– Recognize announced the final close of its second fund, Recognize Partners II/II-A, L.P. (“Recognize II”), with over $1.7 billion in total commitments.
– Recognize is focused on investing in and building next-generation Digital Services companies.
– The firm targets visionary founders and management teams leveraging AI, software, and digital platforms to deliver enterprise transformation.
– Recognize II continues the firm’s strategy of investing in companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million.
– The fund was oversubscribed and closed in less than five months, with strong backing from ▪️Existing investors
▪️A significant GP commitment
▪️A curated group of new investors
▪️Leading global LPs: endowments, foundations, pensions, insurers, family offices, outsourced CIOs, and fund-of-funds across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America
– In the past six months, Recognize made four new platform investments:
▪️SDG Corporation (cybersecurity services)
▪️Sprout (digital infrastructure services)
▪️TRANZACT (insurance services)
▪️HealthEdge (SaaS for healthcare payers.
– The firm also completed two realization events in early 2024:
▪️Exit of AST, sold to IBM (NYSE:IBM)
▪️Partial exit of 2X, via strategic investment from Insight Partners
– Recognize also sold Torc, an AI-powered talent platform, to a Randstad (AMS:RAND) subsidiary.
– These exits support Recognize’s thesis that next-gen Digital Services firms are attractive to strategic buyers.
– Debbie Park Munfa, Partner and Head of Investor Relations, emphasized the firm’s commitment to long-term value creation and partnership with strong management teams.
– The firm was co-founded by Managing Partners Francisco D’Souza, Charles Phillips, and David Wasserman.
– Recognize is focused on investing in and building next-generation Digital Services companies.
– The firm targets visionary founders and management teams leveraging AI, software, and digital platforms to deliver enterprise transformation.
– Recognize II continues the firm’s strategy of investing in companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million.
– The fund was oversubscribed and closed in less than five months, with strong backing from ▪️Existing investors
▪️A significant GP commitment
▪️A curated group of new investors
▪️Leading global LPs: endowments, foundations, pensions, insurers, family offices, outsourced CIOs, and fund-of-funds across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America
– In the past six months, Recognize made four new platform investments:
▪️SDG Corporation (cybersecurity services)
▪️Sprout (digital infrastructure services)
▪️TRANZACT (insurance services)
▪️HealthEdge (SaaS for healthcare payers.
– The firm also completed two realization events in early 2024:
▪️Exit of AST, sold to IBM (NYSE:IBM)
▪️Partial exit of 2X, via strategic investment from Insight Partners
– Recognize also sold Torc, an AI-powered talent platform, to a Randstad (AMS:RAND) subsidiary.
– These exits support Recognize’s thesis that next-gen Digital Services firms are attractive to strategic buyers.
– Debbie Park Munfa, Partner and Head of Investor Relations, emphasized the firm’s commitment to long-term value creation and partnership with strong management teams.