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Edison Partners

Growth equity

Nashville · Seed–Growth · 37 people tracked

Also known as EDISON PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Edison Partners positions itself as a growth equity partner focused on the critical inflection point when companies are ready to take a significant step forward. Beyond capital, the firm emphasizes its Edison Edge platform, which injects businesses with operational expertise from operators who have led companies of similar size and stage. The firm delivers adaptive, personalized plans, playbooks, and people to help teams accelerate and scale, backing companies from initial investment through successful exit with a hands-on, committed approach.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$5M – $25M
HQ
Nashville, New Jersey, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1986
Last 12 months
4 investments
AUM
$2.6B
Tracked investments
89

Team · 37 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Ben Laufer· Principalin
Bobby Wade· Associatein
Jamie Egasti· Operating Partnerin

Former CEO of both Catalina and Folgers Coffee Company who serves as an Executive Advisor Partner.

Katie Reilly· Operating Partnerin
Nonnie Egbuna· Director of Marketing & Value Creationin
Patrick O'Keefe· Operating Partnerin
Rose Lee· Operating Partnerin
Ryan Tognazzini· Operating Partnerin

Has spent his career in operations across technology and business services.

Salman Bari· Associatein
Shelby McKeown· Senior Associatein
Viraj Parikh· Operating Partnerin
Brendan Scher· Senior Associatein

What they invest in

from 34 of 89 portfolio companies

SaaS ×22AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×9Marketing Tech ×9Fintech ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5AdTech ×4Consumer ×4

HQs:United States×44France×1

Investments · 89 tracked

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By year:2026 · 42025 · 32024 · 22023 · 12021 · 22020 · 22019 · 52018 · 22017 · 12016 · 62015 · 230 dated

All Traffic SolutionsJun 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

State College, US

James Weaver(Executive Officer, Director)John Ted Graef(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardJoseph Grabias(Director)

Board seatGary Golding· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Jun 2016

Bento TechnologiesNov 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Farhan Ahmad(Executive Officer, Director)Guido Schulz(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatKelly Ford Buckley· per SEC Form D · $8.1M raise · filed Dec 2020

Capital Rx, Inc.Aug 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Board seatLenard Marcus· per SEC Form D · $232.9M raise · filed Sep 2025

Co-investorsB4 CapitalGeneral CatalystTRANSFORMATION CAPITAL

Elligint Health, Inc.Dec 2024

Edison, US

Sumesh P. Poyil(Executive Officer)Adam Sabloff(Director)Steven Tolle(Director)Chris Caramanico(Executive Officer, Director)Ashish Kapoor(Director)Danielle Bellanger(Director)

Board seatLenard MarcusGregg Michaelson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHLM Venture PartnersHLM Strategic Investment

Field Effect SoftwareAug 2025SEC filinghigh confidence

Ottawa

Matthew Holland(CEO, CTO, President, Founder and Chairman)Andrew Loschmann(COO, Secretary, Treasurer, Co-Founder and a Director)Alex Yanitsky(Director)Matt Mullenweg(Director)David Curley(Chief Operating Officer)Mariann McDonagh(Director)

Board seatLenard Marcus· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Oct 2025

Fishbowlfishbowl.comSep 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Fishbowl offers a Guest Relationship Management (GRM) platform for restaurant groups, combining customer data platform and CRM capabilities to manage guest data, loyalty, and engagement.

FoodTechMarketing TechSaaSAlexandria, US

Dev Ganesan(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Shaw(Executive Officer)Aaron Levine(Executive Officer)Scott Weeren(Executive Officer)Sanjog Gad(Executive Officer)Mike Lukianoff(Executive Officer)

Board seatGary Golding· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Oct 2015

Co-investorsEscalate Capital Partners

Health Recovery Solutionshealthrecoverysolutions.comin𝕏Aug 2019

Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) provides an EHR-integrated remote patient monitoring platform along with clinical advisory, logistics, reimbursement, and support services for healthcare organizations, payors, and providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSHoboken, US

Jarrett Bauer(Executive Officer, Director)Rohan Udeshi(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Priece(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatGregg Michaelson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlpha Ascent Ventures LlcLLRSaaS Capital

Kemp TechnologiesJan 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Ray Downes(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Willemin(Executive Officer)Dolores Farrell(Executive Officer)Jonathan Braunhut(Executive Officer)Peter Melerud(Executive Officer)

BoardEric Filipek(Director)

Board seatLenard Marcus· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Feb 2016

Co-investorsMill Point Capital

LincorJun 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

Brentwood, US

Mark Bacurin(Executive Officer)

Board seatGregg Michaelson· per SEC Form D · $544.1K raise · filed Jun 2020

MoneyLionmoneylion.comin𝕏Jul 2018Acquired

MoneyLion is a financial technology company offering consumer banking products including spend accounts, savings accounts with variable APY, a debit Mastercard with cash back rewards, and a membership plan with added services and insurance benefits.

ConsumerFintechMarketplacesNew York, US

Diwakar Choubey(President, Chief Executive Officer and Assistant Secretary)Pratyush Tiwari(Chief Information Officer and Treasurer)Chee Mun Foong(Chief Technology Officer)Dee Choubey(Founder)inTim Hong(SVP, Marketing & Product)Richard Correia(Chief Financial Officer and Secretary)

Board seatChris Sugden· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesConvergeFinTech CollectivePruVen Capital PartnersUpper90Danhua Capital+2 more

Motionsoftmotionsoft.netinOct 2016

Rockville, US

Al Noshirvani(Executive Officer, Director)John Cramp(Executive Officer, Director)Pascal Bouvier(Director)Tim Bender(Executive Officer)Ali Noshirvani(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Caro(Director)

Board seatGary Golding· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsEscalate Capital PartnersRoute 66 VenturesSWaN & Legend Venture Partners

Neatneat.euinMar 2016SEC filinghigh confidence

Neat designs and operates embedded insurance solutions customized for different sectors, distributed through major European brands.

InsurTechSaaSParis, FR

James Conroy(Executive Officer)Michael Crincoli(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMichael Aronson(Director)

Board seatGary GoldingMichael Kopelman· per SEC Form D · $2.1M raise · filed Apr 2016

Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesMundi VenturesB-FLEXIONFounders FutureOctopus Ventures

NS8Sep 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

Herndon, US

Adam Rogas(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Korol(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Kay(Executive Officer, Director)Phil Vizzaccaro(Executive Officer)

Board seatLenard Marcus· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Oct 2019

Overhaul GroupAug 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Austin, US

Barry Conlon(Executive Officer, Director)Sherri Moyen(Executive Officer)Ronald Greene(Executive Officer, Director)Dave Broe(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChristopher Dederick(Director)

Board seatRyan Ziegler· per SEC Form D · $105.1M raise · filed Sep 2025

Co-investorsSpringcoast Capital Partners

Predatapredata.comJul 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Daniel Nadler(Director)Edward Jordan(Director)James Shinn(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatChris Sugden· per SEC Form D · $14.8M raise · filed Aug 2016

Co-investorsConversion CapitalFitz Gate Ventures

Pros ClosetDec 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

Boulder, US

Peter Lopinto(Executive Officer)Nicholas Martin(Executive Officer)

Board seatRyan Ziegler· per SEC Form D · $23.3M raise · filed Jan 2024

Ringmaster Technologiesringmastertech.comDec 2019

Boca Raton, US

Christopher Berland(Executive Officer)Maria Roberti(Chief Marketing Officer and Director)Jon Harts(Chief Revenue Officer)Jeremy Martin(Chief Technology Officer)Eugene Pompilli(President)Todd Roberti(Chief Executive Officer and Director)

Board seatGregg Michaelson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsPJC

SmarterHQsmarterhq.cominDec 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

Indianapolis, US

Angel Morales(Chief Innovation Officer; Board Member)Michael Osborne(President and CEO; Board Member)in

BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Board Member)Howard Bates(Chairman of the Board; Board Member)Don Courtney(Board Member)

Board seatSteve Zieja· per SEC Form D · $13M raise · filed Jan 2017

Co-investorsBattery Ventures

Solutions by Textsolutionsbytext.comin𝕏Jan 2026

Solutions by Text provides compliance-focused SMS, MMS, and RCS messaging with integrated text payments, connecting these channels into Salesforce workflows.

FintechMarketing TechSaaSAddison, US

David Baxter(Executive Officer, Director)Nick Babinsky(Executive Officer)Patrick Reynolds(Executive Officer)Subra Viswanathan(Executive Officer)Cliff Dorsey(Executive Officer)Beth Deck(Executive Officer)

Board seatKelly Ford· per SEC Form D

Terminus SoftwareinMay 2017SEC filingmedium confidence

Account-based marketing platform with B2B customer data capabilities (acquired Glasswing portfolio company Zylotech in 2021).

Atlanta, US

David Cummings(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Spett(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRyan Ziegler· per SEC Form D · $24M raise · filed Dec 2022

Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesCIBC

VorsightDec 2018SEC filingmedium confidence

Arlington, US

David Stillman(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatKelly Ford· per SEC Form D · $5.9M raise · filed Jan 2019

Wyngwyng.comin𝕏Mar 2021

Wyng provides a platform for product management, software development, professional services, and technical support.

Marketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Wendell Lansford(Executive Officer, Director)Prakash Mishra(Executive Officer)John Yapaola(Executive Officer, Director)Cynthia Smith(Executive Officer)Gail Ennis(Director)Chris Bulger(Director)

Board seatGregg MichaelsonRyan Ziegler· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDot CapitalMontage Capital

YieldStreetyieldstreet.comFeb 2019SEC filingmedium confidence

Online platform, rebranded Willow Wealth, giving retail and accredited investors access to private market asset classes.

New York, US

MICHAEL WEISZ(Executive Officer, Director)MILIND MEHERE(Executive Officer, Director)Milind Mehere(Founder)inMichael Weisz(Founder)inDENNIS SHIELDS(Director)

BoardJOSEPH MELOHN(Director)in

Board seatChris Sugden· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Mar 2019

Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalGreycroftSaturn Partners

120Water120water.comin𝕏Feb 2026 · $43M

120Water builds compliance management software for water utilities and state agencies to help them manage drinking water regulations and protect public health.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaSZionsville, US

Megan Glover(Executive Officer)Megan Casey Glover(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllos VenturesElevate VenturesHG VenturesRevolutionRise of the Rest Seed

15Five15five.comin𝕏

15Five provides a strategic performance management platform that helps businesses track employee engagement, performance, and retention through tools like performance reviews, goal tracking, and AI-powered manager coaching.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

David Hassell(Executive Officer, Director)Shane Metcalf(Director)inNazar Ivaniv

BoardBrent Hill(Director)inMatthew Cowan(Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalChaifetz GroupConnetic VenturesConvergeGray Line PartnersGutbrain Ventures+9 more

Acorns
Anonos

New York, US

Ted Myerson(Executive Officer, Director)Malcolm Gary LaFever(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Bindplanebindplane.comin𝕏Apr 2026

Bindplane provides an observability platform that collects, processes, and routes telemetry data from IT infrastructure and applications.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorseLab VenturesLewis & Clark VenturesWakestream Ventures

Bipsyncbipsync.comin𝕏

Bipsync provides a research management platform for the investment management industry, letting firms capture, centralize, structure, and analyze their investment research in one system.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

Daniel Donado(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Zambonini(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPedram Saif(Director)

Co-investorsFINTOP Capital

Bricatabricata.comin𝕏acquired by OpenText

This page presents OpenText Network Detection & Response, a cybersecurity product that monitors network traffic using signature inspection, anomaly detection, and machine learning to detect and respond to threats in real time.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareColumbia, US

John Trauth(Chairman and CEO)John Becker(Director)George Schu(Director)Ben Levitan(Director)Gennadiy Savchuk(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLenard Marcus(Director)in

Co-investorsMaryland TEDCOTEDCO

CleanDesign

Hybrid energy technology company scaling across oil, gas, and mining; secured a $20M growth investment.

ClearJetclearjet.com

ClearJet provides logistics infrastructure that uses AI-driven intelligence and real-time exception management to track parcel movement from booking through final-mile delivery.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSAustin, US

Daniel White(Director)Christopher Guggenheim(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsJetBlue VenturesOrigin VenturesSKY VC

Complycomply.comin

Comply provides a regulatory compliance platform combined with data, managed services, education, and consulting to help financial services compliance teams manage and scale their compliance programs.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Dash Solutions
Demand Sciencedemandscience.comin𝕏

DemandScience provides an integrated AI-powered platform for B2B marketing teams to manage pipeline generation and customer acquisition through verified data, content intelligence, and automated orchestration.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsBLH Venture Partners, LLCGarage CapitalHigh AlphaKnoll VenturesMassachusetts Capital Resource Co.

DemandScience
Edisonedison.techin𝕏Aug 2026 · $25M

Edison develops consumer email applications, including Edison Mail and OnMail, that help users organize their inbox, block senders, track packages, and receive price-drop and refund alerts.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaS

Co-investorsMango CapitalUS Venture PartnersOrigin VenturesSpringTime Ventures

Engine by MoneyLionengine.techin

Engine by Gen is the B2B brand of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), operating an embedded finance marketplace platform that matches consumers with real-time, personalized financial product recommendations from a network of providers.

AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaS

Co-investorsCanaan Partners

eSentireesentire.comin𝕏

eSentire provides Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and SOC-as-a-Service, pairing agentic AI ("Atlas") with human security analysts to detect, investigate, and respond to cyberattacks across a customer's existing security stack.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsVenture OntarioWarburg PincusGeorgianInformation Venture PartnersLeawood Venture Capital Llc+2 more

Field Effect
Fingercheck
GAN Integrityganintegrity.comin

GAN Integrity provides a compliance management platform that helps ethics and risk teams manage compliance, third-party due diligence, whistleblowing, and incident management across their organizations.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Helen Rosen(Chief Executive Officer)Casper Gulberg(CTO)

Co-investorsChicago VenturesEastward Capital PartnersFINTOP CapitalMissionOG

Giant Oak

Arlington, US

Gary M. Shiffman(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Shapiro(Executive Officer)Gary Shiffman(Executive Officer, Director)

Grandstand
Havenly
Houwzer
Houwzer Real Estatehouwzer.comin𝕏

Houwzer is a real estate brokerage that reduces commission costs for home buyers and sellers by employing salaried agents and proprietary transaction software.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerFintechMarketplacesPropTechNew York, US

Mike Maher(Founder)inTed Mucellin(Executive Officer)Greg Phillips(Executive Officer)Kevin Baird(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJay Minkoff(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBAM VenturesBroad Street AngelsEudemian VenturesBen Franklin Technology Partners

Judijudi.healthin

Judi Health provides technology for pharmacy and medical benefit administration, including a pass-through pharmacy benefit manager (Judi Rx), unified health benefit administration, and an enterprise health platform (Judi) for managing claims, benefits, and operations.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsEmerald Development ManagersGeneral CatalystTRANSFORMATION CAPITAL9Yards Capital

Judi Health
K1x

AI automation software that helps tax teams turn manual data into automated workflows.

Morristown, US

John LaMancuso(CEO)

Co-investorsMudita Venture

Kaiyo
Kinetiq
KnowledgeLake
LawnStarterlawnstarter.comin𝕏May 2015

LawnStarter connects homeowners with vetted lawn care professionals for yard maintenance and landscaping services.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplacesAustin, US

Steven Corcoran(CEO & Co-Founder)Ryan Farley(Executive Officer, Director)Jonas Weigert(Founder)in

Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesTechstarsVARSHA RAO

Lokavant
MacroFabmacrofab.comin𝕏

MacroFab operates a software platform for contract electronics manufacturing, connecting businesses to a network of manufacturing facilities and generating itemized quotes and production-ready orders from uploaded design files.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesHardwareSaaSHouston, US

Mikhail Govshteyn(Director)Christopher Church(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJason Seats(Director)

Co-investorsATX Venture PartnersBMW i VenturesCathexis VenturesDentsu VenturesFoundryTexas HALO Fund+1 more

Mappedin
Mapppedin
Mediaflymediafly.comin𝕏

Mediafly provides a revenue enablement platform that combines content management, value selling, and sales training and coaching, with an AI engine (Command Center) that automates routine work and surfaces insights for revenue teams.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechEvanston, US

Carson Conant(Executive Officer, Director)Carson V. Conant(Executive Officer, Director)inJohnny Hsu(Executive Officer)William Walsh(Executive Officer, Director)inJohnathan S. Evarts(Executive Officer)John S. Evarts(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBIP VenturesBoathouse CapitalKeiretsu ForumRiverside Acceleration CapitalTola Capital

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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latest coverage across their companies

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 6

as of Jun 2025
FundVintageCommittedNet IRRTVPIDPI
Edison Partners XI, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board20242.55x0.00x
Edison Partners X, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board202119.6%1.47x0.19x
Edison VII AF, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board202038.5%3.15x1.31x
Edison Partners IX, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board201813.7%1.95x0.11x
Edison Venture Fund VIII, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board201516.7%2.08x1.63x
Edison Venture Fund VII, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Educational Retirement Board201011.6%1.73x1.73x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Edison Partners made?
Edison Partners has 59 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Edison Partners invest at?
Edison Partners invests at the Seed, Growth stages.
What is Edison Partners's typical check size?
Edison Partners typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
What sectors does Edison Partners focus on?
Edison Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Retail Tech, SaaS.
Where is Edison Partners located?
Edison Partners is headquartered in Nashville, US.
Does Edison Partners lead rounds?
Edison Partners has led 3 of the 4 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does Edison Partners co-invest with?
Edison Partners most often shares deals with Dot Capital, eLab Ventures, Foundry, among 36 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Ep. 93: Kelly Ford Buckley, Edison Partners | Enterprise Value Through Execution-Focused Strategies

Kelly Ford Buckley

Chris Sugden: Edison Partners

NJBIZ · Chris Sugden · youtube.com

Series A Funding for Health IT with Lenard Marcus, General Partner, Edison Partners, Growth Investor

Message Engineer Show for the Medtech Startup · Lenard Marcus

Edison Partners (Ryan Ziegler) - VC pitch (short)

Capital On Stage · Ryan Ziegler

Capital On Stage NY 2014: Ryan Ziegler - Edison Partners

Capital On Stage · Ryan Ziegler

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NextGen Venture Partners

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$500K – $2M
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$50K – $3M
ForgePoint Capital

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