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2021 Top 25 Software Investors 2021

Press Release

Marco Ferrari and Tom Reardon named to GrowthCap's "Top 25 Software Investors of 2021"

PSG’s Marco Ferrari and Tom Reardon have been named to GrowthCap's "Top 25 Software Investors of 2021".

According to GrowthCap, “The 2021 awardees are some of the most experienced, accomplished, and exceptional individuals in software investing. Nominees were evaluated based on the quality of the feedback they received from portfolio company CEOs, firm colleagues, as well as peers in the industry. The most highly endorsed were then selected for final rounds where they were further evaluated based on demonstrated leadership, breadth of deal experience, and uniqueness of capabilities, among other attributes.”

Marco Ferrari, a managing director at PSG, has been with the firm since 2014. He brings over 20 years of investing and operating experience in the technology sector, adding value to PSG’s portfolio companies in a variety of different ways. At PSG, Marco has led strategic investments in middle market software and technology-enabled services companies, including Payrix Payments Technology, a technology platform for flexible payment facilitation, and Impact, a provider of partnership automation. He currently serves on the boards of seven PSG portfolio companies: Broadlume, Impact, LivTech, patientNOW, Payrix, Therapy Brands and Transit Technologies.

Previously, he was a principal at BV Investment Partners, where he focused on technology, communications and business services investments. Before BV Investment Partners, Marco was an investment partner at Siemens Venture Capital. Marco received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard University.

Tom Reardon, a managing director at PSG, has been with the firm since 2015. He plays a key role on PSG’s team of investment professionals and partners with portfolio company founders and management teams to help them reach their full potential. To date, he has led a number of investments, including PSG’s majority investment in Traliant, a provider of online workplace compliance training solutions, and PSG’s strategic investment in Singlewire, a provider of mass notification software for safety, emergency and workflow communications. Consistent with PSG’s culture, Tom takes a collaborative approach to partnering with PSG’s portfolio companies and serves on eight boards: Code Climate, DigitalEd, FluentStream, Formstack, Singlewire Software, Skybox Security, Traliant and Validity.

Previously, he was a general partner at WestView Capital Partners and focused on software and technology-enabled business service investments. Prior to WestView, Tom was a director at CIBC Capital Partners. Before that, he co-founded Revolution Partners as an associate and worked at Robertson Stephens & Co. as an analyst in the software group. Tom received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College.

For further details about the methodologies used in determining this award, please visit https://lnkd.in/eYeHYjW.

GrowthCap Top 25 Software Investors of 2021 Awards (awarded on November 2, 2021). Top 25 Software Investors of 2021 recognition is awarded by GrowthCap, an independent, third party that is not affiliated with PSG. According to GrowthCap, nominees applied and were independently assessed based on their written responses to questions on GrowthCap’s nomination form and other information they provided, including on breadth of experience throughout their career. The number of nominees reviewed for this recognition was not disclosed to PSG, and therefore, it and the percentage of nominees receiving the recognition, cannot be disclosed herein. GrowthCap’s recognition is not indicative of PSG’s future performance and was not based on the evaluations of clients or investors of PSG. PSG applied to receive the award with assistance from Prosek LLC. PSG paid a fee per awardee to participate in and distribute the Top 25 Software Investors of 2021 results. Nominees were not required to be members of GrowthCap to be considered.