Riverwood Capital

We are delighted to share the news that we have recently closed on approximately $1.8 billion in capital commitments to invest in the next generation of high-growth technology companies globally. This milestone coincides with the Riverwood’s 15-year anniversary.   The acceleration of tech transformation globally continues, and we see a growing set of opportunities to partner with amazing teams to build fundamentally strong companies as we enter a balanced new era of technology growth.   The latest capital raise exceeded our target, and we would like to express gratitude to our investors and partners, who have recognized and share the excitement for Riverwood’s growth focus and disciplined approach, and to the firm’s entire team and portfolio who have been instrumental in executing a consistent vision to create long lasting category-defining companies. Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Jeff Parks, Tom Smach, Chris Varelas, Lisa W., Harish Belur, Scott Ransenberg, Joaquim Lima, Joe R. De Pinho, Alex Porto, Ramesh Venugopal, Federico Storani, Felipe Fagundes, George Jian, Vizay Kotikalapudi, Gustavo Pinheiro Melo, John Yang, Eric Ma, Keith Janosky, Lara Phillips, Mei Liang, Sophia Lee, Caitlin Mitchell

Never a dull moment in the world of growth technology investing!   Sharing here a glimpse of some of the takeaways from our Semi-Annual Growth Tech Market Update, led by Riverwood Co-Founders & Managing Partners Jeff Parks and Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, with participation from special guest Ian Shepherdson, who has twice been ranked as the world’s most accurate economic forecaster by the Wall Street Journal. Always great to bring together an invited group of CIOs, Heads of Private Equity, and other investment executives from some of the largest Pension Plans, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Endowments, Foundations, Insurance, and other long-term institutional investors to review the latest trends and outlook for the growth technology markets.

Between Jeff Parks talking about Scale vs. Specialty at SuperReturn Asia and Francisco Alvarez-Demalde on building great partnerships with LPs alongside Stephen Vaccaro, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity at Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. during LAVCA Week, it has been great to be spending time with investors and partners from Singapore to New York this month. Cate Ambrose, Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., LAVCA, SuperReturn

We are thrilled to announce a $45M investment in Picus Security to spearhead a new era of Adversarial Exposure Validation by combining Automated Penetration Testing, Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), and Rule Validation capabilities in a single platform. H. Alper Memis, CFA, Picus CEO and Co-Founder: “We are excited to give security leaders the ability to bring together vulnerability, BAS, and attack surface data from different tool sets so they can assess and validate their exposures.” We look forward to partnering with the Picus team as they take a fresh, open approach to exposure management and empower organizations to better understand their cyber risks so they can be proactive against bad actors. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCXjaHaD Volkan Erturk, Dr. Suleyman Ozarslan, Megan Scofield, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Joe R. De Pinho, Vizay Kotikalapudi, Rob Needham, Caitlin Mitchell

We are excited to share the findings from our recent report, published in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Riverwood Capital. For this, insights were gathered from over 170 CEOs and senior executives from the most prominent tech companies in Latin America, during their participation at LTF 2024. Key Insights: - GenAI is a game-changer: 95% see it as transformative for their businesses. - Productivity boost: 55% are already experiencing significant improvements. - Redefining business: GenAI is more than a tool; it's a catalyst for innovation and growth. The report serves as a strategic tool for decision-makers to evaluate their Gen AI progress, access the full report here: https://2ly.link/1zROh Big thanks to all the companies who shared their valuable insights and to everyone who made the report possible! Lucas Frenay, Julian Herman, David Marin Webb, Federico Muxí, Joan Viñals Jul, Cristina Latiff Duque, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Federico Storani, Ana Gilligan, Caitlin Mitchell

Fresh off the back of our Town Hall last week, the Riverwood Capital team joined us at our Melbourne HQ on Thursday - to meet the wider ANZ team and continue their work with us, as a partner for HammerTech’s next chapter. Riverwood Capital is our newest investment partner and one of the leading investment firms dedicated solely to tech growth and scalability. Announced last month, its AUD$105 million (US$70 million) growth investment in HammerTech will: 🚀 accelerate R&D, including the integration of AI & other tech 🚀 accelerate our ambitious expansion strategy A pleasure to host you (from left) Anant, Eric & Ramesh - very exciting times ahead as we continue our shared mission to help construction sites become safer globally 🏗 (also pictured: Ben Leach, HammerTech CEO & Wynand Stassen, CPA, CA, HammerTech CFO) #ConTech #RiverwoodCapital #ConstructionTech #PrivateEquity #HammerTech

Last month, we had the pleasure of hosting the India Global Growth Founders Exchange at The Oberoi, Bengaluru, in partnership with Avendus. The discussions were particularly enlightening, focusing on key topics such as what it takes to enter the US market and how global tech companies born out of India can effectively scale in the US. We were honored to have Mariano Gomide de Faria - VTEX, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of VTEX, and Daniel Chait, Co-Founder & CEO of Greenhouse, join us. They shared their thoughts on the nuances of the US market and emphasized the critical importance of operational agility in successfully navigating global markets. The event was filled with dynamic conversations and valuable insights, leaving us all inspired and energized to continue driving growth and innovation. A big thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to these impactful discussions! Karan Sharma, Rishabh Jain, VTEX, Greenhouse Software, Jeff Parks, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Harish Belur, Anant Goel

We are proud to announce a $24 million investment in netLex to bring transformative AI capabilities to contract lifecycle management (CLM) so enterprises can automate workflows and seamlessly manage their contracts across departments. Flávio Ribeiro, CEO and founder of netLex: “Every company uses contracts to interact with the world, whether selling services or hiring suppliers. Contracts are the ‘rules of the game’ that govern these relationships. Well-drafted and managed contracts enable more efficient business operations.” Huge thanks to the netLex team, it’s exciting to partner with you on your continued growth journey! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dRDKxzUa Wagner C. Possas Filho, Antonio Neto, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Jeff Parks, Gustavo Pinheiro Melo, Lucas Vassalo

We’re excited to share news of our latest investment!   Riverwood led a $70 million growth round in HammerTech , the mission-critical software solution for modernizing construction site safety and efficiency on a global scale.   Ben Leach, CEO & Co-Founder of HammerTech: “Working on a construction site is still one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, with the highest number of workplace fatalities of any industry. Sadly, many of these life-changing events are preventable. As projects become more complex, technologies must go beyond digitizing forms. We need to make day-to-day processes and activities easier for site teams so they can focus on working safely and doing what they do best – building.”   We couldn't be more excited to partner with this incredible and visionary team as they bring much-needed enterprise-wide safety intelligence software to new markets and customers across the construction industry.   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/db55BPfN James Harris, Wynand Stassen, CPA, CA, Michael Goldstein, Georgia Bergers MRICS, Jeff Parks, Ramesh Venugopal, Eric Ma, Anant Goel, Caitlin Mitchell

Special thanks to Judy Khan Shaw, Cassandra Seier, Paula Senna Ganem, Dulaney Hassan, and the entire NYSE team for an amazing partnership during the 2024 Latin America Tech Forum (LTF). Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Riverwood Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner: "The real idea behind LTF is to try to bring together the leading founders and CEOs of the largest technology companies from Latin America, both public and private. And it’s an amazing venue for these leaders to come together to build trust, build partnerships. We talk about issues affecting technology all across the region. It's really amazing. Over time you start building this friendship, this trust. The spirit of this forum is more collaboration and trying to share challenges and opportunities we all face." Great to see the outcome of these series of interviews with some of Latin America’s top tech leaders– and for it to flash on the big screens in Times Square!   Click the link below to watch all of the interviews from Latin America Tech Forum 2024  https://lnkd.in/e9xxq3b9 Adolfo Babatz Alfonso De los Rios Andres Moreno Bruno Guicardi Daniela Izquierdo Eduardo della Maggiora Gaston Irigoyen Johan Gerber Lucas Vargas Martin Migoya Mate Pencz Mac Schuessler Rafael Stark Rodrigo Teijeiro Sandro Reiss Santiago Sosa Tatiana Rezende Sebastian Kreis Tiago Azevedo Betterfly Clip CI&T Evertec Foodology Inc Globant Loft Mastercard Nomad Nowports Nuvemshop Open Co Open English Pomelo More mentions in comments!