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Parthenon Capital Partners Announces Investment in Envysion
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--
Parthenon Capital Partners ("Parthenon"), a growth oriented private
equity firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston, announced today
that it completed an investment in Envysion (News - Alert), a leading provider of
managed video surveillance as a service ("MVaaS") for QSR, retail,
wireless, convenience store and cinema customers. Proceeds from the
transaction will be used to provide growth capital for the Company and
to provide liquidity to certain shareholders.
Envysion is led by Chief Executive Officer, Matt Steinfort, who, with
his highly accomplished team, has developed a cloud-based MVaaS solution
providing powerful video-based business intelligence solutions to
numerous retail end-markets. Mr. Steinfort, who co-invested alongside
Parthenon in the transaction, said, "Since we first met the Parthenon
team over a year ago, we have been consistently impressed with their
deep understanding of our industry. They have dedicated significant time
researching the industry and have come into the investment with a
compelling thesis developed over that period. We have worked closely
with the Parthenon team over the past year to develop a shared vision to
continue the growth and innovation that has made Envysion an industry
leader. We are confident that the resources and experience that
Parthenon brings to the investment make it the right partner to help
Envysion reach its full potential."
"We are thrilled to partner with Matt and the Envysion team," said
Andrew Dodson, Partner at Parthenon Capital Partners. "Having spent
years in and around the security and video surveillance industries, we
believe that video-driven business intelligence is revolutionizing how
owners and operators manage retail and restaurant locations. With better
access to broadband and affordable data storage, operators can utilize
cloud-based solutions likeEnvysion's to dramatically enhance their loss
prevention efforts and improve operational efficiency by combining
analytics with video. We believe Envysion is the clear industry leader
providing these capabilities."
Headquartered in Louisville, CO, Envysion was founded in 2006 with the
goal to provide sophisticated managed video surveillance solutions to
customers who needed an easy-to-use solution to enhance their business
intelligence capabilities and provide insight into their retail
operations. Today, the Company's solution is deployed in thousands of
retail locations across the United States and Canada and has been proven
to drive meaningful profitability improvements and prevent millions of
dollars in potential losses.
David Ament, a Managing Partner at Parthenon, added, "Since its
founding, Envysion has partnered with some of the largest, most
sophisticated operators within the retail, restaurant and cinema
industries. By providing these customers with powerful, easy-to-use,
cloud-based solutions, Envysion has substantially increased the
profitability of these customers, reduced losses, increased operational
efficiency, and driven the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
Parthenon is excited to partner with the Envysion team to build upon its
track record of growth and lead the industry into its next phase of
expansion."
ABOUT ENVYSION
Envysion enables large, national retail, restaurant, cinema and
convenience store operators to increase profitability 10-15% by putting
easy-to-use, video-driven business intelligenceTM into the
hands of the entire organization. Envysion created the Managed Video as
a Service (MVaaS) model which transforms video surveillance into a
strategic management tool that provides instant and unfiltered business
insights to users across operations, loss prevention, marketing and
human resources. The MVaaS model enables Envysion to accelerate
innovation by rapidly responding to market opportunities and making new
capabilities immediately available to all users. Envysion's platform
quickly scales to 1,000s of locations and 10,000s of users without
straining the IT department or network. For more information about
Envysion, please visit www.Envysion.com.
ABOUT PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS
Parthenon Capital Partners is a leading mid-market private equity firm
based in Boston and San Francisco. Parthenon utilizes niche industry
expertise and a deep execution team to invest in growth companies in
service industries. Parthenon seeks to be an active and aligned partner
to management, either through recapitalization transactions or by
backing new executives. Parthenon has particular expertise in business
services, financial and insurance services and healthcare, but seeks any
service, technology or delivery business with a strong value
proposition and proprietary know-how. Parthenon's investment team has
deep experience in corporate strategy, capital markets and operations,
enabling the firm to pursue complex, multi-faceted value creation
opportunities. For more information, visit www.parthenoncapitalpartners.com.

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