Financial Information Technologies Announces Strategic Investment From General Atlantic
A leading technology provider serving the beverage alcohol industry, Financial Information Technologies, LLC (“Fintech”), has announced it has received a strategic investment from General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm. General Atlantic will join existing investor TA Associates (TA).
“Fintech has created a premier suite of products that address the unique requirements of customers across the industry. We are thrilled to support the Company as it aims to increase its leadership position by expanding its innovative technology platform.”
For more than 30 years, Fintech has simplified how alcohol retailers, distributors, and suppliers do business, providing purpose-built payments, business management, and data and analytics technology solutions. The Company built the first electronic payment solution for the regulated beverage alcohol industry, and today is the scale partner of choice, serving over 4,600 distributors and over 225,000 retail locations in all 50 states across the nation. A leader in helping participants in the beverage alcohol space achieve operational efficiencies, Fintech is partnering with General Atlantic and TA to support continued product innovation and to pursue M&A initiatives.
“Fintech’s core mission is to enable frictionless commerce for retailers, distributors, and suppliers to accelerate sustained operational efficiency and improve insights and decision-making across the value chain,” said CEO of Fintech Tad Phelps. “Our electronic payment and data insights technologies have been adopted by a growing number of sophisticated customers, and we are excited to leverage General Atlantic’s deep experience across software and payments to help power our next phase of growth.”
Managing Director and Global Head of Financial Services at General Atlantic, Paul Stamas continued, “Fintech has created a premier suite of products that address the unique requirements of customers across the industry. We are thrilled to support the Company as it aims to increase its leadership position by expanding its innovative technology platform.”
“Tad and the executive team at Fintech have been at the forefront of the industry’s digital transformation for many years,” said Vice President at General Atlantic Matthew Dorr,. “Fintech has played an instrumental role in simplifying business solutions for operators who depend on the product to manage critical details of their business.”
“We are proud to have supported Fintech in accelerating the Company’s profitable growth since our initial investment in 2018,” said Managing Director at TA Roy Burns. “The Fintech team is committed to winning in the marketplace through innovating in partnership with their customers. TA is excited to continue as a long-term investor in the Company alongside General Atlantic.”
William Blair served as exclusive financial advisor and Goodwin Procter as legal advisor to Fintech. Raymond James served as exclusive financial advisor and Paul Weiss as legal advisor to General Atlantic.
