LOS ANGELES, December 3, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a growth equity investment and simultaneous merger of LogicBlox, Inc., a Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing database provider, and Predictix, LLC, a leading provider of predictive, cloud-based retail applications.

LogicBlox is a horizontal technology platform that allows enterprises to create sophisticated, highly scalable models to analyze, plan and manage their businesses. The LogicBlox platform provides the smart database foundation that enables next-generation predictive and prescriptive applications across multiple industries including retail, financial services, consumer goods and healthcare. Predictix, developed and delivered utilizing the ...

LOS ANGELES, October 27, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a recapitalization of Anexinet Corporation, an award-winning systems integration and technology management firm that specializes in application development, business intelligence, infrastructure services, mobility, project management, managed services and cloud hosting services. The company’s solutions enable mid-size and Fortune 1000 clients to optimize the value of their IT investments by improving performance and operational processes, and aligning their IT requirements with business goals. Headquartered in Blue Bell, PA, Anexinet currently serves nearly 150 clients in a variety of industries including healthcare, ...

LOS ANGELES, August 26, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the take-private acquisition of ViryaNet Limited (“ViryaNet”), a leading provider of mobile workforce management solutions that guide, automate and optimize the planning, execution and monitoring of field service work. The company offers a robust platform that provides a complete set of integrated resource planning and execution tools that allow customers to effectively manage their mobile workforce and eliminate inefficiencies. ViryaNet has been merged with Verisae, Inc. (“Verisae”), a Marlin portfolio company, further expanding Verisae’s software platform and creating a market ...

LOS ANGELES, August 18, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Daptiv Solutions, LLC (“Daptiv”), a leading provider of project portfolio management (“PPM”) and professional services automation (“PSA”) SaaS solutions that help companies manage critical business initiatives including investment planning, portfolio management and the professional services lifecycle. The company’s PPM products allow businesses to efficiently manage demand, resources, capacity and cost across multiple employee pools and project teams, and the PSA solutions connect and integrate CRM and ERP systems to improve the efficiency of overall operations. Daptiv has been merged with Changepoint ...

LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the Arcserve division from CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA). Arcserve is a leading provider of data protection software solutions that enable mid-market, SMB and enterprise customers to backup, replicate and recover unstructured and mission critical data across a hybrid of complex storage and recovery environments. Arcserve’s recently launched next-generation product, Unified Data Protection (UDP), uniquely combines the backup, recovery, replication and high availability technologies into a consolidated, intuitive user interface, eliminating the need for organizations to manage multiple ...

LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arcserve, a data protection software business, from CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA). The transaction is expected to close in the current quarter.

Arcserve is a leading provider of data protection software solutions that enable mid-market, SMB and enterprise customers to backup, replicate and recover unstructured and mission critical data across a hybrid of complex storage and recovery environments. Arcserve’s recently launched next-generation product, Unified Data Protection, combines backup, recovery, replication and high availability technologies into a consolidated, ...

LOS ANGELES and LONDON, July 1, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Longview Solutions (“Longview”) from Exact Holding N.V. (ENXTAM: EXACT). Longview is a leading provider of corporate performance management (“CPM”) and tax provisioning software to enterprise customers worldwide. Through its integrated CPM and tax platform, Longview enables its customers to automate and standardize reporting, planning and forecasting of financial, operational and tax information, and to significantly improve data integrity, visibility and decision-making. Consistently recognized by Gartner as a “Visionary” and routinely receiving top rankings in industry benchmark customer surveys, ...

LOS ANGELES, April 1, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm, is pleased to announce the first and final closing of Marlin Heritage, L.P., with $400 million of limited partner capital commitments. The Heritage Fund was only offered to investors in Marlin’s fourth flagship fund, and closed at its hard-cap in less than three months while generating demand of more than four times its initial $250 million target.

The Heritage Fund will employ the same investment philosophy and operationally-focused strategy that has been the cornerstone of the firm’s success and will target transactions in the lower middle ...

LOS ANGELES, January 31, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of two software divisions, Changepoint and Uniface, and the IT services business, CW Professional Services, from Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) (“Compuware”). Marlin plans to carve-out the three businesses from Compuware to create a standalone entity.

Changepoint provides a comprehensive software solution that helps professional services organizations drive growth by integrating professional services automation, project and portfolio management and business analytics for its global customers. Uniface provides scalable, model-driven software that allows developers to efficiently build and deploy mission-critical enterprise applications. ...

LOS ANGELES, January 29, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”), a global investment firm, today announced that it plans to establish an independent business for the Tellabs Access product portfolio. This singular focus will allow the company to accelerate Tellabs’ market leadership and growth in Optical Local Area Network (OLAN) solutions for enterprises and government agencies while continuing to provide service providers with excellent residential access products. In conjunction with this announcement, Marlin has appointed industry veteran Mike Dagenais as President and CEO of its Tellabs Access business.

“With deep customer relationships and a strong portfolio of access solutions ...

LOS ANGELES, January 29, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”), a global investment firm, today announced the formation of a single leadership and organizational structure for its Coriant and Tellabs portfolio companies. With a focus on customer value creation, this move represents the first step in a plan to merge the industry-leading networking suppliers under the Coriant brand. As part of today’s announcement, Marlin has appointed Bob Leggett as Chairman of the Board, Pat DiPietro as Chief Executive Officer and Herbert Merz as President and Chief Operating Officer of the unified organization. Dan Kelly, who is stepping down ...

LOS ANGELES, January 8, 2014 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement with Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) (“Compuware”) to acquire two software divisions, Changepoint and Uniface, and the IT services business, Professional Services. Marlin plans to carve-out the three businesses from Compuware to create a standalone entity. The $160 million transaction is expected to close in January.

Changepoint provides a comprehensive software solution that helps professional services organizations drive growth by integrating professional services automation, project and portfolio management and business analytics for its global customers. Uniface provides scalable, model-driven ...