Houlihan Lokey Advises Kingland Systems

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Kingland Systems (Kingland) has received a minority investment from and formed a strategic partnership with Abry Partners to support the continued growth and expansion of Kingland’s software solutions. The transaction closed on February 19, 2021.

Founded by David Kingland in 1992, Kingland has grown to become one of the premier providers of software used to manage data and comply with regulations around the globe. The Kingland Platform’s powerful data management, data automation, and data discovery software can be deployed anywhere in the world through its highly secure, advanced cloud infrastructure, enabling data-intensive, highly regulated companies to discover new ways to securely grow their business and protect their reputation. The world's largest stock exchanges, financial institutions, public accounting firms, and other Fortune 500 companies use the Kingland Platform, which supports more than 600,000 business users operating in 160 countries and managing billions of data records, for data management, risk management, and regulatory compliance every day.

Abry is one of the most experienced and successful sector-focused private equity investment firms in North America. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has completed more than $82 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity or preferred equity placements. Currently, the firm manages more than $5.0 billion of capital across its active funds. Abry’s investment in Kingland was made from Abry’s Senior Equity V fund.

Through this partnership, Kingland expects to significantly increase its investment in new products and workforce as it focuses on expanding within the markets it currently serves as well as entering new verticals that would benefit from the Kingland Platform.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor and placement agent to Kingland and assisted in marketing, structuring, and negotiating the transaction on behalf of the company. The transaction highlights Houlihan Lokey’s continued success supporting founder-owned businesses through bespoke processes and commitment to delivering the best partner for its clients.