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October 29, 2024
Five Elms Recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor of 2024 by Inc.
Five Elms has again been recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor by Inc. Magazine...
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August 21, 2025
Five Elms Capital Honored on GrowthCap’s Top Private Equity Firms of 2025 List
We're honored to be recognized among great company on GrowthCap's Top Private Equity Firms in 2025...
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May 28, 2025
Five Elms Capital Raises $1.1 Billion Fund VI to Back High-Growth Software Companies
Five Elms Capital, a software-focused growth equity firm, today announced the October 2024 closing of Five Elms VI...

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November 10, 2025
Investments
Digitail Raises $23M USD Series B Led by Five Elms Capital
Digitail, a leading provider of AI-powered practice management software for veterinary clinics, today announced a growth investment from Five Elms Capital.
November 4, 2025
Awards
Five Elms Honored on Inc. Magazine’s Founder-Friendly Investors of 2025
Exciting news - Five Elms was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Founder-Friendly Investors of 2025!
October 9, 2025
Awards
Joe Onofrio Named One of GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors of 2025
We are thrilled to share that Five Elms Partner, Joe Onofrio, has been named to GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors of 2025 for the second year in a row.
August 25, 2025
Investments
Barti Raises $12M Series A to Accelerate AI-Powered EHR for Eye Care
Barti Software, a leading AI-powered company that provides innovative electronic health records (EHR) and practice management...
August 21, 2025
Awards
Five Elms Capital Honored on GrowthCap’s Top Private Equity Firms of 2025 List
We're honored to be recognized among great company on GrowthCap's Top Private Equity Firms in 2025...
August 20, 2025
Firm News
Five Elms’ 2025 Promotions
We're incredibly proud to announce Five Elms' 2025 promotions. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional...
August 4, 2025
Acquisitions
Opiniion Acquires Rentgrata, Signaling a New Era in Resident Engagement
Opiniion, a leading resident satisfaction software, today announced that it has acquired Rentgrata...
July 29, 2025
Acquisitions
10KC Acquires Abode, Creates Leading End-to-End Platform for Cohort-Based Talent Development in the Enterprise
Ten Thousand Coffees (10KC), the prominent peer learning and mentorship software, today announces
July 21, 2025
Investments
FMX Announces Strategic Growth Investment
Facilities Management Express ("FMX"), a market-leading facilities and asset management operating platform, today announced...
July 10, 2025
Investments
Spacelift Raises $51M Series C to Redefine Enterprise Infrastructure Automation
Spacelift, a leading infrastructure orchestration platform, today announced it has....
June 25, 2025
Awards
Stephanie Schneider Named One of GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing 2025
We are thrilled to share that Five Elms Partner, Stephanie Schneider, has been named to GrowthCap’s Top...
May 28, 2025
Firm News
Five Elms Capital Raises $1.1 Billion Fund VI to Back High-Growth Software Companies
Five Elms Capital, a software-focused growth equity firm, today announced the October 2024 closing of Five Elms VI...
May 8, 2025
Exits
Echo360 Acquires GoReact, Adding Next Generation AI Video Assessment to its Learning Transformation Platform™
Echo360, the global leader in transformative learning for business and education, today announced its acquisition of GoReact...
March 12, 2025
Investments
Motivity Announces $27M Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital to Advance Innovation and Scale Operations
Motivity, a leading provider of clinical SaaS solutions for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) providers who treat children with autism...
February 18, 2025
Investments
RoomPriceGenie Receives $75 Million USD Investment from Five Elms Capital & Names Chas Scarantino as CEO
RoomPriceGenie, a leading provider of revenue management systems (RMS) for independent hotels and groups, is proud to announce...
February 18, 2025
Awards
Five Elms Capital Awarded GrowthCap’s Top Growth Equity Firms of 2024
We're honored to be recognized among great company on GrowthCap's Top Growth Equity Firms this year...
February 12, 2025
Investments
Pathify Secures $25 Million in Growth Equity Funding
Pathify, a leading digital engagement hub for higher education, today announced it has raised $25 million...
December 18, 2024
Awards
Five Elms Partners Named to GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors 2024
We are thrilled to share GrowthCap has recognized Five Elms Partners Stephanie Schneider...
December 10, 2024
Exits
Banzai Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire OpenReel, Growing TTM Revenue 152% to $10.9M
Banzai International, Inc. a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today announced...
December 4, 2024
Portfolio News
Magma Math Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant to Improve Math Education in Underserved Communities
Magma Math, a leading K-12 instructional math platform for teacher efficiency and classroom management...
November 27, 2024
Investments
360Player Receives $25 Million Investment from Five Elms Capital to Accelerate Global Expansion of Sports Management Software
360Player, a leading all-in-one digital platform for modern sports clubs, today announced a $25 million strategic...
November 20, 2024
Investments
Magma Math Secures $40 Million in Series A Funding from Five Elms Capital
Investment to Accelerate Growth and Amplify Global Impact in K-12 Mathematics...
November 4, 2024
Acquisitions
SingleOps and Landscape Management Network (LMN) Merge Alongside Strategic Growth Investment
SingleOps, a leading provider of arbor and landscape business software, today announced its merger...
October 29, 2024
Awards
Five Elms Recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor of 2024 by Inc.
Five Elms has again been recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor by Inc. Magazine...
October 16, 2024
Investments
Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Digital Accessibility in the Age of AI
Fable, a leading platform for digital accessibility powered by people with disabilities, today announced it has raised $25m in Series B funding...
October 2, 2024
Awards
Joe Onofrio and Ryan Mandl Recognized on GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors of 2024 List
We are thrilled to share GrowthCap has recognized Five Elms Partners Joe Onofrio...
September 23, 2024
Investments
Field Agent Secures Strategic Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
Field Agent, a retail technology platform providing software and data solutions to the consumer packaged goods...
August 26, 2024
Awards
Inc 5000 Names Five Companies in Five Elms Portfolio to ‘Fastest Growing’ List
Five Elms is excited to share that five of our portfolio companies have been recognized on Inc5000's...
August 21, 2024
Awards
Five Elms Capital Honored on GrowthCap’s Top Private Equity Firms of 2024 List
We're honored to be recognized among great company on GrowthCap's Top Private Equity Firms this year...
August 9, 2024
Firm News
Five Elms’ 2024 Promotions
We're incredibly proud to announce Five Elms' 2024 promotions. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional...
July 29, 2024
Acquisitions
IntelligenceBank Acquires AI-Powered Marketing Compliance Platform, Red Marker
IntelligenceBank, a leading innovator in content compliance with its Digital Asset Management, Brand Portals...
July 8, 2024
Investments
Gymdesk Announces a $32.5 Million Strategic Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
Gymdesk, a leading provider of member management software for fitness and wellness businesses, has raised a $32.5 million...
June 27, 2024
Awards
Stephanie Schneider Named to GrowthCap Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing 2024
We are thrilled to share that Five Elms Partner, Stephanie Schneider, has been named to GrowthCap’s...
June 25, 2024
Investments
Opus1.io Receives Investment from Five Elms Capital to Accelerate Growth
opus1.io, an end-to-end practice management platform for lesson & class-based performing arts businesses...
June 17, 2024
Acquisitions
Field Agent Acquires Shelfgram, Harnessing AI to Close Visibility Gaps for CPG Brands and Retailers
Since 2010, Field Agent has been at the forefront of transforming retail through our innovative...
June 14, 2024
Best Practices
10 Ways to Mitigate Churn in a Challenging Market
In uncertain market conditions, churn can feel inevitable - companies aren’t looking to...
June 7, 2024
Investments
Scilife Secures Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital to Propel Smart Quality Innovation
Scilife, a quality management system transforming the life sciences sector, is thrilled to announce...
April 15, 2024
Best Practices
The Power of Agenda-Driven Sales Meetings
Unlocking communication, collaboration, and success through weekly stand-ups...
March 8, 2024
Awards
Meet the 2024 Female Trailblazers of SaaS
Five Elms portfolio founders, Alwar Pillai, Tessa Court, and Nathalie Garcia, named as "trailblazers of SaaS"...
February 28, 2024
Awards
GrowthCap’s Top Growth Equity Firms of 2023
We are thrilled to share that Five Elms has been named to GrowthCap’s Top Growth Equity Firms of 2023...
February 9, 2024
Five Elms News
Five Elms 2023 Year In Review
Five Elms' 2023 was marked by many exciting investments and growth across our portfolio...
January 23, 2024
Investments
Opiniion Hits Cash Flow Positivity and Secures Series A Funding
Opiniion, a leading resident satisfaction company, is thrilled to announce the successful completion...
January 17, 2024
Investments
Prismatic Raises $22 Million in Series B Funding to Simplify Integrations for B2B SaaS Companies
Prismatic, a leading embedded integration platform, today announced $22 million in Series B funding...
January 10, 2024
Awards
Five Elms Partner Ryan Mandl Named To GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023
Five Elms Capital Partner, Ryan Mandl, named on GrowthCap's Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors...
January 8, 2024
Awards
Mergers & Acquisitions Names Its 2024 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A
Partner, Stephanie Schneider, named to Honorable Mention on Mergers & Acquisitions Most Influential...
November 15, 2023
Investments
Continu Secures $13.5M in Funding Led by Five Elms
We’re excited to announce that Continu closed a $13.5M Series A investment led by Five Elms...
November 14, 2023
Best Practices
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Board
Your board can, and should, be much more than a formal requirement. Done well, a board...
November 7, 2023
Investments
ShippyPro Raises $15 Million to Revolutionize Shipping for Global Brands
ShippyPro, the leading shipping platform for commerce, today announced a new $15 million Series B...
August 3, 2023
Exits
Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media
Sprout Social, an industry-leading provider of social media management software, today announced...
July 28, 2023
Awards
Five Elms Partner Stephanie Schneider Awarded Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing
Partner, Stephanie Schneider named to GrowthCap's Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing...
June 13, 2023
Five Elms News
Five Elms Capital Strengthens Its Investment & Value Creation Teams with Two Valuable Hires
Five Elms announces recent additions of Lauren Janek and Brooke Longtin to the team.
June 9, 2023
Investments
Claravine Acquires AI-Powered Content Classification Company Netra
Claravine has acquired Netra, Inc, a content classification company powered by artificial intelligence...
April 27, 2023
Investments
Practice Better Announces $27 Million Growth Investment
Practice Better, a leading, all-in-one practice management software platform for health and wellness...
April 25, 2023
Awards
Five Elms Capital Partner & Co-CIO, Joe Onofrio, Named on GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors
Five Elms Capital, a leading software investment firm, announces today that Five Elms Capital Partner...
March 1, 2023
Awards
GrowthCap’s Top Growth Equity Firms of 2022
Five Elms Capital named to GrowthCap's Top Growth Equity Firms of 2022 among incredible peers...
February 21, 2023
Investments
Prismatic Announces $9 Million in Funding to Help B2B SaaS Companies Deliver Integrations Faster
Prismatic, a leading embedded integration platform, today announced that it has raised $9 million in a Series A...
February 10, 2023
Awards
Five Elms Celebrates Prestigious Recognition: GrowthCap Top Women Leaders
Five Elms Capital, a leading software investor, announces that Partner Stephanie Schneider...
January 18, 2023
Investments
ContractSafe Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
ContractSafe, a leading cloud-based contract management platform, today announced...
October 27, 2022
Exits
Enquire, Glennis Solutions, and Sherpa CRM Join Forces to Create Market-Leading Senior Living Software Platform
Five Elms portfolio company, Sherpa, has been acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners...
October 20, 2022
Investments
Field Agent Acquires SimpliField, Bringing Together the Best of Retail Auditing & Retail Performance Management
Field Agent, the longtime leader in location-specific, store-level audits, insights and product-trial solutions...
October 18, 2022
Investments
10KC Announces $56 Million Investment to Reimagine the Employee Experience in the New World of Work
Ten Thousand Coffees (10KC), the leading talent experience platform offering all-in-one inclusive...
October 11, 2022
Investments
Rebrandly Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
Today, branded link management platform, Rebrandly, announced its investment by growth equity firm...
September 1, 2022
Exits
Smartsheet Acquires Outfit Bolstering Its Industry-Leading Digital Asset Management Platform Brandfolder
Smartsheet, the enterprise platform for dynamic work, has acquired brand management, templating...
August 18, 2022
Investments
Skedda Partners with Five Elms Capital to Modernize Space Management and Scheduling
Skedda, a leading global space management and scheduling platform serving over 12,000 customers...
July 12, 2022
Investments
SingleOps Raises $74M to Accelerate Platform Expansion for the Green Industry
When SingleOps raised series A funding just over three years ago, I shared how our increasing focus...
May 17, 2022
Investments
Data Integrity Company Claravine Secures $16 Million in Series B Funding
Claravine, a pioneer in data integrity with its platform, The Data Standards Cloud, announced...
May 17, 2022
Investments
Fable, A Leading Tool To Build Inclusive Digital Products, Has Raised $10.5M USD Series A
Toronto-based accessibility platform Fable announced that it has closed a $10.5M USD Series A...
March 1, 2022
Investments
Crelate Secures New Strategic Growth Investment to Empower Recruiters and Delight Candidates
Crelate, the leading, flexible recruitment platform for the talent industry, today announced a strategic...
January 18, 2022
Exits
Condeco Acquires Proxyclick to Better Address the Urgent Need for Businesses to Safely Reconnect People in the Workplace
Five Elms portfolio company, Proxyclick, has been acquired by ThomaBravo-backed Condeco...
January 10, 2022
Investments
AskNicely Raises $32M to Empower Frontline Teams to Delight Their Customers
AskNicely, a leader in customer experience software for service businesses, announced today...
November 30, 2021
Investments
Tagger Investors Double Down With $15M in Series B Funding
After closing their Series A in April of this year, Tagger Media—the influencer marketing and social listening platform that guides...
October 22, 2021
Exits
Procore Acquires LaborChart to Improve Construction Workforce Management
Procore Technologies, a leading provider of construction management software, today announced...
September 16, 2021
Awards
Five Elms Capital Congratulates Four Portfolio Companies for Being Named to the 2021 Inc. 5000 List
Five Elms Capital, a global growth private equity firm 100% focused on investing in world class B2B...
August 31, 2021
Five Elms News
Five Elms Capital Announces 2021 Promotions
Five Elms Capital, a global investor in high-growth B2B software companies, today announced 2021 promotions...
August 3, 2021
Exits
RFPIO Acquires RFP360, Bolstering Best-In-Class Response Management Solutions
Five Elms portfolio company, RFP360, has been acquired by K1-backed RFPIO...
July 27, 2021
Investments
IntelligenceBank Secures $37M USD Growth Investment From Five Elms Capital
IntelligenceBank, the leading innovator in digital asset management and marketing operations software...
July 22, 2021
Investments
Announcing Sendlane’s Official Series A
Today I’m excited to announce that Sendlane has officially raised $20m for our Series A! Partnering with Thomas Kershisnik...
July 22, 2021
Five Elms News
Five Elms Closes $780M Growth Equity Fund V
Five Elms Capital, a leading global growth private equity firm 100% focused on investing in world class...
July 7, 2021
Exits
OnBoard Receives $100M Growth Investment from JMI Equity
OnBoard, the leading cloud-based board management solution for high-performing boards...
July 5, 2021
Investments
ShippyPro Secures $5 Million in Series A Funding from Five Elms Capital
ShippyPro, the leading provider of all-in-one shipping management software for global ecommerce...
April 13, 2021
Investments
Tagger Secures $8.5M in Series A Funding
Tagger Media—the influencer marketing and social listening platform that guides global brands and agencies...
March 18, 2021
Investments
OpenReel Raises $19M Series A Funding Round Led By Five Elms Capital
OpenReel, the leading Remote Video Creation™ platform, today announced it has closed a $19M Series A...
March 2, 2021
Investments
$10 Million to Accelerate Karbon’s Journey to Cloud-Native Practice Management
Joe Onofrio and the team at Five Elms got behind our goal of building a capital-efficient...
February 16, 2021
Awards
GrowthCap: The Top Growth Equity Firms of 2020
Five Elms Capital named to GrowthCap's Top Growth Equity Firms of 2020 among incredible peers...
December 23, 2020
Exits
Personify Acquires MemberClicks to Expand Member Management Platform Coverage
The acquisition of MemberClicks provides Personify and MemberClicks clients with an expanded solution to grow their organizations...
December 9, 2020
Exits
Fortinet Acquires Network Monitoring and Remediation Innovator Panopta
Five Elms portfolio company, Panopta, has been acquired by Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT)...
September 16, 2020
Five Elms News
Five Elms Capital Announces 2020 Promotions
Five Elms Capital, a global investor in high-growth B2B software companies, today announced 2020 promotions...
September 2, 2020
Investments
Reachdesk Secures $6 Million to Revolutionize Direct Mail & Gifting
It's a real pleasure to announce our $6m Series A fundraise led by US Venture Fund Five Elms...
July 17, 2020
Investments
Userlane Prepares for Global Expansion with $11.5 million Growth Financing
Userlane, a leading Digital Adoption Software platform - has successfully completed a $11.5 million...
May 26, 2020
Exits
SelectQuote Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
Five Elms portfolio company, SelectQuote (NYSE: SLQT), has announced the closing of its initial public...
April 23, 2020
Investments
SingleOps Raises $6 Million to Grow Green Industry Software Business
SingleOps, the leading all-in-one SaaS business management software for outdoor services companies, announces...
April 21, 2020
Investments
ActiveProspect Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
ActiveProspect, the leading SaaS company powering consent-based marketing, today announced...
March 13, 2020
Investments
DeepCrawl (now Lumar) Raises $19M in Series B Funding from Five Elms Capital and Beringea
On Tuesday 10th March we were thrilled to announce that we’ve raised $19M in a Series B round...
January 30, 2020
Investments
LaborChart builds its value with Series A capital injection from Five Elms
A recently closed injection of growth and scale capital will help Kansas City-based LaborChart strengthen...
January 23, 2020
Investments
Proxyclick Raises $15M to Expand Further into the US and Other Markets
Proxyclick, the leading provider of enterprise visitor management software, today announced that it closed a $15 million Series B...
January 23, 2020
Investments
Skynamo Secures $30 Million Investment From Five Elms Capital
Leading software investor, Five Elms Capital, is investing $30 million in Skynamo, field sales app and management platform provider...
January 12, 2020
Investments
SimpliField Announces $11 Million Series A Funding, New US Headquarters in NYC
SimpliField today announced a $11 million Series A funding, led by U.S.-based growth equity investor Five Elms Capital...
October 11, 2019
Investments
Five Elms Makes Strategic Investment in FMX
Facilities Management eXpress ("FMX"), the market-leading facilities and maintenance management...
October 10, 2019
Investments
DarkOwl Secures Strategic Growth Investment Funds from Five Elms Capital
DarkOwl, a Denver-based cybersecurity company specializing in darknet data, today announced...
September 5, 2019
Acquisitions
Trackforce Acquires Valiant Solutions, Combines Front-Line Vigilance With Back-Office Intelligence for the Security Industry
Trackforce™, the leading security workforce management platform, announces its acquisition of Valiant Solutions Inc...
September 3, 2019
Trackforce Valiant Secures Over $150 Million from K1 to Create Market-Leading Security Workforce Management Software Platform
K1 Investment Management ("K1"), a leading investment firm focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies...
June 24, 2019
Exits
WP Engine to Acquire Flywheel
Five Elms portfolio company, Flywheel, has been acquired by Silver Lake-backed WP Engine...
April 25, 2019
Five Elms News
Five Elms Closes Fourth Fund to Continue Investing in Leading Software Companies
Five Elms Capital, a leading investor in founder-owned software businesses, today announced a first and...
October 16, 2018
Investments
Hubb Secures $6.3 Million in Series B Funding
Hubb, a developer of cutting-edge event management technology, today announces that it has raised...
September 17, 2018
Investments
Passageways Closes Strategic Growth Investment From Five Elms Capital
Passageways (now OnBoard), the leading provider of secure collaboration software for employees and board of directors...
July 17, 2018
Investments
Field Service Management Software Service Fusion Raises $10M Series A from Five Elms Capital
Service Fusion, a leading field service management software provider helping small and mid-sized field service companies...
July 7, 2018
Investments
GoReact Caps Exciting 2018 with $4M in New Funding
GoReact, a leading video-based skills training platform, today announced the close...
May 30, 2017
Investments
Apptegy Secures Growth Funding From Five Elms Capital
Apptegy, creators of the Thrillshare digital framework for schools, announced today...
February 13, 2017
Investments
MemberClicks Secures Growth Funding
MemberClicks, the leading provider of membership management software for small-staff associations, announced today...
January 11, 2017
Investments
Trackforce Closes Strategic Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
Trackforce, a leader in physical security software and technology solutions, announced today the closing of a $7.4 million strategic growth investment...
April 6, 2016
Investments
Kansas City’s Five Elms injects $4M in Omaha Startup, Flywheel
Five Elms led a $4 million round for Flywheel, allowing the startup to add features to its platform...
March 30, 2016
Investments
GoReact Secures $4M in Growth Financing from Five Elms Capital
GoReact, one of the fast risers in Utah’s education tech community and makers of a video-based...
July 16, 2015
Exits
Groupon Acquires OrderUp to Power Nationwide Food Ordering and Delivery
Groupon today announced the acquisition of OrderUp, an on-demand online and mobile food ordering...
May 5, 2015
Awards
GrowthCap: The Top Growth Equity Firms of 2015
Five Elms Capital named to GrowthCap's Top Growth Equity Firms of 2015 among incredible peers...
March 10, 2015
Investments
Field Agent Secures Additional Funding From Five Elms Capital
Field Agent, the leader in location-specific mobile market research and retail data collection...
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