Gerson Lehrman Group

http://www.glgresearch.com/

Marketplaces

Industry Software

Geography:

North America - East

Website:

Follow @GLGInc

Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG provides systems to help financial-services firms, consultancies, corporations and not-for-profit institutions find, engage, and manage their proprietary expert networks. The company provides access to primary research for a wide range of companies: financial and investment institutions, life science companies, the Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurs around the globe.

Team

Alex Ferrara

Alex Ferrara is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:

New York City

Jeremy Levine

Jeremy Levine is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:

New York City

Rob Stavis

Rob Stavis is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:

New York City

Abacus

Abacus Labs, Inc. is a cloud-based expense management platform for SMBs.

Investment Date:

2014

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ACTIV Financial Services, Inc.

Provides market-data content and technologies to market makers, hedge funds, brokers and trading systems.

Investment Date:

2009

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Industry Software

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American Federal Bank

Bank that grew to operate 40 branch offices in northwestern South Carolina, along with a consumer finance company.

Investment Date:

1989

Exit Year:

1993

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Betterment

Online wealth management solution that provides users with an easy way to invest.

Investment Date:

2010

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Consumer

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Bread

Bread is an alternative lending company that uses a pay-over-time button on retailer websites to allow consumers to pay in installments.

Investment Date:

2015

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Cloud Computing

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Community First Bankshares

Multi-bank holding company grew to operate banks in 39 communities in North and South Dakota and Minnesota.

Investment Date:

1987

Exit Year:

1991

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HiBob

HiBob is a cloud platform for employee management that integrates HR and benefits.

Investment Date:

2015

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Home First Finance Company

Home First Finance Company is a housing finance company in India. The company aims to make home loans easier for consumers who are buying their first home.

Investment Date:

2010

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Innovati

Innovati is an India-based payment processing platform solving inefficiencies within the retail merchant business cycle.

Investment Date:

2017

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Intacct Corp.

Intacct provides best-in-class accounting, business, and financial management applications delivered in the cloud. The company was acquired by the Sage Group plc in July 2017.

Investment Date:

2008

Exit Year:

2017

Related Strategy:

Cloud Computing

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K2 Intelligence

K2 Intelligence provides specialized risk services and solutions to corporations, sovereign nations and individuals.

Investment Date:

2010

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Kroll Bond Ratings

Startup credit ratings agency established to offer unbiased ratings for investors in fixed income securities.

Investment Date:

2010

Exit Year:

2015

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MainBancorp

Bank holding company.

Investment Date:

1996

Exit Year:

2003

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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd

Motilal Oswal is a diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services.

Investment Date:

2006

Exit Year:

2009

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NetAmbit

NetAmbit a customer centric, technology enabled financial services supermarket.

Investment Date:

2007

Exit Year:

2016

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Perfios

Perfios is an India-based data aggregation and analytics platform for financial services companies.

Investment Date:

2017

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Pillar (acq. by IMRS)

Maker of enterprise-wide budgeting software and one of the first companies to use Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and object-oriented technology and to run over a network, allowing multiple simultaneous users.

Investment Date:

1988

Exit Year:

1994

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Quantopian

Quantopian is a platfrom for users to build, test and execute trading algorithms.

Investment Date:

2014

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Shriram City Union Finance

Shriram City Union Finance is India’s premier financial services company, providing retail lending services to individuals and small businesses from a network of 633 outlets.

Investment Date:

2008

Exit Year:

2014

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Soleil Securities

Provides high-quality, ideologically independent research to institutional clients.

Investment Date:

2003

Exit Year:

2011

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Spruce

Spruce is a digital title insurance agency aiming to reduce title insurance fees and speed up the mortgage closing process through its closing and settlement software platform.

Investment Date:

2017

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Truaxis (formerly Billshrink)

Truaxis provides personalized recommendations to help consumers save money on everyday services. In September 2012, Truaxis was acquired by MasterCard (NYSE:MA).

Investment Date:

2007

Exit Year:

2012

Related Strategy:

Consumer

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