Columbia Partners Private Capital

Columbia Partners Private Capital (CPPC) is an institutional investment firm based in Bethesda, Maryland, with a focus on private equity, venture capital, and mezzanine debt through its Fund of Funds. Established in 2004, the firm manages over $440 million in assets, seeking to provide superior risk-adjusted returns for a diverse clientele that includes public and corporate funds, foundations, endowments, families, trusts, and individuals. CPPC also invests directly in privately held, institutionally backed growth companies through separately managed accounts. As a unit of RCP Advisors 2, LLC, Columbia Partners emphasizes a disciplined investment process governed by its executive management team to achieve its investment objectives.

Thomas B. Bain

Managing Director

Matt Klinger

Managing Director

Saul Waller

Managing Director

30 past transactions

Appcues

Series B in 2022
Appcues, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service platform that facilitates to create personalized user onboarding flows without changing a code that enhances their product's adoption and retention rates. It provides knowledge and tools to design and build products; and allows users to design, publish, and manage their onboarding experience. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cloudbreak Health

Venture Round in 2020
Cloudbreak Health, LLC is a telehealth technology company based in El Segundo, California, specializing in telemedicine and video medical interpretation solutions. Founded in 2003, Cloudbreak offers a comprehensive platform that includes services such as telepsychiatry, telestroke, and tele-urology, along with integrated language services for patients who are Limited English Proficient or Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing. The company's solutions aim to eliminate barriers to healthcare access through advanced technology, facilitating effective communication between providers and patients. Cloudbreak's language access solution, Martti, can be integrated into various platforms, including Epic and Zoom, enhancing the delivery of care. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cloudbreak introduced a free app to support hospitals, allowing for safe patient-provider interactions while minimizing exposure risks.

BlueCart

Series B in 2017
BlueCart is a web and mobile platform built to streamline and modernize the wholesale procurement process for buyers and sellers. It offers online and mobile ordering to new and existing customers while boosting sales with the BlueCart marketplace tools. BlueCart was formerly known as Improvonia and is launched in July 2014.

CareWell Urgent Care

Debt Financing in 2016
CareWell Urgent Care operates emergency health care centers in the New England area. Its approach to urgent care includes on-site labs, x-ray capabilities, and dispensing of common medications. CareWell Urgent Care is based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

Cardlytics

Debt Financing in 2016
Cardlytics, Inc. operates an advertising platform that utilizes purchase-based intelligence to enhance marketing effectiveness within the digital channels of financial institutions, including online and mobile banking. The company partners with over 1,500 financial institutions, such as major banks, to manage banking rewards programs that foster customer loyalty and strengthen relationships. Its primary offering, the Cardlytics Direct solution, is a native advertising channel that allows marketers to connect with consumers in familiar banking environments. Additionally, Cardlytics provides solutions that enable marketers to leverage purchase insights beyond banking channels, helping them identify potential buyers and assess the impact of their marketing campaigns. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cardlytics also has offices in London, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.

Visto

Private Equity Round in 2016
Visto is a technology company focused on enhancing transparency, interoperability, and accountability in digital advertising. Its flagship product, the Visto Enterprise Advertising Hub, is a vendor-agnostic platform that consolidates the entire ad tech stack into a single, user-friendly interface. This platform enables brands, media companies, and agencies to manage execution partners, optimize advertising expenditures, and measure performance effectively. By providing robust analytics, Visto allows users to drive efficiencies and improve return on investment. Additionally, Visto's platform facilitates the unification of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, allowing for the optimization of audience reach and messaging across various media channels.

BlueCart

Series A in 2015
BlueCart is a web and mobile platform built to streamline and modernize the wholesale procurement process for buyers and sellers. It offers online and mobile ordering to new and existing customers while boosting sales with the BlueCart marketplace tools. BlueCart was formerly known as Improvonia and is launched in July 2014.

Banjo

Series C in 2015
Banjo, Inc. is a live intelligence platform that provides a social discovery service, enabling users to explore local and global conversations across various social networks. Founded in 2010 and based in Park City, Utah, with additional offices in California, Washington, and Nevada, Banjo originated from a personal experience of its founder, Damien Patton, who sought to connect people through real-time updates. Initially designed to help users locate friends nearby, the platform has evolved to focus on a broader scope, allowing users to engage with social content from around the world. Through its mobile application, Banjo collects and presents social posts in a relevant and entertaining manner, emphasizing location-based insights. With a team of over 30 employees, Banjo aims to revolutionize the way information is accessed in real time, prioritizing the intersection of social media and location.

Bark

Series B in 2014
BarkBox, created by Matt Meeker, Henrik Werdelin, and Carly Strife, is a subscription e-commerce service designed for dog owners, providing a monthly box filled with toys, treats, and other canine-related products. As the popularity of BarkBox grew, it evolved into Bark & Co, a company focused on enhancing the health and happiness of dogs. Bark & Co operates through several channels, including the subscription services BarkBox and Super Chewer, as well as an e-commerce platform on BarkShop.com. The company also offers wellness products such as BARK Bright and a personalized meal delivery service called BARK Eats. Its business model is primarily driven by the Direct to Consumer segment, which generates most of its revenue from the sale of toys, accessories, and consumables for dogs. Bark & Co aims to meet the diverse needs of dog owners nationwide while fostering a strong connection with their canine companions.

Blurb

Debt Financing in 2014
Blurb, Inc. operates a self-publishing and marketing platform that allows users to create and publish a wide range of books, including photo books, trade books, and magazines, in both print and digital formats. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in London, Blurb provides tools like BookWright and an Adobe InDesign plug-in that enable users to design and layout their projects professionally. The platform supports various genres, including memoirs, children’s literature, and photography, and caters to both individual users and professional authors. Blurb also offers services for selling and distributing books directly through users' websites and social media, while managing the printing and shipping processes. This focus on user-friendly design and accessibility distinguishes Blurb from other self-publishing services, making it a popular choice for creating personalized keepsakes and high-quality visual books. As of August 2020, Blurb operates as a subsidiary of Reischling Press, Inc.

Resonate

Debt Financing in 2014
Resonate's pioneering approach goes beyond traditional targeting on broad demographics, past behaviors or general interests. Political campaigns, advocacy groups and major consumer brands now use Resonate's motivations based targeting to deliver successful online ad campaigns based on otherwise unidentifiable values such as patriotism, environmentalism, taste for luxury, interest in innovation and thousands of other human dimensions.

BARK

Venture Round in 2014
BARK is the world’s most dog-centric company, devoted to making dogs happy with the best products, services and content. BARK’s dog-obsessed team applies its unique, data-driven understanding of what makes each dog special to design playstyle-specific toys, wildly satisfying treats and wellness supplements, and dog-first experiences, like BarkPark, that foster the health and happiness of dogs everywhere. Founded in 2012, BARK loyally serves dogs nationwide with monthly subscription services, BarkBox and Super Chewer; a curated e-commerce experience on BarkShop.com; and custom collections via its retail partner network, including Target and Amazon. At BARK, we want to be the people our dogs think we are and promise to be their voice until every dog reaches its full tail-wagging potential.
Vertical Communications is a provider of unified communications and voice application solutions aimed at transforming business operations for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprise customers. The company offers a wide range of advanced communications technologies, including unified communications, collaboration tools, and mobile solutions. Vertical Communications specializes in upgrading or replacing legacy phone systems with modern Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks, customizing voice applications to enhance business processes, and facilitating the migration of communication systems to the cloud. With a national network of direct offices and channel partners, the company delivers its best-of-breed solutions to clients across the country.

Donuts

Debt Financing in 2013
Donuts Inc is the registry of next generation domain names. With nearly 200 top-level domains, and millions of registrants, Donuts offers a wide variety of clear and meaningful names that represent your identity online in the best possible way. Whether looking for business identifiers (.ltd), navigation (.support), vertical market specifics (.builders) or broad-based generics (.world), their portfolio offers unequaled precision and differentiation. Using their industry-first DPML product, they also work with a large majority of the top global brands to protect their trademarks online. With office locations in Seattle, Washington DC, Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong, they sell their products through the world's leading registrars and resellers, including Go Daddy, Alibaba and 1and1.

Captivate, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2013
Captivate, LLC is a digital out-of-home advertising company that specializes in delivering news and advertising through high-resolution flat-panel TV screens installed in elevators and lobbies of urban office buildings and suburban campuses in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in New York, the company operates approximately 8,900 screens in nearly 1,000 buildings across major metropolitan areas, reaching around 5.6 million monthly viewers. Captivate provides a range of services, including content programming, tenant communication, and hardware installation for property managers. Its offerings also include ScreenCenter, a cloud-based content management system that allows for effective message broadcasting. By engaging business professionals with timely news and relevant information, Captivate connects advertisers to a desirable audience, making it a leader in the digital media landscape for on-the-go consumers.

Donuts

Series B in 2013
Donuts Inc is the registry of next generation domain names. With nearly 200 top-level domains, and millions of registrants, Donuts offers a wide variety of clear and meaningful names that represent your identity online in the best possible way. Whether looking for business identifiers (.ltd), navigation (.support), vertical market specifics (.builders) or broad-based generics (.world), their portfolio offers unequaled precision and differentiation. Using their industry-first DPML product, they also work with a large majority of the top global brands to protect their trademarks online. With office locations in Seattle, Washington DC, Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong, they sell their products through the world's leading registrars and resellers, including Go Daddy, Alibaba and 1and1.

Echopass

Debt Financing in 2010
Echopass Corporation provides advanced IP-based call and contact center solutions as a service for mid-to-large enterprises and government agencies through its unique EchoSystem service integration platform. Only Echopass delivers the promise of on-demand, always on, guaranteed, and end-to-end solutions that are both affordable and fully integrated with client's existing customer contact applications and voice or data technologies. Echopass managed solutions are quick to deploy, easy to use, flexible, and require no capital investment or ongoing maintenance. Privately-held Echopass, backed by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates, is a recipient of the Red Herring Top 100 Companies award

MTM Technologies

Debt Financing in 2009
MTM Technologies, Inc. is a provider of information technology consulting services based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional customer centers across various states. Founded in 1986, the company specializes in digital infrastructure, offering solutions such as cloud services, virtualization, and managed services. These services include workforce mobilization, application support, data center optimization, and security management to help organizations prevent security breaches and ensure compliance. MTM Technologies partners with top-tier technology providers to deliver innovative IT solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses across multiple sectors. As a subsidiary of Axispoint Technology Solutions Group, Inc., MTM Technologies leverages its extensive experience and solution-based approach to enhance clients' IT investments and support their growth and profitability objectives.

MTM Technologies

Debt Financing in 2008
MTM Technologies, Inc. is a provider of information technology consulting services based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional customer centers across various states. Founded in 1986, the company specializes in digital infrastructure, offering solutions such as cloud services, virtualization, and managed services. These services include workforce mobilization, application support, data center optimization, and security management to help organizations prevent security breaches and ensure compliance. MTM Technologies partners with top-tier technology providers to deliver innovative IT solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses across multiple sectors. As a subsidiary of Axispoint Technology Solutions Group, Inc., MTM Technologies leverages its extensive experience and solution-based approach to enhance clients' IT investments and support their growth and profitability objectives.

Telecom Transport Management

Debt Financing in 2008
Telecom Transport Management, Inc. (TTM) is a pioneer and leading provider of wireless backhaul and alternate access services, whose customers include the top U.S. wireless carriers. TTM operates its facility based fiber and microwave networks in 15 metropolitan areas across 5 Midwest and Eastern states and is continually expanding its footprint. TTM provides a fully managed end to end backhaul solution and was one of the first U.S. carriers to provide Ethernet backhaul in support of 4G services. Our networks simultaneously provide TDM and Ethernet backhaul services, easing our customers' migration path from 3G to 4G.

Bug Music

Private Equity Round in 2007
Bug Music is a music company that offers creative support, provides access to platforms, and maximizes the value of each and every copyright, ensuring all its artists receive all payments promptly and accurately. It operates a worldwide publishing and recordings business under one roof and off the same platform. Bug Music was launched in 2008 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Nextpoint

Debt Financing in 2006
Nextpoint is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing cloud-based software applications for regulatory, compliance, and litigation purposes. Founded in 2005, it offers a range of products designed to assist legal organizations. Key offerings include Cloud Preservation, which archives social media and websites; Discovery Cloud, an application for processing, reviewing, and producing digital evidence; and Trial Cloud, which manages evidence for litigation. The platform serves as a central repository for legal documents, facilitating features such as topic clustering, full-text extraction, and evidence exchange. Nextpoint's software enables legal professionals to efficiently extract, analyze, and present documents in courtroom settings.
Vertical Communications is a provider of unified communications and voice application solutions aimed at transforming business operations for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprise customers. The company offers a wide range of advanced communications technologies, including unified communications, collaboration tools, and mobile solutions. Vertical Communications specializes in upgrading or replacing legacy phone systems with modern Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks, customizing voice applications to enhance business processes, and facilitating the migration of communication systems to the cloud. With a national network of direct offices and channel partners, the company delivers its best-of-breed solutions to clients across the country.

NexTone Communications

Venture Round in 2006
NexTone Communications, based in Rockville, Maryland, specializes in providing software solutions for internet-based voice and data convergence aimed at service providers. The company develops technology that enables communications firms to efficiently route, manage, and control internet telephone calls. By focusing on the evolving needs of the communications industry, NexTone creates products that facilitate the delivery of next-generation applications, positioning itself as a key player in the advancement of internet telephone services.

GENBAND

Debt Financing in 2006
GENBAND US LLC is a global provider of real-time communications software solutions tailored for service providers, enterprises, independent software vendors, and developers. Established in 1999 and based in Frisco, Texas, the company offers a diverse range of products, including telephony application servers that support voice, video, instant messaging, and collaboration across various devices and networks. Its intelligent messaging solutions enable unified communication services, while IP gateway and session border controller products ensure secure and reliable connectivity for both fixed and mobile networks. GENBAND also specializes in cloud-enabled platforms, network functions virtualization, and media gateways that enhance communication efficiency and productivity. As a subsidiary of Sonus Networks, GENBAND continues to focus on transforming and improving communication networks worldwide.

MTM Technologies

Debt Financing in 2005
MTM Technologies, Inc. is a provider of information technology consulting services based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional customer centers across various states. Founded in 1986, the company specializes in digital infrastructure, offering solutions such as cloud services, virtualization, and managed services. These services include workforce mobilization, application support, data center optimization, and security management to help organizations prevent security breaches and ensure compliance. MTM Technologies partners with top-tier technology providers to deliver innovative IT solutions tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses across multiple sectors. As a subsidiary of Axispoint Technology Solutions Group, Inc., MTM Technologies leverages its extensive experience and solution-based approach to enhance clients' IT investments and support their growth and profitability objectives.

Traffic.com

Private Equity Round in 2005
Traffic.com believe that we are a leading provider of accurate, real-time traffic information in the United States, based on the quality of our traffic data and the extent of their geographic coverage. They offer detailed traffic information, including specific speeds, travel times and delay times.

iBiquity Digital

Debt Financing in 2005
iBiquity Digital is a company that develops and licenses digital HD Radio technology for AM and FM audio and data broadcasting both in the United States and internationally. The technology enables digital radio signals to coexist on the same airwaves as traditional analog broadcasts. Additionally, the company offers products such as the Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessory and a Gigaware HD Radio application for iPhone and iPod touch users, which allows access to HD Radio FM broadcasts. Founded in 1991 and originally known as USA Digital Radio, iBiquity Digital is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with additional offices in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and Pontiac, Michigan.

Traffic.com

Debt Financing in 2002
Traffic.com believe that we are a leading provider of accurate, real-time traffic information in the United States, based on the quality of our traffic data and the extent of their geographic coverage. They offer detailed traffic information, including specific speeds, travel times and delay times.

Traffic.com

Debt Financing in 2002
Traffic.com believe that we are a leading provider of accurate, real-time traffic information in the United States, based on the quality of our traffic data and the extent of their geographic coverage. They offer detailed traffic information, including specific speeds, travel times and delay times.
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