Edison Partners

Edison Partners L.P. is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 1986 and based in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm specializes in growth equity investments in technology-enabled solutions, focusing on sectors such as financial technology, healthcare information technology, and enterprise software. Edison Partners typically invests in companies with revenues between $5 million and $30 million, primarily targeting those exhibiting a growth rate of approximately 30 percent. Its investment strategy includes expansion capital, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and secondary stock purchases. The firm utilizes a holistic approach, offering strategic advisory services through its Edison Edge platform, which encompasses the Edison Director Network and executive education. Edison Partners manages over $1 billion in assets and has created an aggregate market value exceeding $5 billion across its active portfolio, which includes over 170 investments. The firm's primary geographic focus is the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland.

Joe Allegra

General Partner

Peter Bozian

Senior Associate

Kelly Ford Buckley

Partner

Christopher Clark

Operating Partner

Eileen Covey

Director of Finance and Operations

Robert Dickey

Vice President

Michael Dirla

Associate

Kristen Dumbeck

Vice President

Del Giannotti

Analyst

Joe Giquinto

Vice President of Finance

Joseph Gwozdz

Operating Partner

Daniel Herscovici

Partner

Michael Kopelman

General Partner

Jennifer Lee

Partner

Jean-Marc Levy

Operating Partner

Lenard Marcus

General Partner

Gregg Michaelson

General Partner

Jay Naik

Operating Partner

David Nevas

Partner

Tom Vander Schaaff

General Partner and Portfolio Management

Brendan Scher

Senior Associate

Steve Schloss

Operating Partner, Leadership Center of Excellence

Sherri Sklar

Operating Partner

Christopher Sugden

Managing Partner

Alexandria Symos

Vice President, Sales & Marketing Acceleration

Alex Symos

VP, Go-To-Market Center of Excellence

Joy Whitney

Research Director

Ryan Ziegler

General Partner

Vander Schaaff, Thomas

General Partner

Past deals in Maryland

Houwzer

Series B in 2022
Houwzer, LLC provides real estate brokerage services for buying and selling a home. It also provides industry insights for home buyers and sellers. In addition, it offers communication tools, featured listings, total transaction management, social and email marketing, and direct mail campaign services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with additional offices in Washington, District of Columbia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Houwzer

Series A in 2020
Houwzer, LLC provides real estate brokerage services for buying and selling a home. It also provides industry insights for home buyers and sellers. In addition, it offers communication tools, featured listings, total transaction management, social and email marketing, and direct mail campaign services. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with additional offices in Washington, District of Columbia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Haddonfield, New Jersey.

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. operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, which provides fundraising, advocacy, and marketing engagement software to nonprofit organizations worldwide. The company offers fundraising software for nonprofits, which include donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, online advocacy, and peer to peer fundraising tools. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Salsa Labs

Series A in 2011
Salsa Labs, Inc. operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, which provides fundraising, advocacy, and marketing engagement software to nonprofit organizations worldwide. The company offers fundraising software for nonprofits, which include donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, online advocacy, and peer to peer fundraising tools. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

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. (NSi) was founded in 1995 to provide complete technology solutions in the fields of Software Development, System Engineering, Technology Training and Business Consulting. Since that time NSi has evolved toward software and hardware design, development, network integration, and support of document management systems.

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, headquartered in Greenville, S.C., is a privately-held company organized in January of 1997 with an exclusive focus on K-12 education. TetraData has demonstrated a passion and commitment to the advancement of education through technology and is recognized by many industry leaders as a catalyst in education improvement. A growing company with more than 50 employees, TetraData boasts a strong pool of both education and software engineering innovators dedicated to helping nation’s schools reach and sustain high performance. TetraData’s solutions are currently installed in more than 600 K-12 educational institutions serving over 1.5 million students in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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 is a prominent provider of public relations software, designed to help communications professionals plan, execute, and measure influencer-oriented campaigns through a single integrated platform. It serves over 120,000 clients, including corporations, agencies, and nonprofits, offering access to a vast media and blogger database for distributing press releases, managing influencer outreach, and analyzing the effectiveness of communication efforts. In addition, Vocus encompasses brands such as PRWeb, Help a Reporter Out (HARO), and iContact. Headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland, Vocus also has offices in North America and Europe, focusing on enabling businesses to enhance their online marketing strategies, including social media, search, email marketing, and publicity.