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SaaS FinTech MoneyThumb Acquired by Iron Creek Partners
A company that offers a variety of underwriting tools has revealed that it’s been acquired.
About the acquisition:
This week, MoneyThumb announced that the private investment firm Iron Creek Partners LLC has acquired the company. According to a press release, this transaction will provide MoneyThumb with growth capital as the company continues to expand. While the news was announced on August 29th, the transaction officially closed on August 19th, 2024. Financial details of the deal were not provided.
About MoneyThumb:
MoneyThumb is a software-as-a-service FinTech that offers numerous products meant to help lenders verify and process documents. For example, their PDF Insights tool can read and analyze financial documents to quickly help determine applicant creditworthiness. Additionally, the company offers accounting software converters so lenders can easily import data from the likes of Quickbooks.
Founded in 2014, MoneyThumb reports continued gains, including recently seeing 100% year-over-year annual growth.
What they’re saying:
In a statement, newly-named MoneyThumb CEO Ryan Campbell said, “This acquisition underscores MoneyThumb’s proven technology and strong industry demand, and supports our long-term growth objectives. This partnership marks an exciting milestone for our company and with the support of Iron Creek, we are well-poised to accelerate our growth, continue to deliver exceptional software solutions for our customers and help lenders manage risk and deliver more capital faster to small businesses.”
Additionally, Iron Creek Founder and Managing Principal John Bingaman said of the acquisition, “MoneyThumb has built a highly successful business through its algorithm-driven software, product innovation and a meticulous approach to delivering value and service to their customers. We look forward to working closely with MoneyThumb’s talented team to continue to grow the business and broaden the product suite.”
My thoughts:
Despite the press release billing MoneyThumb as a “top FinTech,” I honestly couldn’t find much about them when looking online. For example, the only news listed on Crunchbase is this news — and they don’t appear to have raised any funds. So, while I believe that the company has been around for 10 years and has found some success, “top FinTech” seems like a stretch. That would also probably be why the financial details of this transaction were not revealed, as I’d presume it wasn’t a huge amount of money.
Having said that, even if MoneyThumb isn’t as big a player as they may want to present themselves as, they do have some useful-looking tools. I doubt that this acquisition will impact that much, so I guess I’d count this as a win for the company overall.