Great Hill Partners

2012-04-06
Great Hill Partners Acquires Legacy.com

 Online Obituaries Pioneer to Continue its Focus on Innovation

 April 6, 2012 – Boston, MA and Evanston, IL – Legacy.com, the market leader in the online obituary space, announced today that is has been acquired by Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm with over $2.5 billion under management. The Company hosts feature-rich obituary sites for partners that include more than 800 newspapers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and New... view full story

2012-04-03
Plimus Announces BlueSnap, A New Company Targeted To Support Sales of Subscription-Based, Digital Goods

FREMONT, Calif., Apr 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Building on more than a decade of experience in providing small and rapidly growing businesses the eCommerce platforms needed to sell digital goods, Plimus, Inc., today announced the launch of BlueSnap, a new company focused on providing enterprise size vendors of digital goods and content a complete eCommerce infrastructure and payments solution. view full story

2012-02-10
Veracity Payments Announces $80M Commitment from Great Hill Partners

ATLANTA AND BOSTON – February 10, 2012 – Veracity Payment Solutions, Inc., a privately-held merchant acquirer based in Atlanta, GA, today announced that it has secured an $80M commitment from Boston-based Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that manages over $2.5 billion in capital.  While a portion of the committed funds was used to buyout an existing investor, the vast majority will be used to fund Veracity’s US and European acquisition strategy.  Great Hill... view full story