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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...

August 21, 2024

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...

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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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 4, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Five Elms’ 2024 Promotions

We're incredibly proud to announce Five Elms' 2024 promotions. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional...

IntelligenceBank Acquires AI-Powered Marketing Compliance Platform, Red Marker

IntelligenceBank, a leading innovator in content compliance with its Digital Asset Management, Brand Portals...

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...

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...

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...

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...

10 Ways to Mitigate Churn in a Challenging Market

In uncertain market conditions, churn can feel inevitable - companies aren’t looking to...

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...

The Power of Agenda-Driven Sales Meetings

Unlocking communication, collaboration, and success through weekly stand-ups...

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

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 2023 Year In Review

Five Elms' 2023 was marked by many exciting investments and growth across our portfolio...

January 23, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media

Sprout Social, an industry-leading provider of social media management software, today announced...

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...

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.

Claravine Acquires AI-Powered Content Classification Company Netra

Claravine has acquired Netra, Inc, a content classification company powered by artificial intelligence...

Practice Better Announces $27 Million Growth Investment

Practice Better, a leading, all-in-one practice management software platform for health and wellness...

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...

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

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

Five Elms Celebrates Prestigious Recognition: GrowthCap Top Women Leaders

Five Elms Capital, a leading software investor, announces that Partner Stephanie Schneider...

January 18, 2023

ContractSafe Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital

ContractSafe, a leading cloud-based contract management platform, today announced...

October 27, 2022

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

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

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

Rebrandly Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital

Today, branded link management platform, Rebrandly, announced its investment by growth equity firm...

September 1, 2022

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Procore Acquires LaborChart to Improve Construction Workforce Management

Procore Technologies, a leading provider of construction management software, today announced...

September 16, 2021

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 Capital Announces 2021 Promotions

Five Elms Capital, a global investor in high-growth B2B software companies, today announced 2021 promotions...

August 13, 2021

Intrado Acquires Hubb, Transforming the Future of Global Events

Five Elms portfolio company, Hubb, has been acquired by Apollo-backed Intrado Corporation...

RFPIO Acquires RFP360, Bolstering Best-In-Class Response Management Solutions

Five Elms portfolio company, RFP360, has been acquired by K1-backed RFPIO...

IntelligenceBank Secures $37M USD Growth Investment From Five Elms Capital

IntelligenceBank, the leading innovator in digital asset management and marketing operations software...

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...

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...

OnBoard Receives $100M Growth Investment from JMI Equity

OnBoard, the leading cloud-based board management solution for high-performing boards...

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...

Tagger Secures $8.5M in Series A Funding

Tagger Media—the influencer marketing and social listening platform that guides global brands and agencies...

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...

$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

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

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

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 Capital Announces 2020 Promotions

Five Elms Capital, a global investor in high-growth B2B software companies, today announced 2020 promotions...

September 2, 2020

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...

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...

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...

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...

ActiveProspect Receives Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital

ActiveProspect, the leading SaaS company powering consent-based marketing, today announced...

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

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

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

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

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

Five Elms Makes Strategic Investment in FMX

Facilities Management eXpress ("FMX"), the market-leading facilities and maintenance management...

October 10, 2019

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

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...

WP Engine to Acquire Flywheel

Five Elms portfolio company, Flywheel, has been acquired by Silver Lake-backed WP Engine...

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

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

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...

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...

GoReact Caps Exciting 2018 with $4M in New Funding

GoReact, a leading video-based skills training platform, today announced the close...

Apptegy Secures Growth Funding From Five Elms Capital

Apptegy, creators of the Thrillshare digital framework for schools, announced today...

February 13, 2017

MemberClicks Secures Growth Funding

MemberClicks, the leading provider of membership management software for small-staff associations, announced today...

January 11, 2017

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...

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...

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...

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...

GrowthCap: The Top Growth Equity Firms of 2015

Five Elms Capital named to GrowthCap's Top Growth Equity Firms of 2015 among incredible peers...

Field Agent Secures Additional Funding From Five Elms Capital

Field Agent, the leader in location-specific mobile market research and retail data collection...