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John Cuyulis reposted thisJohn Cuyulis reposted thisWe are pleased to announce that Cinven has agreed to acquire Salsify, a leading cloud-native provider of Product Experience Management software solutions. With a global network spanning North America, Europe and Australia, Salsify helps brands manage and share accurate, up-to-date product information with online retailers. Its platform serves as a system of record for product data, autonomously formatting and syndicating content to match each retailer's specific requirements. Founded in 2012, today Salsify has established a network of more than 2,000 customers, including many of the world's leading consumer brands, publishing approximately 750 million products across 2,600 commerce destinations. This investment draws on Cinven's deep TMT and Consumer expertise and reflects our conviction in Salsify's significant value creation potential - from its differentiated, business-critical platform and strong growth track record, to its compelling proposition as AI reshapes commerce - and its clear runway for further growth in Europe, other international markets, and further expansion in the US. Read more about Cinven's investment in Salsify: https://lnkd.in/ebp54gWh 👏 Danny Garin, John Cuyulis, Maxim Crewe, Carol Yu, Piyush Chaudhari, Rob Gonzalez
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John Cuyulis reposted thisJohn Cuyulis reposted thisEarlier this week John Cuyulis, Senior Principal, joined an insightful discussion in New York alongside Jon Maschmeyer, Partner at Permira, hosted by Hugo Parson, UK Head of Origination at Deloitte. The conversation focused on AI's transformative power in Private Equity and its impact across an investment lifecycle, from deal sourcing and data-driven due diligence, to driving innovation and efficiency across portfolio companies and internal operations. We thank Deloitte for hosting the event.
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John Cuyulis shared thisMany companies are testing AI, but few have managed to embed it at scale and see real business outcomes. The difference often comes down to execution. When Cinven acquired Archer Integrated Risk Management, we made a conscious decision to start small. We focused on quick and practical wins, like building a new internal data platform, which instilled confidence, demonstrated impact and soon opened the door to something bigger: embedding AI directly into the product. While not every attempt worked along the way, each one offered lessons that helped shape lasting AI capabilities and real value creation. Alongside Nathan Atkinson, Julia Kahr, Danny Garin, Lucy Chen it’s a story I’m proud to have been part of - https://lnkd.in/eFzMDeN8
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisThe past couple of weeks have seen great momentum here at Cinven, and we wanted to share a few highlights. 🆕We welcomed Dominic Smyth, who joined as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. We're excited for the experience and energy he is already bringing to the team. 📰We sat down with Alex Heal from the Financial Times, for a wide-ranging conversation which covered our perspectives on the industry, our strong performance momentum, and our pride in our firm and our colleagues. 🔁We were pleased to host our portfolio companies for a Chief Transformation Officer Forum, bringing everyone together to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another. 🎯And we were delighted to share the final close of our second Strategic Fund, “SF2”, raising c. €2.3 billion, exceeding our target fund size by c. 50% and representing a c. 75% increase in fund size versus its predecessor, the Strategic Financials Fund.
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisExcited to share that Adobe has completed our acquisition of Topaz Labs, an AI company specializing in industry-leading video and image enhancement models. With the combination of Adobe & Topaz Labs, we’ll bring advanced capabilities directly into the tools and workflows creative professionals and enterprises already use. The Topaz Labs brand will remain, and its apps and models will continue to be available as standalone products. Learn more: https://adobe.ly/46AZi47
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John Cuyulis liked thisI've lived in North Carolina for fourteen years, and I've heard the story that furniture manufacturing left and is not coming back. Kathedra is one of the few companies treating that as reversible, and that's why I'm joining as CEO. We're solving challenges on production floors in the western part of the state, next to the people doing the most punishing parts of the job. Most of my career I've spent solving complex software problems, but this one shows up in paychecks and in whether a plant stays open. That's the opportunity I couldn't pass up. I chose to wind down InsightStack in August. The lesson I took from it was about choosing a market: B2B SaaS already had good answers to the problem I was solving. Nobody else is building what Kathedra is building. I am honored and beyond excited to hold the co-founder designation next to my new partner David Faes. Can't wait to share what comes next together!John Cuyulis liked thisToday Lee Jacobs joins Kathedra as Co-Founder & CEO on our mission to bolster the American furniture industry. US furniture needs to quadruple domestic capacity to meet rising demand. Upholstery is the bottleneck as skilled craftsmen are retiring faster than anyone is replacing them. Founder David Faes continues on as CTO, after working alongside manufacturers, designers, and workers to develop our first upholstery robots here in Western North Carolina, the furniture capital of the world. Our cell performs repetitive punishing tasks 5x faster than a person so that upholsterers can spend more time on their craft, and manufacturers can remain competitive. The next step is getting it on production floors. Lee has spent his career tackling scale challenges head-on: a decade leading product teams in B2B software, a startup of his own, and five years before that as a Marine Corps officer. If you run an upholstery line and want to see it run, we are booking demos this fall. Welcome to the team, Lee!
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisOmilia has appointed William Hardy as Group Chief Financial Officer, promoted from Chief of Staff, effective immediately. Hardy spent the past 12 months inside Omilia's growth strategy, investor relations and capital raising, including the company's recently closed $67M Series B round. His mandate: an AI-first finance function built for capital-efficient growth. As he put it: "one that gives us the capital efficiency to grow fast and deliberately, and that uses AI the same way our platform does: to make better decisions, faster." Following the $67M Series B, this is Omilia treating finance the same way it treats CX - as a function that should get smarter with scale. Welcome to the role, William.
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisBrazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile have each been updating their compliance requirements over the past year, each on its own timeline and in its own way. For organizations managing risk across multiple LATAM markets, keeping up with those changes is no longer a side task. It is part of the job. In our latest blog, Alessandro Fonseca, Archer®'s Director of Latin America Sales, breaks down what's actually changing market by market, and why he's telling every risk leader in the region to look at this now, not later. He'll unpack it live at Archer Accelerate LATAM: São Paulo on October 6, Santiago on October 8. Alessandro opens and closes both events, and Sarah Dalton's session, "Regulatory Change, Automated: From Signal to Control in Real Time," shows exactly how that regulatory signal becomes a mapped control with a documented trail. Register for Archer Accelerate at https://lnkd.in/efz47nD6 #GRC #LATAM #RiskManagement #Compliance #AIOperator #AIComplianceWhat’s Next for AI and GRC: Explore Archer AI Operators at Archer AccelerateWhat’s Next for AI and GRC: Explore Archer AI Operators at Archer Accelerate
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisProud to back Beagle Labs through both Tributary I and C2V II in their $4.1 million pre-seed round, led by Chingona Ventures. Dwight Neptune and the team are tackling a problem that will sound familiar to anyone in commercial insurance: waiting weeks for a property inspection, then spending more time fixing errors and chasing missing information. Beagle combines AI-enhanced inspections with a nationwide network of more than 7,000 verified field inspectors. Inspections are completed in 14 days or less, compared with the 30 days or more that traditional inspections routinely take. That means better information, faster underwriting, and less manual work. This fits squarely within our Dirty, Dull, and Dangerous thesis at C2 Ventures. Insurance is full of complex, expensive processes that have been done the same way for a long time. Improving them has real value for customers. The team spent three years developing and testing the platform before bringing it to market this year. Carriers, MGAs/MGUs, and wholesale brokerages across the U.S. are already using it. Excited to support Dwight and the Beagle team as they build. Congratulations on the raise.
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisGreat to visit the new Master Builders Solutions plant in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations Boris, Juan Alfonso, and the whole team USA on this important expansion!
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked this🌟 Are you curious about a career in Private Equity? We are excited to invite aspiring female students to our Women in Private Equity event at the Cinven Frankfurt office (OMNITURM). Join us on Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 7:00pm CET for an evening of insights, networking and the chance to get to know the Cinven Frankfurt Investment Team over drinks and sushi. The event will provide a firsthand look into the world of Private Equity and offer the opportunity to connect with PE investors and like-minded peers. 📍 Frankfurt | OMNITURM 📅 Thursday, 5 November 2026 🎓 For female students and young professionals with relevant experience in investment banking, consulting, or private equity. Applications are open until 27 September 2026. 👉 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eXc_pZV6 Looking forward to meeting the next generation of talented women in our industry and sharing insights into what makes Private Equity such a rewarding career. #WomenInPrivateEquity #PrivateEquity #WomenInFinance #Cinven #Frankfurt #Careers #Networking
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John Cuyulis liked thisJohn Cuyulis liked thisInsightful summary by Michael Rasmussen of Archer Integrated Risk Management’s 2026 client conference. Business transformation is a risk often not discussed, but like all risks, when managed effectively, it can create substantial opportunity. Our transformative event began nearly 3 years ago with the acquisition of Compliance.ai. It brought the leadership, skills and practical experience of how to couple AI-native technology with specialization to achieve improved outcomes. Archer Evolv is not a wrapper on a Gen AI model, but rather, the culmination of 9 years of iterative development leading to deep specialization, proprietary models and governed operators. The perspective that our Evolv native AI capabilities are stronger on Compliance is fair. We initially focused on that area to connect Evolv (formerly Compliance.ai) with our Archer GRC system of record to deliver our ground-breaking, end-to-end regulatory change management solution. We used that experience to partner with key clients to expand and improve Evolv and related AI operators (digital workers). I expect by next years’ Summit, our Evolv risk capabilities will be the star of the show. We look forward to working with you, our clients and partners to pave the next path forward in GRC!Archer Summit 2026: Level Up — GRC Enters a New GameArcher Summit 2026: Level Up — GRC Enters a New Game
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