William Blair served as the exclusive financial advisor to Venminder, a portfolio company of Bain Capital Ventures, Silversmith Capital Partners, MissionOG and other minority investors, in connection with its sale to Ncontracts. Simultaneously with this transaction, Ncontracts was acquired by Hg from Gryphon Investors. The transaction has closed and was announced on September 4, 2024.
About the Companies
Venminder is the leading provider offering a unified SaaS platform for third-party risk management. The platform is used by more than 1,200 customers to manage the entire vendor lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding, with ease and efficiency. Venminder combines technology and human expertise to enable customers to manage vendors, track contract data, perform due diligence and oversight, send and score questionnaires, conduct risk assessments, systemically monitor risks across domains, order due diligence assessments on vendor controls, and much more.
Ncontracts provides integrated risk, vendor, and compliance management software to a rapidly expanding customer base of over 4,000 financial institutions, mortgage companies, and fintech companies in the United States. The company’s powerful combination of software and services enables financial institutions to achieve their risk management and compliance goals with an integrated, user-friendly, cloud-based solution suite encompassing vendor, organizational, audit, and compliance risk management.
Hg supports the building of sector-leading enterprises that supply businesses with critical software applications or workflow services, delivering a more automated workplace for their customers. This industry is characterized by digitization trends that are in early stages of adoption and are set to transform the workplace for professionals over decades to come. Hg’s support combines deep end-market knowledge with world class operational resources, together providing compelling support to entrepreneurial leaders looking to scale their business – businesses that are well invested, enduring, and serve their customers well. With a vast European network and strong presence across North America, Hg’s 400 employees and $70 billion in funds under management support a portfolio of more than 50 businesses, worth over $150 billion aggregate enterprise value, with over 110,000 employees, consistently growing revenues at more than 20%.
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