Marlin Equity Partners

1301 Manhattan Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Website: marlinequity.com

Firm Size

  • Assets Under Management (AUM):$8.3 Billion
  • Number of Funds:28
  • Employees:75
  • Firm Type:Private Equity
  • Focus Areas: Software & Technology
    Services
    Healthcare


Description

Marlin Equity Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2005 by David McGovern and focuses on acquiring and investing in middle-market companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, and business services. Marlin Equity Partners primarily targets companies that are undergoing restructuring or facing operational challenges, aiming to drive operational improvement and long-term growth. The firm takes an active approach in its investments, working closely with management teams to implement strategic initiatives and operational improvements. Marlin Equity Partners has a proven track record of successfully acquiring and turning around distressed companies, while also supporting growth in healthy businesses. With extensive experience in the industry, the firm brings operational expertise, financial resources, and a global network to help companies overcome challenges and maximize value. Marlin Equity Partners is known for its disciplined investment approach and ability to generate attractive returns for its investors. They prefer to invest in companies with strong market positions, sustainable competitive advantages, and potential for value creation. The firm has a team of experienced professionals who assess investment opportunities, conduct due diligence, and execute transactions. Overall, Marlin Equity Partners is recognized as a reputable private equity firm with a strong focus on operational improvement and value creation. Through its strategic investments and active management approach, the firm aims to achieve superior returns and long-term success for its portfolio companies.

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May 21, 2024: Marlin makes majority growth investment in Baxter Planning
Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin") is pleased to announce that it has completed a majority growth investment in Baxter Planning (" Baxter " or the "Company"), a leading provider of predictive service supply chain solutions. The Company's comprehensive BaxterPredict SaaS platform integrates service parts planning, parts order execution and escalation management into a single solution, enabling global customers to have control and visibility across their entire service parts lifecycle. Baxter has continued to invest in innovation, including investments in artificial intelligence ("AI"), as the Company pursues its goal of achieving an autonomous end-to-end planning solution. Polaris Partners, the Company's majority shareholder since 2017, will retain a significant minority stake, including a new equity investment from the Polaris Growth Fund ("PGF").

Nov 02, 2023: TRAFiX Secures Strategic Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners
 TRAFiX LLC ("TRAFiX" or the "Company"), a leading provider of order and execution management software ("OEMS") and FIX connectivity solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that it has secured a strategic growth investment from Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin"). The transaction will enable the Company to advance its market position through rapid product development, support its expansion goals, and make continued investments in its people and talent.

Oct 10, 2023: Virgin Pulse Collaborates with AWS to Accelerate Homebase for Health® Platform Innovation and User Experience
Virgin Pulse , the leading global digital-first health, wellbeing, and navigation company, today announced a long-term strategic initiative with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support the innovation, growth, and performance of Virgin Pulse's health and wellbeing platform, delivering a superior experience to clients and members. This news comes on the heels of the announcement of Virgin Pulse's intent to merge with HealthComp, backed by New Mountain Capital, Marlin Equity Partners, Blackstone, and Morgan Health.

Sep 27, 2023: Virgin Pulse and HealthComp Announce Intent to Merge to Create Comprehensive Employer Health Platform
Virgin Pulse , a leading global digital-first health, wellbeing, and navigation company, today announced its intent to merge with HealthComp , a next-generation benefits and analytics platform. The merger will create a technology and data powered health platform-as-a-service organization poised to tackle some of the industry's biggest challenges. The combined entity will aim to improve health outcomes and lower costs for members and employers by empowering better information and decision making. By using an advanced technology and data platform that leverages AI, the combined organization will deploy innovative and flexible health plan designs that drive improved member health outcomes, engagement, and awareness across the most important aspects of a person's healthcare journey.

Jun 12, 2023: Marlin completes majority growth investment in LineLeader
Marlin Equity Partners ("Marlin") is pleased to announce that it has completed a majority growth investment in LineLeader by ChildcareCRM ("LineLeader"), a leading provider of SaaS software and digital payment solutions for the early childcare education market. The company's product suite is comprised of three unified core modules: Enroll, Engage and Manage, which together allow childcare businesses to manage the entire journey of a family, including customer relationship management (CRM), family engagement, childcare management, and tuition billing functionality. Growth Street Partners and other existing shareholders will retain a minority stake in the business following Marlin's investment.