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Goldman Sachs' private capital investing group takes a stake in Information Builders.
E-3 Magazine
July 21, 2017
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Gerald Cohen 1707 WInformation Builders, a provider of business intelligence (BI), analytics, data integrity and data quality solutions, is receiving a growth investment led by Goldman Sachs' private capital investing group. With this investment, Information Builders aims to further strengthen its leading position in the large and growing market for BI solutions.

The Private Capital Investing Group is Goldman Sachs' investment platform that provides junior capital to growing and middle-market companies in North America. The group is led in part by Michael McGinn, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, who will also join the Information Builders Board as part of the investment.

Also involved in the financing is Bregal Sagemount, a firm with a long track record of software investments.

"We are very pleased to have Goldman Sachs as an investor".

emphasizes Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders.

Deloitte acted as lead financial advisor to Information Builders in the minority investment transaction.

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