SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK–FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm, today announced that Robert Anderson has been promoted to partner.
Based in FTV’s San Francisco office, Mr. Anderson has been actively involved in many successful investments in the financial services and payments/transaction processing sectors. Mr. Anderson is currently a board member at Catalyst (e-discovery), EBANX (cross-border payments processing), Enfusion Systems (software for investment managers), Neon One (integrated software and payments for nonprofits), Tango Card (e-rewards cards and programs) and VPay (B2B payments platform), and he is actively involved in Clearent (payment processing solutions), Credorax (cross-border ecommerce payments platform) and InvestCloud (digital solutions for investment management). Mr. Anderson helped successfully exit CashStar (acquired by Blackhawk Network in 2017) and WePay (acquired by JP Morgan Chase & Co in 2017).
“Rob has consistently proven his ability to identify innovative, high-growth companies in FTV’s sectors, developing trusted relationships and building alignment with management teams, and executing on his convictions,” said Brad Bernstein, FTV Capital managing partner. “Rob’s deep understanding of the financial technology and payments landscape, his capacity for catalyzing proprietary deals and his ability to leverage FTV’s Global Partner Network to add value to our portfolio companies underscore the core values that have made FTV Capital a preferred growth equity firm for twenty years.”
Mr. Anderson joined FTV Capital in 2010 after working as an investment banking associate in the financial institutions group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and capital raising transactions for asset management and financial technology companies. Mr. Anderson received an AB degree in economics and a certificate in finance from Princeton University.
About FTV Capital
Celebrating 20 years in business, FTV Capital is a growth equity investment firm that has raised over $2.7 billion to invest in high-growth companies offering a range of innovative solutions in three sectors: enterprise technology & services, financial services, and payments & transaction processing. FTV’s experienced team leverages its domain expertise and proven track record in each of these sectors to help motivated management teams accelerate growth. FTV also provides companies with access to its Global Partner Network®, a group of the world’s leading enterprises and executives who have helped FTV portfolio companies for two decades. Founded in 1998, FTV Capital has invested in 105 portfolio companies. Notable exits from FTV’s previous funds include: CardConnect (acquired by First Data in 2017), MarketShare (acquired by Neustar in 2015), Trustwave (acquired by Singapore Telecom in 2015), Globant (IPO in 2014, NYSE: GLOB), MedSynergies (acquired by Optum/UnitedHealthcare in 2014) and Mu Sigma (sold to shareholders 2012). FTV has offices in San Francisco and New York. For more information, visit ftvcapital.com.