Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital is a private investment platform targeting late-stage growth equity and credit investments in technology, healthcare, consumer, digital media and other high-growth sectors.
We specialize in making equity and credit investments in technology and other high-growth sectors, such as healthcare, digital media, e-commerce, consumer and business services. Our team predominantly invests in North America and Western Europe. Our focus is on late-stage private companies, largely with established products and services addressing established markets seeking capital to scale revenue and expand business operations.
In addition to capital, the team relies on its industry experience to drive strategic growth, improve board governance, optimize capital structures, enhance operational efficiency, recruit senior executives and advise on strategic and financial liquidity. We seek to leverage the Morgan Stanley global brand, insights, resources and relationships in all our investment activities.
Investments typically range from $10 million - $25 million per transaction but there may be additional size flexibility through syndicate and co-investor relationships. Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital typically leads investments, but will also co-lead and participate in syndicated opportunities.
We generally do not take controlling ownership positions, so our investment strategy is predicated upon a partnership framework with founders, management teams and fellow investors. Value creation is driven by growth with a particular focus on capital efficiency and demonstrated unit economics.
Expansion Capital’s Advisory Partners provide an additional resource across our investment portfolio. Advisory Partners often participate in the examination of investment opportunities, serve on company boards, share their market and business insights and consult with portfolio founders and management to drive growth throughout the life cycle of an investment.
Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and its predecessors have invested in the growth sectors for over three decades. We believe we are unique in our ability to offer private equity or credit investment to late-stage growth companies with the flexibility to lead or syndicate investments. Our investment team and our portfolio companies benefit from Morgan Stanley's global resources, network and franchise. Our long tenure and unique relationship with Morgan Stanley affords our portfolio companies unparalleled access to thought leaders, industry experts, operational expertise and managerial talent. We believe that our experience and reputation enables us to build market leaders which are more valuable and better positioned, and thus able to drive outcomes which maximize exit value for our companies and our investors.
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DataGuard is a Software-as-a-Service company focused on privacy, information security, and compliance. DataGuard is the trusted partner to over 3,000 mid-sized enterprises (SME) and corporates operating in over 50 countries. Customers use the DataGuard platform to comply with regulation (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, EU Whistleblower Directive) and obtain information security certifications (e.g., ISO 27001, TISAX, SOC 2). DataGuard’s end-to-end solution drastically reduces the time and money companies spend to keep their personal data protected, their information and assets secure, and their business processes compliant. This enables them to build trust, mitigate risks, prevent breaches, and achieve their business goals.
Dealpath provides deal management software for the real estate industry serving real estate investors, investment managers, property developers / owners, REITs, and other corporations. The company’s platform is designed to manage all aspects of the deal process allowing users to centralize and standardize deal data, automate workflows and eliminate manual processes, and enhance collaboration both within and across organizations.
Phrasee revolutionizes customer experiences by optimizing the language brands use across the full customer journey. Its AI-powered SaaS platform brings together natural language generation, machine learning and dynamic optimization, making Phrasee the only provider of its kind to generate, optimize, automate, and analyze language in real time. Phrasee boosts customer engagement and increases lifetime value for the world's leading B2C brands – including Domino's, eBay, FARFETCH, Groupon, Party City and Walgreens – all while adhering to companies' unique brand standards and voice. Today, over 1 billion people across four continents have responded to Phrasee-generated language.
Pluribus Networks delivers highly scalable, automated and cost-efficient data center network solutions based on the principles of disaggregation and controllerless SDN automation. The Linux-based Netvisor® ONE operating system and the Adaptive Cloud Fabric™ controllerless SDN software have been purposely built to deliver radically automated networking along with superior economics by leveraging white box switches including Pluribus’ own Freedom™ Series of switches. The Adaptive Cloud Fabric controllerless SDN architecture is optimized to deliver a modern network fabric underlay and overlay across data center sites to support distributed cloud with rich services, automated operations, intrinsic security, comprehensive visibility and no single point of failure. Pluribus is deployed by more than 350 customers, including more than 100 tier one mobile network operators, in mission critical networks around the globe.
Neo4j, Inc. was founded in 2007 by Emil Eifrem and is based in San Mateo, California. In addition to its US presence, the company has a large technical development center based in Malmo, Sweden. The company pioneered the Graph Platform in the Database Management System (“DBMS”) software market. DBMS is software that enables enterprises to create, retrieve, update and manage distributed, unstructured and complex data in a real time manner. The Graph Platform offered by Neo4j enables solutions that are faster and require less code than traditional databases.
VizExplorer is a business intelligence software company headquartered in San Diego, California. Via its proprietary visualization technology, the company offers operational intelligence solutions to enterprise customers within the regulated, land-based gaming and entertainment verticals to provide gaming floor optimization, visitor behavior analytics and customer marketing.
Quentic (formerly EcoIntense GmbH) provides environmental, health and safety software solutions for businesses to drive down costs and maximize performance.
Vigilant is a provider of license plate and facial recognition products and solutions.
Plateau Systems is an enterprise learning management software platform. Acquired by Successfactors, acquired by SAP (NYSE:SAP).
E2open (NASDAQ:EOPN) is a global computer, electronics and telecommunications e-marketplace.
Arcadian Management provides Medicare Advantage to underserved markets. Acquired by Humana (NYSE:HUM).
Perceptive Software provides document imaging and workflow software. Acquired by Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE:LXK).
Biotechnology company focused on neurological disorders. Acquired by US WorldMeds.
Provides laser technology to manufacture active optical components.
Medsite creates educational and promotional solutions for the healthcare industry. Acquired by WebMD, (Nasdaq:WBMD).
Develops computer-aided diagnostic systems for use in radiology. Acquired by Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX).
Bowstreet was a leading provider of portal-based tools and technology. Acquired by IBM (NYSE:IBM).
An application service provider (ASP) for enterprise software solutions.
Creates web-based content, tools and services for the education market.
Develops nitric oxide enhanced medicines. (NASDAQ:NTMD).
U.S. Healthworks provides workers' compensation health services.
Yantra is an eBusiness software for managing high volume transactions. Acquired by Sterling Commerce, a division of IBM (NYSE:IBM).
Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) develops minimally invasive surgery systems.
Provider of detail-critical business processes, including translation, online marketing, global content management and application testing solutions, which ensure global brand consistency, local relevancy and technical usability across all touch points of the customer lifecycle.
Frontstep is an enterprise resource planning software provider. Acquired by Mapics, (NASDA:MAPX).
A business-to-business marketplace focusing on small- to mid-sized businesses.
Cardiac Pathways develops innovative solutions for cardiac and ablation catheters. Acquired by Boston Scientific, (NYSE:BSX).
Provides high-speed DSL internet access for the telecom industry
IntegraMed America (NASDAQ:INMD) is a leading provider of infertility services.
Provides IT services to middle-market/large enterprise customers.
A business-to-business e-commerce exchange company focused on the packaging industry.
Commerce One (NASDAQ:CMRC) provides global e-commerce solutions.
Tallán is an e-Services provider. Acquired by CMGI (NASDAQ:CMGI)
Microgenics Holding Corporation provides diagnostics for drug testing. Acquired by Sybron (NYSE:SYB).
Develops network management software.
Cambridge Heart (NASDAQ:CAMH) researches and develops cardiac diagnostic products.
Cytyc (NASDAQ:CYTC) develops diagnostic systems for cervical cancer screening.
Enterprise Systems develops healthcare management software. Acquired by McKesson now McKessonHBOC, (NYSE:MCK).
Client-server online transactions processing applications development software
Provider of home infusion services.
Develops advanced PC graphics systems.
Developer of multimedia devices for PCs called MPACT! Acquired by ATI Technologies.
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Makes privately negotiated later-stage investments in technology, health care, consumer, and other sectors.
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