Motive Partners

Motive Partners is a specialist private equity firm that invests in, operates and builds financial technology businesses, from venture-stage companies to growth and buyout investments, in North America and Europe. The firm has raised $6.5B of capital across its Motive Capital (growth and buyout) and Motive Ventures (early-stage) programs, has made more than 90 investments, and has a team of more than 150 investors, operators and innovators. Its most recent flagship buyout fund, Motive Capital Fund 2, closed in July 2022 with total capital commitments of $2.54 billion, above its original hard cap. Motive typically invests about $50 million to $400 million of equity per deal, often teaming up with co-investors on larger transactions. The firm invests across six subsectors: wealth and asset management; banking and payments; insurance; capital markets; AI, data and analytics; and technology-enabled business services for financial institutions. Its portfolio has included InvestCloud, BetaNXT, Wilshire, Trumid, CAIS, FNZ, Forge Global, Backbase, With Intelligence, Accordion and the UK pension platform Mobius. Its investment activities include buyouts, growth equity, corporate carve-outs, roll-ups and platform-building, add-on acquisitions, minority investments, PIPEs, and early-stage venture. Motive’s approach rests on three capabilities. It invests using deep networks, sector insight and disciplined underwriting. It brings in operating specialists to strengthen and scale companies’ go-to-market, data and operations. And it uses technology to find opportunities and streamline workflows. Motive Partners was founded in 2015 by Rob Heyvaert, the founder of Capco, and is headquartered in New York, New York, United States, with offices in London and Berlin.