligence to the consultation enabling providers to communicate conditions and treatment options in a better manner; patient Wi-Fi access to guide patients while making treatment decisions in the waiting and consultation room; and infusion room tablet, which provides a supportive experience for patients as they receive infusion treatment. It serves health information and health intelligence during critical moments of care to enable patients and physicians to make healthcare decisions possible. Outcome Health LLC was formerly known as ContextMedia Health, LLC and changed its name to Outcome Health LLC in January 2017. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in New York, New York; and Tampa, Florida.

Lessonly

Series C in 2020
Lessonly is a simple learning management software that helps teams learn, practice and do better work. They are used by over 3 million learners at more than 1,000 leading companies including Trunk Club, Ibotta, U.S. Cellular, and Jostens to share knowledge and reinforce best practices. Lessonly increases productivity, cuts onboarding time, raises CSAT scores. Other features include easy-to-use lesson creation, analytics to track impact, & coaching functionality to give feedback at scale. Lessonly enables busy teams to get on the same page, stay ahead of change, and deliver amazing experiences to customers and prospects. It allows users to build, share and track training materials and activity from a singular interface. Lessonly was founded in 2012 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

Leap

Series B in 2022
Leap is accelerating the transformation of retail into something new – the core of a seamless, omnichannel brand experience informed by what customers truly want and enabled by technology. By addressing all aspects of store development and operations, the Leap platform makes brick & mortar retail stores an exciting and scalable channel for the next generation of high growth consumer brands. To deliver the best customers and stores for the best brands in the world, we’re building the platform of choice for “retail-as-a-service.”

Inari

Series C in 2019
Inari Agriculture, Inc. develops customized seeds to grow crop using CRISPR gene editing technology. The technology helps crops grow in local conditions such as humidity, temperatures, and soil types. The company uses the technology on seeds such as wheat, soya bean, and corn. Inari Agriculture, Inc. was formerly known as VL40, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

M1 Finance

Series C in 2020
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Palantir Technologies

Secondary Market in 2017
Palantir Technologies offers a suite of software applications for integrating, visualizing, fighting fraud, and analyzing information. The software allows analysts within and between government organizations to collaborate and to analyze large quantities of data. Stephen Cohen, Alexander Karp, Garry Tan, Nathan Gettings, and Peter Thiel established the company in Denver, Colorado in 2003.

G2

Series C in 2018
G2 is a platform to share business software reviews in real-time. It leverages more than 425,000 user reviews to drive better purchasing decisions. G2 is used by business professionals, buyers, investors, and analysts to select the best software and services based on peer reviews and synthesized social data. The company was founded in 2012 and is based out of Chicago, Illinois.

Aurora Investment Management L.L.C.

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Aurora Investment Management L.L.C. is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also provides its services to investment companies. The firm manages fund of hedge funds for its clients. It also manages separate client focused portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets across the globe. It employs long/short equities, opportunistic, long/short credit, macro, event-driven, and portfolio hedge strategies to manage its investments. The firm employs qualitative and quantitative analysis, with a focus on top-down bottom-up approach to manage its investments. It uses in-house research to manage its portfolios. The firm formerly known as Harris Alternatives LLC. It was founded in January 1988 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Aurora Investment Management L.L.C. operates as a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P.

Sudo Biosciences

Series B in 2023
Sudo Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing cutting-edge medications that are unmatched in their class.

Bushel

Venture Round in 2023
Bushel IS, LLC provides software technology solutions for growers, grain buyers, protein producers and food companies. The company provides application and web platform for grain facilities. Bushel IS, LLC was founded in 2011 and is based in Fargo, North Dakota.