Vanda Research offers asset allocation, tactical macro, and strategic investment analysis services to institutional investors.
NoBlue2
Acquisition in 2023
NoBlue2 is a technology company that specializes in providing managed services and solutions for NetSuite, a business management software. They cater to various industries, including manufacturing, retail, fashion and apparel, software, and information technology. Their services aim to enhance security, visibility, and efficiency, supporting clients' digital transformation and helping their businesses grow. They offer enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and professional services automation (PSA) solutions, tailoring these to fit each client's unique business needs.
15gifts
Private Equity Round in 2022
15gifts is a technology company that specializes in developing an intelligent decision engine platform designed to enhance customer experience during online shopping. By integrating its recommendation technology into third-party websites, 15gifts assists customers in quickly identifying their ideal products by learning from the buying behaviors of similar shoppers. The platform employs machine learning to monitor user interactions and guide customers at critical moments in their browsing journey, thereby improving conversion rates and providing valuable insights into customer preferences. 15gifts has successfully partnered with various prominent companies and small-to-medium enterprises in the UK, including Virgin Media, Orange, and T-Mobile, demonstrating its effectiveness in the retail sector.
Global App Testing
Venture Round in 2022
Global App Testing is a company that provides on-demand crowd-sourced quality assurance testing services for mobile and web applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company connects app developers with a global community of skilled testers to identify critical bugs before they reach end users. Its platform offers a range of testing services, including functional, localization, security, and load testing across various operating systems, devices, and browsers. In addition to testing services, Global App Testing offers phone support, bug moderation, and reporting features. The company also organizes Testathon, a non-profit event that brings together testers for collaborative bug discovery and innovation.
Dynamic Planner
Acquisition in 2022
Dynamic Planner is a financial planning platform with a 15-year history of success, recognized for its award-winning services. The company specializes in providing investment suitability assessments for clients, both initially and on an ongoing basis. Dynamic Planner is widely regarded as the leading risk profiling and asset allocation process in the UK, utilized by thousands of financial advisers and paraplanners across a diverse range of firms, including large networks, regional and local practices, as well as private client management companies. In addition to its strong presence in the UK, Dynamic Planner is expanding its reach internationally, offering digital investment risk analysis, profiling, and fund rating services designed to help clients optimize their investments and achieve their financial goals.
Dynamic Planner
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Dynamic Planner is a financial planning platform with a 15-year history of success, recognized for its award-winning services. The company specializes in providing investment suitability assessments for clients, both initially and on an ongoing basis. Dynamic Planner is widely regarded as the leading risk profiling and asset allocation process in the UK, utilized by thousands of financial advisers and paraplanners across a diverse range of firms, including large networks, regional and local practices, as well as private client management companies. In addition to its strong presence in the UK, Dynamic Planner is expanding its reach internationally, offering digital investment risk analysis, profiling, and fund rating services designed to help clients optimize their investments and achieve their financial goals.
Egress Group
Acquisition in 2022
Egress Group is a well-established specialist in data migration and integration services. The company serves a diverse clientele, including prominent public and private sector organizations. Egress Group employs its proprietary software tools to carry out various projects, notably a widely utilized payroll validation service and cloud migration across multiple systems. Through these services, Egress Group helps clients achieve sustainable performance enhancements and realize a return on their investment.
60 Decibels
Series A in 2021
60 Decibels Limited, established in 2016 and headquartered in Laurencekirk, UK, specializes in customer-driven impact measurement. The company's methodology enables investors, foundations, and nonprofits to assess social performance by transforming customer feedback into actionable insights. It employs a Lean Data approach, utilizing proprietary survey tools and remote data collection methods such as voice and SMS technologies to provide genuine benchmarks and help clients understand their impact relative to peers and set performance targets.
Zest is a developer of an employee benefits platform that offers software as a service solutions for organizations in the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. The platform focuses on improving compensation communication and administration, providing tools for employee engagement and benefits communication. Zest's offerings include features that enhance employee data security, streamline administration processes, and deliver valuable insights. Additionally, the platform manages flexible benefits schemes, enabling employee benefits consultants to boost engagement, maximize participation, and automate the administration of these schemes. Through its innovative approach, Zest aims to enhance the overall experience of employee benefits management.
Codestone
Acquisition in 2021
Codestone is an award-winning company specializing in SAP and cloud services, primarily aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. The company focuses on providing business applications and cloud solutions that facilitate the transition from a capital expenditure IT model to an operational expenditure model. Codestone offers infrastructure-as-a-service through its cloud platform and provides IT services designed to enhance real-time monitoring of systems. This approach helps businesses transform their core IT services and effectively manage their IT operations.
Togetherall
Venture Round in 2020
Togetherall Limited is an online digital mental health service operating in the United Kingdom, North America, and New Zealand. Established in 2007 and formerly known as Bigwhitewall Limited, the company provides a platform that offers various resources, including creative tools, videos, courses, and web-based therapy, to support individuals facing anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. Togetherall's service is available 24/7 and is clinically validated to assist those dealing with stress and isolation. The platform fosters a supportive community through peer-to-peer interactions while maintaining user anonymity and safety, allowing individuals to share their experiences freely. Togetherall collaborates with clients across sectors such as education, health, corporate, and charity to enhance mental health support for diverse populations.
MaxContact
Acquisition in 2020
MaxContact is a cloud-based software company specialising in contact centre solutions. They develop comprehensive platforms designed to enhance customer experience, offering features such as inbound/outbound call management, omni-channel support, workforce optimisation, IVR systems, payment gateways, automation tools, custom integrations, and AI-powered speech analytics for businesses operating contact centres.
Intragen
Private Equity Round in 2019
Intragen Ltd. is an IT consultancy firm based in Wyboston, United Kingdom, founded in 2006. The company specializes in providing a range of services, including cybersecurity consultancy, system integration, and the development and deployment of application software. Intragen focuses on identity and access governance, offering consulting and implementation services that help enterprise-scale customers enhance project delivery, improve service quality, and ensure compliance with audit requirements. Through its expertise, Intragen aims to secure corporate identities across Europe, addressing the critical needs of organizations in today's digital landscape.
Kallik
Acquisition in 2019
Kallik is a global provider of labeling content management and artwork generation solutions tailored for regulated industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, chemicals, and food and beverage. The company develops enterprise software that enables manufacturers to centralize messaging content and produce print-ready artwork for packaging and labeling. By streamlining labeling processes, Kallik helps clients maintain compliance and enhance efficiency in their operations, ensuring that they meet the stringent requirements of their respective markets.
The NAV People
Private Equity Round in 2018
The NAV People is a value-added reseller specializing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central, providing comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions across various industries, including beverage, food, furniture, healthcare, and retail. The company offers a suite of services that includes ERP selection, implementation, support, training, and enhancements, ensuring that businesses can effectively manage their operations. By delivering centralized business software that integrates all organizational departments, from finance to warehouse management, The NAV People enables clients to access a single version of data, thereby enhancing efficiency and reducing data overlap. Their flexible and customizable features allow for tailored solutions that fit the unique needs of each business.
The NAV People
Acquisition in 2018
The NAV People is a value-added reseller specializing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central, providing comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions across various industries, including beverage, food, furniture, healthcare, and retail. The company offers a suite of services that includes ERP selection, implementation, support, training, and enhancements, ensuring that businesses can effectively manage their operations. By delivering centralized business software that integrates all organizational departments, from finance to warehouse management, The NAV People enables clients to access a single version of data, thereby enhancing efficiency and reducing data overlap. Their flexible and customizable features allow for tailored solutions that fit the unique needs of each business.
International Wine & Spirit Research
Acquisition in 2018
The IWSR’s methodology is unique. They are the only research company to visit the key operators every year (distributors, importers, producers, retailers, duty-free and grey operators) in each country. This allows us to gain a far better understanding of the dynamics of a country and its real, rather than reported, consumption patterns. They have a team of 15 specialist researchers who interview over 1,500 companies through face-to-face interviews in each of the key 118 local markets. This first-hand knowledge of the local markets allows the IWSR’s analysts to produce the most accurate reports and forecasts for each country rather than straight-line forecasts or analysis purely derived from desk research. Their forecast accuracy since 2009 has been within 1% on wine and 2.5% on major spirits.
Masstech Innovations
Acquisition in 2017
Masstech Innovations Inc. is a software solutions provider specializing in managing digital media content for media organizations throughout its lifecycle. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Markham, Canada, the company offers a range of products, including a media asset management solution, a news solution for archiving and retrieving content, and a content aggregation solution that streamlines file-based content processing. Its advanced workflow solutions simplify complex media operations. The company serves a diverse clientele, including local television stations, production houses, government organizations, and sports teams across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. Masstech Innovations operates as a subsidiary of 1293551 Ontario, Inc., and is dedicated to addressing the evolving challenges of the media and entertainment industry through innovative cloud-based asset lifecycle management and storage services.
Questionmark Computing
Private Equity Round in 2016
Questionmark Computing Ltd., founded in 1988 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in designing and developing testing and assessment software solutions. The company's primary product is the Perception assessment management system, which allows organizations to create, administer, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams. Additionally, Questionmark offers a Results Management System for analyzing and editing results, and Connectors that interface with various management systems and online tools. Their solutions empower learning and testing professionals with collaborative authoring tools, support multilingual delivery, and provide timely reporting and meaningful analytics to measure knowledge, skills, and attitudes securely.
Optimity
Private Equity Round in 2016
Optimity Limited is a technology service provider based in London, established in 2002. The company specializes in delivering internet services, including wireless internet connectivity and fiber leased line solutions. It also offers managed networks, hosted telephony, and a range of information technology services, such as hardware, software, and licensing. Optimity operates its own LDN+ fiber and wireless network, enabling it to provide fast and secure internet connections ranging from 10Mb to 1Gb within days. The firm adopts a holistic approach to customer connectivity, telecommunications, security, and IT, ensuring that its services are tailored to meet the specific needs of small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and beyond.
Kallidus
Private Equity Round in 2015
Kallidus is a provider of software solutions focused on learning management, recruitment, performance, and talent management. The company offers a SaaS-based platform that enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of e-learning, classroom training, and learner administration. By combining strategic expertise with technology, Kallidus aims to empower individuals and organizations to improve performance and achieve optimal learning outcomes. Their offerings facilitate the development of a skilled workforce and support the evolving needs of businesses in managing talent.
ticketscript
Venture Round in 2014
ticketscript, Europe’s number one self-service digital ticketing company, provides event organisers with solutions, tools and technology that enable them to sell more tickets directly to their audiences and communities in a highly targeted and profitable way. Founded in 2006, ticketscript works with a range of music events, festivals, trade fairs, exhibitions and sports events including The MOBOs, Brighton Pride, Secret Cinema, Hed Kandi, Waterstones and Truckfest.
Sohonet
Private Equity Round in 2012
Sohonet is a provider of technical services specifically designed for the film and media industry. The company specializes in secure high-speed networking, Internet connectivity, storage, hosting, and data management, as well as digital negative management for file-based productions. With a team of experts experienced in various aspects of production and post-production, Sohonet possesses a deep understanding of the industry's workflows, requirements, and challenges. This expertise allows them to deliver solutions that are both flexible and tailored to the unique needs of their clients, setting them apart from standard telecommunications providers. Their offerings enable users to access integrated and adaptable hosted data storage and remote computing services, facilitating the efficient management of media-related projects.
David Phillips
Acquisition in 2012
Established in 1998, The David Phillips Group is the UK’s largest and most resourceful furnishing and specialist services provider to property professionals nationwide. Founders David and Phillip pioneered the concept of delivery, assembly and installation of replenishment products the next working day. Since then we have progressively expanded and added additional services – recently entering CityAM’s Leap 100 list of the most exciting, fast-growing companies to look out for in 2016. They have a deep understanding of the UK property market and work with PRS funds, individual investors, developers, estate and letting agents, property managers and institutional investors to help them make the most of their investments.
CreditCall
Acquisition in 2012
CreditCall Limited is a global payment processing company based in Bristol, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 1996, it specializes in providing secure credit and debit card payment processing services across various sectors, including parking, ticketing, tolling, kiosks, and vending. The company's offerings include an omni-channel payment gateway, EMV Kernel software for chip and PIN transactions, and mobile payment solutions such as CardEase, which facilitates on-the-go payments for smaller merchants. CreditCall also develops CardEaseXML, a payment protocol for hardware integration, and CardEase Mobile, which supports EMV chip and PIN transactions using mobile devices. By focusing on innovative and reliable payment solutions, CreditCall enables businesses to accept payments securely from any device, anywhere.
Small World Financial Services
Private Equity Round in 2010
Small World Financial Services Group Limited is a leading payment services provider based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2005. The company specializes in offering a range of customer service and market-specific payment solutions to individuals and businesses across Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. Small World FS facilitates secure, fast, and cost-effective money transfers to 195 countries worldwide through a proprietary global pay-out network. Its diverse service offerings include money transfer, cash pick-up, bank account transfers, mobile top-ups, mobile wallets, and cheque cashing. Customers can access these services online, via mobile devices, in-store, or through a network of independent agents and payment points. Small World FS aims to provide convenience and efficiency, with many transactions completed in under 15 minutes.
EIS Optics
Private Equity Round in 2009
EIS Optics is a prominent manufacturer specializing in optical thin film filters and high-precision optical components. The company designs, prototypes, and produces dielectric and metal thin film optical coatings that facilitate the precise management of light. Its products cater to various industries, including projection display, entertainment lighting, sensors, medical instruments, and gaming. EIS Optics is recognized as the largest global producer of color wheels, essential for color splitting in digital production, video production, and video imaging. The company's materials and assemblies are integral to various applications, such as projectors, cinema components, HDTV, high-end handheld cameras, and gaming systems.
BAC BV provides affinity purification products and services for the biopharmaceutical market. Their CaptureSelect products are used for drug discovery upto manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and are based on a proprietary platform technology, integrating affinity ligand discovery, manufacturing and immobilization of single domain antibodies derived from Camelids.
Ikon Science
Private Equity Round in 2008
Ikon Science Limited is a provider of geoprediction tools and quantitative interpretation services for the upstream oil and gas industry, operating both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Teddington, the company offers a range of innovative software solutions, including RokDocQED, a platform for rock physics and seismic inversion, and various tools for pressure analysis and geomechanics. Their offerings also encompass seismic modeling and monitoring solutions, such as RokDoc ChronoSeis, which supports 4D seismic analysis. Ikon Science aims to enhance operational efficiency and reduce drilling costs and uncertainties by employing advanced scientific methods and artificial intelligence. The company provides comprehensive support, including customer training, mentoring, and technical consultancy services, focusing on exploration evaluation, reservoir characterization, and drilling planning. By addressing complex challenges across diverse play types, Ikon Science strives to optimize oil and gas exploration and production processes.
RFIB Holdings
Acquisition in 2007
RFIB Holdings is an independent international insurance and reinsurance brokerage based in London, with additional offices in key locations such as Bermuda, Russia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kazakhstan. Established in 1980, RFIB offers a wide range of services, including binding authorities, cargo and specie activities, claims management, property and construction insurance, energy coverage, financial and professional risks, marine insurance, and various specialty lines such as kidnap and ransom and political risk insurance. The company caters to insurance and reinsurance firms, syndicates, and corporate clients globally. RFIB is known for delivering tailored solutions and innovative approaches to meet the specific needs of its diverse clientele, particularly in emerging markets. The firm operates with a management and staff majority ownership structure, emphasizing its commitment to providing exceptional service in the competitive insurance landscape.
Tungsten Network
Private Equity Round in 2006
Tungsten Corporation plc operates an e-invoicing network that serves businesses globally, facilitating streamlined accounts payable and receivable processes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including e-invoicing solutions, invoice validation, tax compliance, and workflow automation, which are designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial operations. Additionally, Tungsten Network provides trade finance solutions and spend analytics to help organizations optimize their financial management. Its platform supports integration with major enterprise resource planning systems, ensuring seamless connectivity for its clients. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, Tungsten Corporation has established itself as a key player in the invoice automation sector, focusing on delivering tailored solutions that improve business outcomes.
Defaqto
Acquisition in 2006
Defaqto Group Limited, established in 1994, is a UK-based independent financial research company. It provides a range of services including financial product and fund databases, online guides, ratings services, and software solutions. Defaqto's offerings help financial institutions develop and promote products, while intermediaries can use them to advise clients and support consumer decisions. The company serves various sectors such as independent financial advisers, mortgage and insurance brokers, product providers, and public sector agencies. Its flagship products include Defaqto Engage, a research software solution, and Defaqto Suitability Report Writer, an intelligent report generator. Defaqto's mission is to empower financial institutions and consumers to make better-informed decisions.