ViaPeople recent sale to Solen Ventures.

ViaPeople specializes in people management software and is an influential leader in the human resource software industry. The company provides performance management software, succession planning, and 360-degree feedback solutions that elevate the expectations of clients with unparalleled quality of service. Founders Leah Groehler, Ph.D., and Karen N. Caruso, Ph.D. have worked for over two decades in the industry, specializing in concierge consulting services for talent management. The goal of ViaPeople is to align teams to create an inclusive and belonging environment, define company goals and metrics to be achieved, craft unbiased reviews to elevate performance, make smarter and data-driven decisions, and provide each company employee with a plan for growth. By working with companies to achieve these core values, ViaPeople is able to engage employees, reduce bias, motivate performance, and improve company-wide efficiency.

Solen Ventures is a software group that accelerates, manages, and invests in B2B SaaS companies. This institutionally-backed, permanent capital acquisition firm partners with founders to continue to expand and build resilient software B2B businesses. Their dedicated team actively participates in the operations and technological innovation of software products they invest in. This hands-on approach has helped Solen Ventures specialize in propelling growth by leveraging engineering, sales, finance, marketing, and operations expertise to help founders and their companies. With a lightning-fast process, Solen Venture’s key factor to success is providing founders with a simple and painless exit that allows for forward thinking and technological innovation, often partnering up with founders to expand their business further.

Arrowroot Advisors 

We provide M&A advice and financing solutions to leading growth Software businesses. Our mission is to provide superior results for our clients. As an advisory firm focused on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web-enabled businesses, we bring a specific knowledge-base and network to our clients. We do not concentrate on a certain industry, but are business model focused. Specifically, we concentrate on recurring revenue businesses with subscription or transaction based pricing models. We leverage our deep industry domain insight, positioning expertise and execution prowess to deliver superior results for our clients. Collectively, the management of Arrowroot Advisors identified a need to leverage their industry, network, and deal expertise to advise entrepreneurs and investors in the SaaS and Web-enabled economy.