HOME ABOUT US OUR TEAM PORTFOLIO NEWS & EVENTS CONTACT US LP REPORTING Financial Technologies and Services Cobalt, Boston, MA Cobalt is an online information exchange network that empowers private equity funds, venture capital firms, pension plans, family offices, foundations, and endowments to make the best possible alternative investment decisions by transforming unstructured fund data into consistent, meaningful, and actionable investment information. Investment Date: June 2012 Sold to FactSet, October 2021 GrandBanks Board Representative: Tim Wright Co-investors: Accomplice, FINTOP Capital, Hamilton Lane, TechStars Boston InfoActive, Montreal, QC / Chicago, IL Infoactive is building new ways to merge data and design. Our team helps people turn live data into mobile-friendly, interactive infographics. Thousands of active users from 150 countries use Infoactive for a simplified approach to visualizing and exploring information. Investment Date: October 2014 Sold to Tableau, August 2015 GrandBanks Board Representative: Charles R. Lax Co-investors: BDC Venture Capital, Alistair Croll, Randy Smerik OpenExchange, Concord, MA On October 22, 2019, KnowledgeVision Systems merged with OpenExchange. The merger brings together KnowledgeVision’s patented and proprietary Knovio technology in the hosting, streaming, organization and tracking of on-demand and live video and online presentations, with OpenExchange’s extensive network of video conference connections throughout the global financial services sector. OpenExchange video-enables the vital daily communications of the financial services and professional investment industry and its clients with advanced one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many video technologies, tools and services. Investment Date: December 2010 GrandBanks Board Representatives: Charles R. Lax and Jeff Parker Career opportunities at OpenExchange TIM Group, Boston, MA/London, UK TIM Group is a software company delivering coverage optimization solutions to the institutional investment community, and enhancing the relationship between buy-side investment professionals and their sell-side coverage. Coverage optimization results in measurably higher returns for the buy-side and their investors, enhanced visibility of the value generated by institutional salespeople and accountability in the commission allocation process. Investment Date: November 2006 Sold to Mergermarket Limited, May 2017 GrandBanks Board Representative: Charles R. Lax Co-investors: Relay Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Merrill Lynch [Back to Portfolio] RECENT NEWS Creative Automation Company Celtra Announces Majority Investment by Symphony Technology Group (STG) OpenExchange Announces Intent to Acquire Veracast, Further Enhancing Virtual Event Product Offering FactSet Acquires Cobalt Software, Inc. OpenExchange Ranks #183 on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America OpenExchange Raises $23 Million to Support Complementary Acquisitions, Continued Organic Growth SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Subscribe © 2021 GrandBanks Capital, all rights reserved. 1150 Great Plains Avenue, #920315 Needham, MA 02492 Tel: 781.997.4300 Fax: 781.997.4301 About This Site