Multimillion Dollar Funding for Automotive Supply Chain Software Leader Cypress Growth Capital is pleased to announce our recent investment in Surgere, a provider of advanced supply chain visibility and control solutions. Based in Green, Ohio, Surgere uses innovative sensor detection technology, stationary and mobile scanners, and its proprietary software to dramatically reduce costs and improve t…Read More
"This non-dilutive investment provides us with the right type of funding at the right time as FirstClose launches into its next phase of strategic growth," said Tedd Smith, chief executive officer of FirstClose. "We are experiencing consistent year-over-year growth with a 62% revenue increase in 2017 alone. The support and know-how from Cypress Growth Capital is exactly what FirstClose needs to pr…Read More
Cypress Growth Capital is pleased to announce our recent investment in Cyber Watch Systems. Headquartered in Dallas, Cyber Watch offers information security consulting and ongoing managed security services for middle market enterprises. Led by industry veterans, the company assists clients in planning and designing cyber security solutions that proactively protect their organization's most critica…Read More
Cypress Growth Capital is pleased to announce our recent $2,000,000 investment in Eplexity, a leading-edge services and software business that helps enterprises move to, and benefit from, cloud technologies. Eplexity is the tenth Colorado company that has received growth capital from Cypress since 2011. Headquartered in Denver and founded in 2014, Eplexity offers a suite of professional and mana…Read More
Track Record of Investment Success and Distinctive Investment Model Lead to Rapid Close Cypress Growth Capital is pleased to announce the closing of our third royalty-based growth capital fund, CGC Royalty Investments III, LP. Building on the success of the firm’s prior funds, this $42M vehicle will provide Cypress’ distinctive, equity-preserving form of financing to emerging software and tech…Read More
Cypress Growth Capital is pleased to announce our recent investment in ClearVoice, a leading content marketing platform and freelancer marketplace. ClearVoice represents the third Cypress portfolio company in the Phoenix area and the fourteenth investment in our second royalty fund. Digital marketers--whether in-house or at an agency--struggle to create engaging content because they lack the resou…Read More
Appterra, a portfolio company from Cypress' first royalty fund, was recently acquired by Descartes Systems Group, a publicly held provider of logistics related SaaS solutions. Congratulations to CEO and Founder Charlie Alsmiller and the entire team at Appterra for building a successful company now poised for an even greater future. Descartes Acquires Appterra Strengthens Supply Chain Messaging Cap…Read More
At a recent lunch, one of our portfolio company CEOs shared an alarming example of what happens to entrepreneurs who don’t appropriately protect their founders’ equity. A friend of his had sold an ad tech company for more than $100M. Big success, right? Depending on whom you ask, three quarters of venture-backed companies fail to return investor capital, much less make their founders rich. One…Read More
Prior to Cypress Growth Capital, Ed Mello and I co-founded an advisory firm that helped emerging software and tech-enabled business services companies grow their top line revenue. After 25+ years in the IT consulting and software industry, it was work that we enjoyed. During that time we observed a consistent challenge facing our entrepreneurs: how to weigh various growth capital options against t…Read More
When Bart Goodwin and I started our late-stage venture capital firm in 2010, we chose a name that meant something to both of us. For many years, our corporate business trips often brought us and our families to the Monterey, California peninsula and in particular to the area around Pebble Beach and Cypress Point. If you haven’t been there, this stretch of coastline is “the greatest meeting of …Read More
