The Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs is a prominent global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, established in 1869 and headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a range of services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. Its Investment Banking segment offers advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring, as well as underwriting for public offerings and private placements of various securities. The Institutional Client Services segment focuses on client execution across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and equities, while also offering financing and securities lending to institutional clients. The Investing & Lending segment engages in originating long-term loans and investing in debt securities and real estate. Additionally, Goldman Sachs Asset Management serves both institutional and individual investors with comprehensive investment and advisory solutions across diverse asset classes. The firm also operates several specialized investment groups, including private equity and infrastructure funds, targeting a variety of sectors and investment strategies worldwide.

Andre Alfaro

Managing Director

Margaret Anadu

Managing Director

Sara Beth Beckmeier

Vice President

Alexander Blostein

Managing Director and Senior Analyst, Global Investment Research

Charles Bouckaert

Managing Director

Michael Brandmeyer

Managing Director, Global Co-head and Co-CIO of the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection Group

Beat Cabiallavetta

Partner

David Campbell

Managing Director - Merchant Banking Division

Will Chen

Managing Director

Jaejoon Choi

Managing Director - Head of Korea Global Markets

David Chou

Managing Director

David Cohen-Mintz

Managing Director

Stephen Daniel

Managing Director

Samayita Das

Vice President

Christopher Dawe

Managing Partner

Adam Dawson

Managing Director

Brian DeCenzo

Managing Director, TMT / Internet Banking — Investment Banking Division

Nicholas Dier

Vice President

Ajay Diwan

Vice President of Investment Research

Nicola Dondi

Managing Director

Dominique Dorlipo

Managing Director, France Country Head

Benjamin Ferguson

Managing Director, Co-Head of Japan and Head of Client and Business Management

Wolfgang Fink

CEO, Germany and Austria

Sebastien Gagnon

Managing Director

Timur Galen

Managing Director

Stefan Goetz

Executive Director - Principal Investments Area

Andrew Gordon

Associate

Ashwin Gupta

Managing Director

James Hayward

Managing Director of Growth Equity

Sonya Huang

Investment Banking Analyst

Graham Hurtt

Vice President, Technology and Services Investment Banking

Gaurav Jaitly

Managing Director

Kani Keita

Associate, Merchant Banking Division

Larry Kellerma

Partner

Simon Kubbies

Managing Director (Private Equity)

Aaron Lamshed

Head of equity capital markets in Australia and New Zealand

Kirk A. Lepke

Executive Director, GS Growth

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Lyla Maduri

Managing Director

Jade Mandel

Vice President, Growth Equity

Joshua Matheus

Managing Director of Technology

Mathew McDermott

Managing Director

Masanori Mochida

President of Goldman Sachs Japan

Karen Moon

TMT Investment Banking Analyst

Scott Myers

Managing Director

Jason Nassof

Vice President

Maya Poddar

Associate

Jeffrey Possick

Managing Director

Nikhil Reddy

Managing Director, Asset Management Division

Ben Reiber

Vice President

Christian Resch

Managing Director, GS Growth

Josh Richardson

Managing Director

Max Ritter

Managing Director

Ronald Rolighed

Managing Director

Simon Rothery

CEO, Australia

Brady Schuck

Managing Director

Peter Seccia

Managing Director

Greg Shell

Head Managing, Inclusive Growth Strategy Partner

Sarah Shenton

Vice President in the Merchant Banking Division

Andrew Sickinger

Vice President, M&A

Gavin Simms

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Stephen Branton Speak

Partner and Managing Director

John Stevenson

Vice President

Chang Q. Sun

Executive Director In the Investment Banking Division

Ram Sundaram

Partner

Adriana Tajonar

Vice President of Life Sciences Investing

Alex Tishakov

Analyst, Investment Banking Division

Rana Yared

Managing Director of Securities Division

Alec Zhang

Analyst

Past deals in Retail Technology

Megarobo

Series C in 2022
Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. engages in collaborative robotics research and development. The company provides automation solutions for life science, intelligent retail, and lightweight manufacturing. It offers robot, motion control, and software services. The company also provides facility on lease with technical support service to use robots. Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in Suzhou, Shenzhen, and Munich, China.

Bloomreach

Series F in 2022
Bloomreach is the leader in commerce experience™. Its flagship product, brX, is the only digital experience platform built specifically for brands, retailers and B2B companies who want to grow their revenue online while delivering each of their customers a premium, personalized experience. brX combines content management capabilities with market-leading, commerce-specific, AI-driven search, merchandising and personalization in one flexible, API-first next generation platform. Bloomreach serves over 300 companies globally including Albertsons, Staples, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern Munchen and Marks & Spencer. Bloomreach has a global ecosystem of certified partners and market-leading commerce platforms, including Accenture Interactive, BORN, commercetools, EPAM, IBM iX, Salesforce, SAP, valtech, and Wunderman Thompson Commerce. For more information, visit Bloomreach.com and follow our news on Twitter @Bloomreach_tm or on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomreach.

RateGain

Private Equity Round in 2021
RateGain Travel Technology Pvt. Ltd. specializes in providing web-based revenue optimization and distribution solutions for the global travel industry. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Noida, India, with additional offices in London, Santa Pola, Dubai, and McLean, the company offers a range of products including RevGain for price optimization, RezGain for channel management, BrandGain for guest satisfaction and online reputation management, and PriceGain-Air, a cloud-based price intelligence tool. RateGain serves a diverse clientele that includes airlines, hotels, cruise lines, car rental companies, online travel agents, tour operators, and wholesalers. The company's innovative approach has established it as a leader in hospitality and travel technology, enabling clients to streamline operations and enhance sales performance.

Zilch

Series C in 2021
Zilch Technology Limited is a London-based company that specializes in a buy now, pay later platform. Founded in 2018, Zilch offers a six-week payment process that allows consumers to make purchases without incurring interest charges. The platform is designed to facilitate automated payments and includes options for refunds. Zilch aims to engage dormant customer bases and transform potential buyers into actual purchasers, enhancing the overall shopping experience.

NTWRK

Series B in 2021
NTWRK is the definitive Video Commerce platform developed specifically for Gen Z and Millennials. NTWRK's innovative model of daily exclusive product drops, live videos, celebrity talent, native purchases and social distribution creates a high energy and wide-reaching experience for brands and users. NTWRK was launched in October 2018. Since launch, the platform has experienced meteoric growth and has received investments from some of the most successful entrepreneurs, brands and influential entertainers in the world including Live Nation, Foot Locker and Main Street Advisors, whose investors include Jimmy Iovine and LeBron James.

Zilch

Series B in 2021
Zilch Technology Limited is a London-based company that specializes in a buy now, pay later platform. Founded in 2018, Zilch offers a six-week payment process that allows consumers to make purchases without incurring interest charges. The platform is designed to facilitate automated payments and includes options for refunds. Zilch aims to engage dormant customer bases and transform potential buyers into actual purchasers, enhancing the overall shopping experience.

SumUp

Debt Financing in 2021
SumUp is a financial technology company focused on facilitating mobile payments for businesses. It offers a mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution that allows businesses to accept card payments easily, securely, and affordably. The company's unique end-to-end EMV card acceptance solution is built on proprietary hardware and mobile applications, enabling it to operate in 16 markets, including the United States, Brazil, and Germany. SumUp's card readers support various payment methods, including magstripe, chip, and contactless transactions, making them suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Additionally, the company provides a comprehensive suite of software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party integrations. In 2016, SumUp merged with payleven, enhancing its position as a leader in the mobile payment sector. The company has gained support from notable investors such as American Express and BBVA Ventures.

AccessFintech

Series B in 2020
Access Fintech is an innovative risk management service for banks and buyside firms. The service helps firms track the trade lifecycle and get a true sense of prioritized risk, across an increasing number of systems. Access FinTech brings together fintech providers and in-house technology, orchestrating the interaction of the distributed providers and creating a single visual display of the risk of financial transactions in a global sharable view.

AccessFintech

Series A in 2018
Access Fintech is an innovative risk management service for banks and buyside firms. The service helps firms track the trade lifecycle and get a true sense of prioritized risk, across an increasing number of systems. Access FinTech brings together fintech providers and in-house technology, orchestrating the interaction of the distributed providers and creating a single visual display of the risk of financial transactions in a global sharable view.

Revenue.io

Series B in 2018
Revenue.io, formerly known as ringDNA, is a revenue acceleration platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance the performance of sales teams. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company provides a range of solutions designed for Salesforce users. Its offerings include Conversation AI, which transforms sales conversations into revenue, as well as tools for sales prospecting, inbound sales, call training, and management. Additionally, Revenue.io features a CTI application that automatically logs calls, recordings, and other relevant activities for Salesforce customers, alongside call tracking capabilities for the Salesforce marketing cloud. The platform is widely adopted by major clients, including Amazon Web Services and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and has received recognition for its workplace culture and business achievements.

Suning.com

Series A in 2018
Suning.com is an online shopping website that sells clothing, snacks, electronic devices, and appliances. The company also integrates smart retail, full category operations, omni-channel operations, logistics, global expansion, and financial cloud services to allow one-stop shopping solutions through physical stores, mobile devices, PCs, and TVs.

BigCommerce

Series F in 2018
BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. offers a comprehensive e-commerce platform designed to support retailers in launching, promoting, and managing online stores. The platform includes features for storefront design, product configuration, order processing, inventory management, and shipping, all accessible through a central control panel. BigCommerce also provides tools for social media marketing, email marketing, promotions, search engine optimization, and e-commerce analytics, catering to a diverse clientele ranging from startups to established brands. The company serves over 60,000 businesses globally, including more than 2,000 mid-market firms and several Fortune 1000 companies. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Ultimo, Australia, with additional offices in Sydney, Austin, and San Francisco, BigCommerce operates as a subsidiary of Bigcommerce Inc. Its mission is to facilitate online sales growth for merchants at every stage of their business journey.

RIMAG

Series B in 2018
Rimag provides medical imaging service. The company engages in medical imaging center operation, relevant cloud technology development, and talent training. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

nanopay

Series A in 2016
nanopay Corporation is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing loyalty and payment solutions for retail and e-commerce merchants in Canada. The company has developed an integrated platform known as nanoPay, which streamlines the checkout process by combining customer identity, loyalty, and payment information into single-use transaction tokens. This innovative approach allows merchants to deliver offers, manage loyalty programs, and process payments seamlessly. Additionally, nanopay offers MintChip, a payment solution tailored for retailers. The company's technology is underpinned by hybrid blockchain, enhancing transaction throughput, simplifying governance, and reducing costs. With a focus on digital cash, nanopay aims to lead the transition towards more efficient payment methods for businesses and banks globally.

iControl Systems

Venture Round in 2015
iControl Systems offers software solutions aimed at improving processes in the food, drug, and convenience value chain industries. The company serves over 50,000 retail locations and 4,000 distributors, providing tools for automating data synchronization, streamlining financial transactions, and reconciling billing errors. Its platform facilitates real-time visibility into inventory and sales data at the store and item levels, particularly for direct store delivery. By enhancing electronic collaboration between retailers and their vendors, iControl helps clients optimize performance and reduce costs, while processing millions of invoices annually.

Antuit

Series A in 2015
Antuit is an AI solutions provider that specializes in the Retail, Consumer Goods, and Manufacturing sectors. Founded in 2013 and backed by Goldman Sachs, Antuit focuses on helping multinational and high-growth companies predict and meet demand effectively. By leveraging machine learning and proprietary technologies, the company aims to enhance revenue and margin growth, improve supply chain efficiency, and elevate customer experiences. Antuit combines various forecasting methodologies, including direct-to-consumer and e-commerce forecasting, to generate actionable insights from supply, finance, sales, and marketing data. Through its innovative approach, Antuit is reshaping how consumer products and retail organizations utilize AI to address their business challenges.

Revionics

Series D in 2014
Revionics, Inc. offers lifecycle price, promotion, and markdown optimization solutions for the retail industry. The company’s suite enables product pricing and temporary price reduction management. It also offers price modeling, optimization on-demand, scenario forecasting, and advanced category analytics services. In addition, the company provides price strategy formation, store-to-zone clustering analysis, and consulting services. Revionics, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Roseville, California.

Square

Series E in 2014
Square, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides comprehensive payment and point-of-sale solutions for businesses in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a diverse ecosystem that includes both hardware and software products. Its hardware lineup features devices such as the Magstripe reader, Contactless and chip reader, Square Stand, Square Register, and Square Terminal, which facilitate various payment methods. On the software side, Square provides tools like Square Point of Sale, Square Appointments, and Square for Retail, among others, to help businesses manage sales, inventory, and customer relationships. Additionally, Square offers services such as managed payments, instant transfers, and small-business financing through Square Capital. The company also operates Cash App, enabling users to send, receive, and store money, and Weebly, which provides website hosting and domain registration services. With a focus on empowering businesses, Square continues to expand its offerings in mobile payments and merchant services.

Square

Debt Financing in 2014
Square, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides comprehensive payment and point-of-sale solutions for businesses in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a diverse ecosystem that includes both hardware and software products. Its hardware lineup features devices such as the Magstripe reader, Contactless and chip reader, Square Stand, Square Register, and Square Terminal, which facilitate various payment methods. On the software side, Square provides tools like Square Point of Sale, Square Appointments, and Square for Retail, among others, to help businesses manage sales, inventory, and customer relationships. Additionally, Square offers services such as managed payments, instant transfers, and small-business financing through Square Capital. The company also operates Cash App, enabling users to send, receive, and store money, and Weebly, which provides website hosting and domain registration services. With a focus on empowering businesses, Square continues to expand its offerings in mobile payments and merchant services.

Applied Predictive Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2013
Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. specializes in cloud-based cause-and-effect analytics software that enables companies to leverage big data for measuring the financial impact of various business initiatives such as pricing, marketing, and operations. The company's offerings include the APT Index, which assists retailers and restaurants in setting performance goals and understanding the effects of national programs, as well as the APT Category Management Insights, which consolidates data for category managers. Other products include the Market Basket Analyzer for analyzing transactional data, the Network Planner for managing capital strategy, and the Space Planning Optimizer to optimize space allocation. Additionally, APT provides Test & Learn solutions for designing and interpreting business experiments. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, finance, and hospitality, with a client roster that features major corporations. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, APT has multiple offices globally, including locations in San Francisco, London, and Tokyo.

Spring Global

Series D in 2010
Spring Global specializes in providing an AI-driven platform that enhances revenue growth and market share for companies, particularly within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. The company offers a customizable mobile system designed to optimize business processes and improve customer interactions, thereby maximizing revenue potential. Its Command Center integrates Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence into a single dashboard, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and engage in effective planning. By providing powerful analytics tools and actionable insights, Spring Global empowers businesses to enhance their field sales efforts and increase productivity in real-time, while also identifying and addressing inefficiencies within their operations.

ZoomSystems

Series E in 2009
ZoomSystems is a leader in the automated retail industry, established in 2002 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing and operating unattended point-of-sale solutions that integrate hardware, software, and managed services. Its ZoomShop network has expanded to over 1,500 locations, including airports, malls, resorts, military bases, and retail stores across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. ZoomSystems partners with prominent brands such as Best Buy, Nespresso, Proactiv, Amazon, Essie, Benefit Cosmetics, and Albertsons, providing them with advanced technologies that enhance the consumer shopping experience. Through its services, ZoomSystems enables retailers to increase sales, broaden market reach, and improve overall customer satisfaction.

FreedomPay

Venture Round in 2008
FreedomPay is a complete white-label commerce platform that provides cashless solutions for clients and operators looking for a flexible cashless program that can be customized to fit their needs. Validated by the PCI Security Standards Council for P2PE along with EMV, NFC, and DCC capabilities, global companies in retail, hospitality, gaming, education, healthcare, and financial services trust FreedomPay to deliver security and advanced value-added services. Founded by Tom Durovsik in 2000, the cashless payment solution provider improves cafe speed, convenience, and delivers guest, loyalty, and online purchasing options.

Spring Global

Series C in 2008
Spring Global specializes in providing an AI-driven platform that enhances revenue growth and market share for companies, particularly within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. The company offers a customizable mobile system designed to optimize business processes and improve customer interactions, thereby maximizing revenue potential. Its Command Center integrates Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence into a single dashboard, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and engage in effective planning. By providing powerful analytics tools and actionable insights, Spring Global empowers businesses to enhance their field sales efforts and increase productivity in real-time, while also identifying and addressing inefficiencies within their operations.

ZoomSystems

Series D in 2006
ZoomSystems is a leader in the automated retail industry, established in 2002 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing and operating unattended point-of-sale solutions that integrate hardware, software, and managed services. Its ZoomShop network has expanded to over 1,500 locations, including airports, malls, resorts, military bases, and retail stores across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. ZoomSystems partners with prominent brands such as Best Buy, Nespresso, Proactiv, Amazon, Essie, Benefit Cosmetics, and Albertsons, providing them with advanced technologies that enhance the consumer shopping experience. Through its services, ZoomSystems enables retailers to increase sales, broaden market reach, and improve overall customer satisfaction.

ZoomSystems

Series C in 2006
ZoomSystems is a leader in the automated retail industry, established in 2002 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in developing and operating unattended point-of-sale solutions that integrate hardware, software, and managed services. Its ZoomShop network has expanded to over 1,500 locations, including airports, malls, resorts, military bases, and retail stores across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. ZoomSystems partners with prominent brands such as Best Buy, Nespresso, Proactiv, Amazon, Essie, Benefit Cosmetics, and Albertsons, providing them with advanced technologies that enhance the consumer shopping experience. Through its services, ZoomSystems enables retailers to increase sales, broaden market reach, and improve overall customer satisfaction.

Riverbed Technology

Venture Round in 2006
Riverbed Technology specializes in developing IT performance solutions that address key challenges in information technology across wide area networks (WANs). The company's product offerings include the Steelhead and Cascade lines, which enhance application performance and data access for branch offices, mobile workers, and cloud environments. Central to their technology is the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), a combination of hardware and software that significantly boosts transmission speeds, often by 5 to 100 times, thereby improving the efficiency of distributed computing environments. Riverbed serves various sectors, including government, financial services, oil and gas, and retail, providing tools that visualize, optimize, and accelerate network performance while also addressing cybersecurity risks. Through its solutions, Riverbed enables clients to enhance visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, facilitating better capitalizations on cloud and digital investments.

FreedomPay

Series C in 2004
FreedomPay is a complete white-label commerce platform that provides cashless solutions for clients and operators looking for a flexible cashless program that can be customized to fit their needs. Validated by the PCI Security Standards Council for P2PE along with EMV, NFC, and DCC capabilities, global companies in retail, hospitality, gaming, education, healthcare, and financial services trust FreedomPay to deliver security and advanced value-added services. Founded by Tom Durovsik in 2000, the cashless payment solution provider improves cafe speed, convenience, and delivers guest, loyalty, and online purchasing options.

Riverbed Technology

Series B in 2004
Riverbed Technology specializes in developing IT performance solutions that address key challenges in information technology across wide area networks (WANs). The company's product offerings include the Steelhead and Cascade lines, which enhance application performance and data access for branch offices, mobile workers, and cloud environments. Central to their technology is the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), a combination of hardware and software that significantly boosts transmission speeds, often by 5 to 100 times, thereby improving the efficiency of distributed computing environments. Riverbed serves various sectors, including government, financial services, oil and gas, and retail, providing tools that visualize, optimize, and accelerate network performance while also addressing cybersecurity risks. Through its solutions, Riverbed enables clients to enhance visibility and performance across networks, applications, and end-user devices, facilitating better capitalizations on cloud and digital investments.

Basis Technology

Private Equity Round in 2001
Basis Technology provides software solutions for extracting meaningful intelligence from unstructured text in Asian, European and Middle Eastern languages. They help technology companies and government organizations improve the accuracy of information retrieval, text mining and other applications through advanced linguistics. Their Rosette Linguistics Platform uses state of the art Natural Language Processing techniques to improve information retrieval, text mining and other applications. Rosette provides capabilities like identifying the language of incoming text, providing a normalized representation in Unicode, and locating names, places and other key concepts from a body of unstructured text. Rosette is the world's most widely-used family of commercial software products for multilingual information retrieval. Its reliability, scalability, accuracy, and strict compliance with industry and international standards have been put to the test in high volume transaction environments, such as Google's multilingual search engine, PeopleSoft's human capital management software, and Amazon.com's global e-commerce system.

Network International

Series B in 2000
Network International is a prominent provider of payment solutions in the Middle East and Africa, established in 1994. The company specializes in delivering a comprehensive suite of technology-enabled services that cater to merchants and financial institutions, including card processing, ATM management, and merchant acquiring. It is recognized for its innovative approach and offers tailored solutions to meet the diverse needs of its clients. As a principal member of Visa and MasterCard in the UAE, Network International has achieved significant certifications, positioning itself as a leading independent vendor in the region. The company's services extend to consultancy for new card products, ensuring clients receive expert guidance in planning and design. By continually evolving its offerings, Network International aims to enhance payment transaction experiences, making them secure, fast, and efficient for all stakeholders involved.

Webvan

Series D in 1999
Internet retailer that offers delivery services by integrating its web store with a distribution facility and delivery system
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