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FTV Capital Acquires Windward

On March 18, 2025, growth capital firm FTV Capital acquired software company Windward

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FTV Capital’s 26th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is FTV Capital’s 13th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-03-18
Target Windward
Sector Software
Buyer(s) FTV Capital
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Windward

London, United Kingdom
Windward is a Maritime AI company, providing an all-in-one platform to accelerate global trade. Windward's AI-powered decision support and exception management platform, enhanced with Generative AI, offers a 360° view of the maritime ecosystem and enables stakeholders to make real-time, predictive intelligence-driven decisions to achieve business and operational readiness. Windward is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

FTV Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 6.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FTV Capital is a multi-stage private equity firm focused on providing capital to high-growth companies. FTV generally seeks to invest in software, business services, and financial services companies which enable financial institutions to expand and to operate more efficiently. Investment proceeds are typically used to fund rapid organic growth, provide shareholder liquidity, pursue add-on acquisitions, or acquire divestitures. FTV prefers to act as the lead or control investor and targets equity commitments of $10 to $85 million per transaction. FTV Capital was established in 1998 and was formerly known as FTVentures. FTV Capital is based in San Francisco with an additional office in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 130 of 133
Sector: Software M&A 26 of 27
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 13 of 14
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-08 LiveIntent

New York, New York, United States

LiveIntent is a provider of email advertising and trading desk solutions. LiveIntent offers a buying platform for emails and displays. LiveIntent was founded in 2009 and is based in New York City.

Sell $250M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-08 A-LIGN

Tampa, Florida, United States

A-LIGN is a cybersecurity and compliance solutions provider that specializes in helping businesses navigate the complexities of regulatory and business-driven security and compliance needs. It provides security and compliance solutions in the form of assessments, audits, and cyber risk advisory and testing services for companies ranging from small-medium-sized businesses to large enterprises. A-LIGN was founded in 2009 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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