Edison Partners

Edison Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1986. The firm specializes in growth equity investments primarily in technology-enabled companies across various sectors, including financial technology, healthcare information technology, and enterprise software. Edison focuses on late and mid-venture financing, expansion capital, management buyouts, and recapitalizations, typically investing between $10 million and $30 million in companies with revenues ranging from $2 million to $30 million. The firm's investment strategy involves nurturing growth-stage businesses with a 30 percent growth rate, often acting as a lead investor and seeking board representation. Edison has a robust portfolio valued at over $5 billion and manages more than $1 billion in assets, primarily targeting companies located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States. Through its Edison Edge platform, the firm offers strategic advisory services and executive education to enhance value creation for its portfolio companies.

Joe Allegra

General Partner

Robert Dickey

Principal

Michael Dirla

Vice President

Joseph Gwozdz

Operating Partner

Grace Hahn

Senior Associate

Daniel Herscovici

Partner

Dylan Kiger

Analyst

Ben Laufer

Principal

Jennifer Lee

Partner

Lenard Marcus

General Partner

Mariann McDonagh

Operating Partner

Shelby McKeown

Associate

Casey Myers

Partner, Edison Edge

Jay Naik

Operating Partner

Greg Nicastro

Operating Partner

Patrick O'Keefe

Operating Partner

Aston Pierce

Growth Equity Associate

Felix Rauch

Associate

Tom Vander Schaaff

General Partner

Brendan Scher

Senior Associate

Steve Schloss

Operating Partner

Sherri Sklar

Operating Partner

Chris Sugden

Managing Partner

Ryan Tognazzini

Operating Partner

Ryan Ziegler

General Partner

Steve Zieja

Vice President

Dawn Zier

Operating Partner

Past deals in Maryland

Houwzer

Series B in 2022
Houwzer, LLC is a real estate brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2014, Houwzer provides comprehensive services for buying and selling homes, emphasizing a customer-centric approach. The company employs salaried agents and loan officers, enabling them to prioritize client service over sales commissions. Houwzer utilizes proprietary technology to streamline the entire real estate transaction process, offering an integrated platform that includes communication tools, featured listings, and transaction management services. With a focus on transparency and efficiency, Houwzer has achieved a high Net Promoter Score and consistently receives positive client reviews. Since its inception, the company has helped clients in the Mid-Atlantic region save significantly when selling their homes and has facilitated thousands of successful transactions.

Houwzer

Series A in 2020
Houwzer, LLC is a real estate brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2014, Houwzer provides comprehensive services for buying and selling homes, emphasizing a customer-centric approach. The company employs salaried agents and loan officers, enabling them to prioritize client service over sales commissions. Houwzer utilizes proprietary technology to streamline the entire real estate transaction process, offering an integrated platform that includes communication tools, featured listings, and transaction management services. With a focus on transparency and efficiency, Houwzer has achieved a high Net Promoter Score and consistently receives positive client reviews. Since its inception, the company has helped clients in the Mid-Atlantic region save significantly when selling their homes and has facilitated thousands of successful transactions.

LawnStarter

Venture Round in 2019
LawnStarter, Inc. is an online marketplace that connects consumers with lawn care professionals to provide a variety of lawn maintenance services. Founded in 2013 and based in Austin, Texas, the company offers essential services such as mowing, edging, and blowing, as well as specialty services like fertilization, aeration, over seeding, and leaf removal. LawnStarter facilitates instant quotes for consumers, allowing them to easily schedule lawn care services from insured professionals. The company's innovative algorithms utilize geolocation data to optimize route density for lawn care providers, enhancing their efficiency and profitability. LawnStarter operates in multiple states, including Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Motionsoft

Venture Round in 2019
Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitness facilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies.

Bricata

Series A in 2017
Bricata, Inc. specializes in network security and data protection solutions, catering to both public and private sector clients. Founded in 2014 and based in Columbia, Maryland, the company offers a comprehensive platform for network traffic analysis, intrusion detection, and threat hunting. Its ProAccel Appliances utilize next-generation intrusion prevention systems (NGIPS) technology, which provides robust threat protection for both network and cloud-based devices. The platform integrates signature inspection, stateful anomaly detection, and machine learning to enhance malware detection and facilitate proactive threat hunting. By providing deep visibility into network traffic, Bricata enables security teams to identify, analyze, and respond to threats effectively, moving beyond mere alerts to actively defend against both known and emerging vulnerabilities.

Motionsoft

Venture Round in 2016
Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitness facilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies.

Motionsoft

Series B in 2014
Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitness facilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies.

Salsa Labs

Venture Round in 2014
Salsa Labs, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that provides a comprehensive suite of fundraising, advocacy, and marketing engagement tools specifically designed for nonprofit organizations globally. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Salsa Labs delivers an integrated platform that combines supporter engagement and constituent relationship management, enabling nonprofits to effectively engage their communities and enhance their fundraising efforts. The software includes features such as donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, and peer-to-peer fundraising tools. By offering capabilities to target and segment supporter profiles, connect through relevant messaging, and convert interest into action, Salsa Labs helps nonprofits improve efficiency, strengthen supporter relationships, and drive fundraising growth. The company is recognized for its powerful tools and award-winning customer support, which are essential for nonprofits seeking to make a meaningful impact.

Salsa Labs

Series A in 2011
Salsa Labs, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that provides a comprehensive suite of fundraising, advocacy, and marketing engagement tools specifically designed for nonprofit organizations globally. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Salsa Labs delivers an integrated platform that combines supporter engagement and constituent relationship management, enabling nonprofits to effectively engage their communities and enhance their fundraising efforts. The software includes features such as donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, and peer-to-peer fundraising tools. By offering capabilities to target and segment supporter profiles, connect through relevant messaging, and convert interest into action, Salsa Labs helps nonprofits improve efficiency, strengthen supporter relationships, and drive fundraising growth. The company is recognized for its powerful tools and award-winning customer support, which are essential for nonprofits seeking to make a meaningful impact.

Motionsoft

Venture Round in 2011
Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitness facilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies.

Motionsoft

Venture Round in 2010
Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions. The company's software provides club professionals with a modern and effective tool to automate operations with reporting functionality to have their staff acquire, engage, and retain members, enabling studios and gyms, corporate fitness facilities, hospital wellness centers, hotels, spas, and university recreation centers to accelerate financial and operational efficiencies.

LogicTree

Venture Round in 2009
LogicTree is focused on providing market leading Transit Information and 511 IVR products and services. No company in the market has implemented as many successful speech-enabled traveler information IVR solutions as LogicTree. Their patented VoxLinx™ telephony platform allows them to seamlessly deliver transit and 511 information from virtually any data source, giving agencies and DOT's maximum flexibility in the types of services they can provide over the phone.

Notable Solutions

Venture Round in 2009
Notable Solutions, Inc. was established in 1995 and specializes in providing comprehensive technology solutions, including software development, system engineering, technology training, and business consulting. The company has evolved to focus on the design and development of software and hardware, as well as network integration and support for document management systems. Notable Solutions is known for its information capture software and business automation tools, offering content capture and document management solutions. Additionally, the company provides products that facilitate the use of personal computer scanners in business applications, enhancing operational efficiency for its clients.

Regent Education

Series B in 2008
Regent Education, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service solutions designed to streamline financial aid management for higher education institutions. The company's flagship product, Regent 8, is a cloud-based platform that supports various academic structures, including non-term and standard academic year schools. Regent Review automates the collection of verification documents and manages workflows, while Regent Financial Planner offers personalized financial planning tools for students and their families. The comprehensive platform allows institutions to effectively manage admissions, financial aid onboarding, compliance, and student self-service activities. Regent Education's solutions are tailored for a range of institutions, including career colleges, community colleges, and four-year universities, helping them enhance their enrollment processes and deliver better support to their students. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, Regent Education continues to innovate in the financial aid sector.

Optinuity

Series B in 2008
Optinuity, Inc. provides autonomic policy management solutions to enterprises and service providers. Its solutions include Optinuity Oasis, which provides software for creating and implementing autonomic policies to make complex business systems self-managed. The company also provides professional services, including autonomic policy planning and design, installation and configuration, and custom development services; and training services. It primarily offers its solutions for financial services, health care, and telecommunications sectors. Optinuity, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. As of October 6, 2008, Optinuity, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CA, Inc.

Optinuity

Series B in 2007
Optinuity, Inc. provides autonomic policy management solutions to enterprises and service providers. Its solutions include Optinuity Oasis, which provides software for creating and implementing autonomic policies to make complex business systems self-managed. The company also provides professional services, including autonomic policy planning and design, installation and configuration, and custom development services; and training services. It primarily offers its solutions for financial services, health care, and telecommunications sectors. Optinuity, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. As of October 6, 2008, Optinuity, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CA, Inc.

Regent Education

Series A in 2006
Regent Education, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service solutions designed to streamline financial aid management for higher education institutions. The company's flagship product, Regent 8, is a cloud-based platform that supports various academic structures, including non-term and standard academic year schools. Regent Review automates the collection of verification documents and manages workflows, while Regent Financial Planner offers personalized financial planning tools for students and their families. The comprehensive platform allows institutions to effectively manage admissions, financial aid onboarding, compliance, and student self-service activities. Regent Education's solutions are tailored for a range of institutions, including career colleges, community colleges, and four-year universities, helping them enhance their enrollment processes and deliver better support to their students. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, Regent Education continues to innovate in the financial aid sector.

LogicTree

Series A in 2006
LogicTree is focused on providing market leading Transit Information and 511 IVR products and services. No company in the market has implemented as many successful speech-enabled traveler information IVR solutions as LogicTree. Their patented VoxLinx™ telephony platform allows them to seamlessly deliver transit and 511 information from virtually any data source, giving agencies and DOT's maximum flexibility in the types of services they can provide over the phone.

TetraData

Venture Round in 2004
TetraData Corporation, based in Greenville, South Carolina, focuses exclusively on enhancing K-12 education through technology. Established in 1997, the company has developed a suite of warehousing and analytic software solutions aimed at helping educational institutions capture, integrate, and store data from various administrative and educational systems. Its flagship products, the TetraData Analytical Warehouse and Central Data Store, facilitate data-driven decision-making for K-12 districts. With a dedicated team of over 50 employees, TetraData's solutions are utilized in more than 600 educational institutions, impacting over 1.5 million students across numerous states, including California, Florida, and Texas. The company is recognized for its commitment to advancing educational performance through innovative technology.

CoreStar Financial Group

Venture Round in 2004
CoreStar Financial Group is originator, underwriter, funder and bundled seller of residential non-conforming mortgage loans.

Sentori

Series A in 2000
Sentori, Inc., is a privately held company headquartered in Maryland, that provides multi-service billing, customer care and network mediation software solutions to the communications services industry worldwide. Founded in 1994, Sentori offers an innovative modular, scalable solution for 2G, 2.5G and 3G wireless carriers and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs); wireline carriers; and broadband and Internet service providers. It also helps enterprises seeking usage tracking solutions for their internal communications networks. The Sentori name represents what the system enables service providers to do: like a sentry, safeguard customer relationships and business profitability by taking control of the entire customer management process. The Sentori system, launched in 1998, has been deployed in wireless carrier, MVNO, wireline, and satellite communications companies throughout the Americas and in Europe. The company's rapid growth can be traced to its successful track record of in-budget and on-time product implementation, combined with world-class client support. Sentori is supported by major equity investments from Edison Venture Fund, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and STI Venture Funds.
Cerona Networks is the company is a privately held Corporation that is an experienced provider of spectrally efficient satellite network solutions. Its world class design, manufacturing and integration in one company, allows Cerona to bring its customers a full service offering of the most bandwidth efficient satellite communications systems available anywhere in the market. The launch of their RangeRunnerâ„¢ Communications-on-the-Move system represents a significant breakthrough in satellite technology.

Vocus

Series A in 2000
Vocus Group is an international telecommunications company that specializes in providing internet access and high-speed telecommunications services through its fiber networks. It focuses on delivering solutions that empower businesses to scale and adopt technology effectively. In addition to its telecommunications services, Vocus is a prominent provider of public relations software, offering an integrated platform that helps professionals plan, execute, and measure influencer-oriented campaigns. With a vast database of media contacts, Vocus supports over 120,000 organizations, including corporations, agencies, and nonprofits, in managing press releases, influencer outreach, and social media activities. The company is headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, with additional offices in North America and Europe, and it also owns brands like PRWeb and Help a Reporter Out (HARO).
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