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Investment Summary

HighBar Partners Invests In Signpost

On July 9, 2019, private equity firm HighBar Partners invested in internet software and services company Signpost

Investment Highlights
  • This is HighBar Partners’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is HighBar Partners’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is HighBar Partners’ 1st transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • Signpost was sold to a strategic buyer in 2023.

Investment Summary
Date 2019-07-09
Target Signpost
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) HighBar Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Canaccord Genuity (Financial)

Target

Signpost

New York, New York, United States
Signpost is a provider of marketing and communications software solutions for home services. Signpost helps businesses enhance and expand their market reach – providing online presence and reputation management tools to capture, qualify, and follow up with inbound inquiries. Signpost was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

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Investor

HighBar Partners

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

HighBar Partners is a private investment firm focused on strategic growth capital investments in enterprise and infrastructure software companies. The Firm was originally formed as the personal investment vehicle for three executives who were part of the founding teams at Sun Microsystems and Brocade Communications Systems. HighBar is now an institutional investor with operating executives who work closely with portfolio companies during the evaluation, planning and execution phases of development. HighBar Partners was established in 1995 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
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