The Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs is a prominent global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, established in 1869 and headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a range of services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. Its Investment Banking segment offers advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring, as well as underwriting for public offerings and private placements of various securities. The Institutional Client Services segment focuses on client execution across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and equities, while also offering financing and securities lending to institutional clients. The Investing & Lending segment engages in originating long-term loans and investing in debt securities and real estate. Additionally, Goldman Sachs Asset Management serves both institutional and individual investors with comprehensive investment and advisory solutions across diverse asset classes. The firm also operates several specialized investment groups, including private equity and infrastructure funds, targeting a variety of sectors and investment strategies worldwide.

Andre Alfaro

Managing Director

Margaret Anadu

Managing Director

Sara Beth Beckmeier

Vice President

Alexander Blostein

Managing Director and Senior Analyst, Global Investment Research

Charles Bouckaert

Managing Director

Michael Brandmeyer

Managing Director, Global Co-head and Co-CIO of the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection Group

Beat Cabiallavetta

Partner

David Campbell

Managing Director - Merchant Banking Division

Will Chen

Managing Director

Jaejoon Choi

Managing Director - Head of Korea Global Markets

David Chou

Managing Director

David Cohen-Mintz

Managing Director

Stephen Daniel

Managing Director

Samayita Das

Vice President

Christopher Dawe

Managing Partner

Adam Dawson

Managing Director

Brian DeCenzo

Managing Director, TMT / Internet Banking — Investment Banking Division

Nicholas Dier

Vice President

Ajay Diwan

Vice President of Investment Research

Nicola Dondi

Managing Director

Dominique Dorlipo

Managing Director, France Country Head

Benjamin Ferguson

Managing Director, Co-Head of Japan and Head of Client and Business Management

Wolfgang Fink

CEO, Germany and Austria

Sebastien Gagnon

Managing Director

Timur Galen

Managing Director

Stefan Goetz

Executive Director - Principal Investments Area

Andrew Gordon

Associate

Ashwin Gupta

Managing Director

James Hayward

Managing Director of Growth Equity

Sonya Huang

Investment Banking Analyst

Graham Hurtt

Vice President, Technology and Services Investment Banking

Gaurav Jaitly

Managing Director

Kani Keita

Associate, Merchant Banking Division

Larry Kellerma

Partner

Simon Kubbies

Managing Director (Private Equity)

Aaron Lamshed

Head of equity capital markets in Australia and New Zealand

Kirk A. Lepke

Executive Director, GS Growth

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Lyla Maduri

Managing Director

Jade Mandel

Vice President, Growth Equity

Joshua Matheus

Managing Director of Technology

Mathew McDermott

Managing Director

Masanori Mochida

President of Goldman Sachs Japan

Karen Moon

TMT Investment Banking Analyst

Scott Myers

Managing Director

Jason Nassof

Vice President

Maya Poddar

Associate

Jeffrey Possick

Managing Director

Nikhil Reddy

Managing Director, Asset Management Division

Ben Reiber

Vice President

Christian Resch

Managing Director, GS Growth

Josh Richardson

Managing Director

Max Ritter

Managing Director

Ronald Rolighed

Managing Director

Simon Rothery

CEO, Australia

Brady Schuck

Managing Director

Peter Seccia

Managing Director

Greg Shell

Head Managing, Inclusive Growth Strategy Partner

Sarah Shenton

Vice President in the Merchant Banking Division

Andrew Sickinger

Vice President, M&A

Gavin Simms

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Stephen Branton Speak

Partner and Managing Director

John Stevenson

Vice President

Chang Q. Sun

Executive Director In the Investment Banking Division

Ram Sundaram

Partner

Adriana Tajonar

Vice President of Life Sciences Investing

Alex Tishakov

Analyst, Investment Banking Division

Rana Yared

Managing Director of Securities Division

Alec Zhang

Analyst

Past deals in Georgia

Eagle Global

Funding Round in 2022
Developer and provider of skill-based gaming kiosk services. The company offers gaming equipment, distributed gaming services, online merchandising kiosks, skill-based gaming machines, online skill-based games and other related services.

Funding U

Debt Financing in 2020
Funding University, Inc. is a merit-based student lender that provides fixed interest rate loans to undergraduate students in the United States. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers an alternative to traditional FICO and co-signer-based loan models. By assessing students' academic performance, career trajectories, and earning potential, Funding U enables students to secure loans without the need for a co-signer. This approach not only facilitates access to funding but also aims to reduce the likelihood of students dropping out of college due to financial constraints.

Mission Lane

Debt Financing in 2019
Mission Lane LLC specializes in providing credit card services to subprime consumers, aiming to facilitate access to responsible credit on transparent terms. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company utilizes advanced technology, data analytics, and machine learning to enhance the customer experience. Mission Lane offers digital self-service tools that empower customers to manage their accounts effectively and work towards improving their credit scores. The company is dedicated to creating fair and clear credit solutions, ensuring that its terms are straightforward and accessible compared to other options in the market. By focusing on customer success, Mission Lane fosters a mutually beneficial relationship where both the company and its clients thrive together.

Ionic Security

Series E in 2019
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Pindrop

Series D in 2018
Pindrop Security, Inc. specializes in providing enterprise solutions to secure phone and voice communications, focusing on fraud prevention and customer verification. The company has developed patented technologies, including Phoneprinting, which analyzes phone calls to identify malicious behaviors and confirm legitimate callers. Additionally, Pindrop Express offers a risk-based authentication solution that validates customer phone numbers before calls reach contact centers. Its services are designed to combat various fraud tactics, such as caller ID spoofing and social engineering. Pindrop's solutions are utilized by numerous sectors, including finance, healthcare, insurance, retail, and travel, helping organizations detect fraudulent activities and authenticate callers efficiently. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Pindrop is backed by prominent venture capital firms and plays a significant role in enhancing security and customer experience in voice interactions.

Genesis Capital

Acquisition in 2017
Genesis Capital is an independent financing advisory firm established in 2002 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm specializes in providing advisory services to public corporations, private companies, and family-owned businesses, focusing on key growth sectors of the economy. Their expertise lies in facilitating strategically important transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and going-private transactions. By working closely with clients, Genesis Capital aims to support their strategic growth initiatives and enhance shareholder value.

Rubicon

Series E in 2017
Rubicon Global Holdings LLC is a technology company that specializes in cloud-based waste and recycling solutions for businesses, governments, and nonprofits. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Rubicon operates a digital marketplace and offers a suite of software-as-a-service products aimed at enhancing waste management and recycling efforts. The company provides various recycling programs, including services for cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics, and organics, as well as single stream recycling solutions. One of its notable offerings is RUBICONSmartCity, which assists municipal governments in optimizing waste and recycling operations while transforming their fleets into data collection centers to improve quality of life and government services through data analytics. Rubicon serves a global customer base and maintains core teams in several U.S. cities, including New York and San Francisco. The company is committed to driving environmental innovation and helping its partners achieve sustainability goals by finding economic value in waste streams.

Ionic Security

Series D in 2016
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Rubicon

Series C in 2015
Rubicon is a digital marketplace for waste and recycling. They provide innovative software-based products for businesses and governments. They focus on developing software solutions that bring new transparency to the waste and recycling industry, encouraging customers to make data-driven decisions that lead to more efficient and effective operations as well as more sustainable outcomes.

Bluefin

Debt Financing in 2014
Bluefin Payment Systems LLC specializes in providing secure payment technology to a diverse range of clients, including independent software vendors, enterprises, financial institutions, and small to medium-sized businesses across over 25 countries. The company offers a suite of products designed to enhance payment security, including ShieldConex for protecting sensitive data, Decryptx for Decryption as a Service, and PayConex, which facilitates various payment methods such as credit, debit, ACH, and recurring payments. Bluefin also provides payment tokenization solutions, EMV authentication for point-of-sale transactions, and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) to safeguard data during transactions. Their offerings extend to Transparent Redirect for customizable payment pages and P2PE Manager, an online tool for managing P2PE activities. With headquarters in Atlanta and additional offices in New York, Chicago, Tulsa, and Waterford, Ireland, Bluefin is recognized as an innovator in payment security, holding multiple patents related to its technologies.

U.S. Security Associates

Acquisition in 2011
U.S. Security Associates is an American security company, with locally-responsive offices providing premier national security services and global consulting and investigations. They provide career paths for over 50,000 security professionals serving several thousand clients and a range of industries. Innovative applications of leading-edge, proprietary technology enable the USA to rank annually among the world’s best training companies, sustain the highest standards of quality, and underscore world-class customer service with unparalleled accountability. USA’s rise as one of today’s largest security companies is a natural byproduct of these differentiators together with a commitment to investing in employee reward and development, giving back to local communities, and relentlessly striving to be a security company that is Safe. Secure. Friendly.

Inveshare

Series B in 2008
Inveshare, Inc. is a company that specializes in shareholder material delivery and communication services for broker-dealers and institutional investors. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York, with additional operations in Alpharetta, Georgia, Inveshare offers a range of solutions including proxy delivery, prospectus distribution, mutual fund communications, and corporate actions notifications. The company provides advanced technology for both traditional and electronic methods of proxy voting and delivery, ensuring compliance and effective communication for its clients. Its offerings cater to various stakeholders, including banks, brokerage firms, public companies, and proxy advisors, facilitating efficient and responsive shareholder engagement. Inveshare was previously known as Swingvote, Inc. before rebranding in December 2008.

BTIG

Seed Round in 2007
BTIG provides institutional brokerage and fund services. It is specialized in global trading and fund services for hedge funds, separate accounts, mutual funds, and family offices. The company operates in various areas, including equity trading, fixed income, future trading, convertible securities, equity derivatives, prime brokerage, outsource trading, direct market access, capital markets, equity research, and corporate access as well as international trading, commission management services, portfolio analytics, and market intelligence. In addition, the company provides trading solutions to investment managers. It serves institutional clients worldwide. BTIG was founded in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California. It has additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Greenwich, Red Bank, Norwalk, Orinda, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. It operates as a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP.

IHealth Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2006
iHealth Technologies, Inc. specializes in payment policy management solutions for healthcare organizations. Founded in 2001 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company provides integrated claims management services that include payment policy advisory processes, policy configuration, and client business decision support. Additionally, it offers tools for provider communication and disclosure, as well as analytics related to medical and administrative costs. Its services are designed to ensure accuracy in claims payment by applying appropriate clinical coding, thereby enhancing payment integrity. The company's clients range from Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and commercial insurance carriers to government health plans, reflecting its broad impact on the healthcare payment landscape.

Javelin Innovations

Venture Round in 2006
Javelin Innovations(formerly Vyyo) supply broadband wireless access systems used by telecommunicationsservice providers to deliver wireless, high-speed data connections to business and residential subscribers. Their systems are deployed in point-to-multipoint applications at the radio frequencies licensed for two-way broadband communication. Point-to-multipoint technology refers to the ability of a central, wireless hub to transmit and receive network traffic to and frommultiple subscriber modems. Their systems are based on the Internet protocol, or IP, which is the networking standard used to deliver voice and data over the Internet. Networking standards are the special set of rules for communicating that the end points in a telecommunication connection use when they send signals back and forth. Their system is designed to allow service providers to support rapid and cost-effective broadband service roll-outs directly to business and residential subscribers. Service providers use their system to bridge the segment of the network that connects the service providers' systems directly to the subscribers, commonly referred to as the last mile.

New World Communications

Venture Round in 2000
NewWorld Communications is an information technology and communications consulting firm that enables midsize businesses and enterprises to implement network, mobility, and cloud solutions. It also offers contract negotiation, strategic planning and design, project management and implementation, and support services. NewWorld Communications was acquired by Nextel Communications in January 2003. NewWorld Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Talus Solutions

Venture Round in 2000
Talus Solutions, Inc. is a provider of advanced software and services aimed at driving growth for businesses by acquiring new customers and enhancing revenue and profitability from existing clients. The company specializes in analyzing historical data and predicting consumer behavior, offering automated pricing optimization to maximize financial outcomes. Talus Solutions' offerings are applicable across various sales channels, including direct sales, intermediaries, and e-commerce. Additionally, the company provides cybersecurity services tailored to healthcare and enterprise organizations, which include security program assessments, identity access management, biomedical device security, vulnerability assessments, wireless security, active compromise assessments, security monitoring, and threat hunting. These services enable businesses to implement customized cybersecurity solutions to meet their specific needs.
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