Private Equity Firm SFW Capital Partners Buys Major Stake In Captify

Private Equity Firm SFW Capital Partners Buys Major Stake In Captify

Captify has announced that US-based private equity firm SFW Capital Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to take the majority investment in the company.

As it marks 10 years in business since its foundation in London, Captify has spent the last decade transforming the future of search across the open web and challenging the ways in which walled gardens do business. Built on the foundation of direct integrations with the world’s leading publishers and e-commerce data providers, Captify holds the only privacy-centric, first-party, onsite search data ecosystem—without reliance on third-party cookies.

Today, brands such as Westpac, Disney, Unilever, Qantas, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Nestle, Amazon & Toyota use Captify’s dynamic audiences and real-time insights across applications such as search-powered CTV and video, Programmatic Search Intelligence (PSI) and Sense, the self-serve, search intent platform.

Commenting on the news, Australian GM Krish Raja said: “It’s an incredibly exciting time to be entering a new era for the Captify business, being relatively fresh in to the Aussie market. Since arriving here, we’ve had a wonderful welcome from brands, publishers and adtech partners alike who all see the value in our products. We’ve proved that Australia wants Captify. With this investment, we’re going to be able to grow faster to drive faster innovation of our product, as well as scaling our service levels to exceed expectation”.

‘‘SFW shares our vision to be the Search Intelligence Platform for the open web and their experience in scaling data and software companies is the expertise and backing that excites us as we continue to accelerate globally. Undoubtedly, SFW will bring their extensive growth experience to add to our board, unlocking the next chapter of growth and continued product innovation,” said Dominic Joseph, co-founder and CEO, Captify.

“There are not many advertising technology businesses like Captify with unique, differentiated data offerings that are valuable enough to truly solve advertisers’ needs right now,” said Omair Sarwar, Partner at SFW Capital. “We believe that Captify is a truly differentiated business, operating at the intersection of the most explosive areas of digital advertising—cookieless, CTV and programmatic. With its own first party dataset, unique proprietary technologies and advanced platform, it was an easy decision for SFW to back the company—given the significant market opportunity, particularly in the U.S. Captify has a talented leadership team in place and we’re excited to partner with them and accelerate the company’s growth.”

Existing investors, including management, will be reinvesting into the company. Further terms of the private transaction were not disclosed. The current management team, led by co-founder and CEO Dominic Joseph, will continue to drive the company forward in its next phase of growth.

 




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