– Founded in 2012, Fenergo is an award-winning Client Lifecycle Management software solutions provider
– It offers client and counterparty data management, regulatory compliance management and client onboarding lifecycle management solutions to banking clients
– In 2015, Fenergo made its debut on the RiskTech100®, the list of the top 100 risk technology providers in the world
– The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland
– Insight Venture Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm investing in growth-stage software, e-commerce, internet and data-services companies
– Since its inception in 1995, Insight raised more than $8+ billion and invested in more than 200+ companies
– Insight is headquartered in New York with multiple offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas
–Aquiline Capital Partners is a specialist investor in Financial Technology and Services
–Aquiline has invested over $2 billion since 2005 in 30 mid-market financial services businesses in North America and Europe
– Insight acquired a majority stake and Aquiline acquired a minority stake from the founders, management and institutional investors
– Marc Murphy, the CEO, along with other senior management, board members and institutional holders re-invested alongside Insight and Aquiline
– Marc Murphy and majority of the senior management team will continue to run and develop the company
– Insight and Aquiline will support Fenergo in accelerating its international expansion into new geographies and markets as well as further developing its compliance and regulatory software solutions
– Arma Partners supported the company in the exit process, including financial analysis, strategic positioning, valuation, marketing materials preparation and initiated contact with both strategic and private equity funds
– Insight Venture Partners and Aquiline Partners emerged as the most attractive bidder for the business and Arma, together with the management team, consequently worked towards a very tight and compact timeline to complete the deal
– This transaction demonstrates Arma Partners’ continued strength in raising growth equity for financial Technology businesses in particular