Rich Erickson

## PROSPECT INFORMATION: Name: Rich Erickson Title: Co-Founder, Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer Fund: Lightview Capital Background: Richard G. Erickson is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lightview Capital, with over 40 years of operating and investment experience in technology. He currently serves on the board of Buchanan Technologies, Verista, Plus Media, and MarketFully. Previously, he was a General Partner at Updata Partners, focusing on growth equity investments in software, internet, and business services companies. In his operating career, he held leadership positions at Alphanet Solutions (CEO), iXL (SVP), Digital Network Associates (President), Excelan (Regional Manager), and Square D by Schneider Electric (Account Executive). He holds a BSME from Villanova University. Recent LinkedIn activity highlights include: on October 31, 2025, he posted, "Excited to partner with the FSS Technologies team!"; on September 15, 2025, he posted "Excited to have Mike Werblun join the Buchanan team and continue the great success the company has had under Jim Buchanan's leadership."; on June 5, 2025, he reshared a post from How To SaaS about a podcast discussing investing in and scaling founder-led B2B services businesses, quoting, "For founder-led businesses, the transition to private equity ownership brings new opportunities—and new challenges."; on April 3, 2025, he reshared a post about MotionPoint acquiring GetGloby, adding, "Welcome to the MotionPoint family GetGloby. Excited at what the two organizations will do together!"; on January 14, 2025, he reshared a post announcing John McCarthy joining the Buchanan Technologies board, quoting, "Excited to welcome John to the Buchanan Technologies team! I'm looking forward to the growth, innovation, and success we’ll build together in the future."; on January 13, 2025, he posted, "Great to see Key Content become part of the MotionPoint family!"; on August 9, 2024, he posted, "Congrats to Marc Crawford and the Array Team it’s been great to be part of your journey!"; on June 6, 2024, he posted, "Great to see that Verista continues to build expand the depth and breadth of its service offerings with a great addition in ILB Enterprises. Congratulations to both Teams."; on June 6, 2024, he also posted, "Exciting to see these two companies come together. Congratulations to the Buchanan and Technology Spa teams in continuing to build a market leading IT solutions provider."; on May 22, 2024, he posted, "Congratulations to the CyberSheath team on the next step in their journey. We've enjoyed being part of it and look forward to watching your continued success!"; on December 14, 2021, he posted, "Congratulations to the CyberSheath Team for joining the Lightview family!"; on March 31, 2021, he posted, "Congratulations to the MotionPoint Team on becoming part of the Lightview family of portfolio companies. We 're excited to continue to build on their success as a market leader in multilingual digital content translation solutions!"; on February 3, 2021, he reshared a post announcing Hawkins Point joining Verista, adding, "Congrats to the Verista Team on the Hawkins Point acquisition!"; on March 21, 2020, he reshared a post from Jonathan Sasse, highlighting that Metova was looking for API developers, adding, "Our Portfolio Co Metova is looking for API developers immediately for anyone interested...hope everyone staying safe."; on August 22, 2019, he posted, "Excited to be partnering with the Buchanan Technologies as the newest addition to the Lightview Capital portfolio. We look forward to partnering with Jim Buchanan and his fantastic team."; on September 24, 2018, he posted, "Congratulations to the Acuant team on the recent exit to Audax Private Equity. We wish you much continued success and appreciate your efforts in building a great company over the past 5 years."; on April 26, 2018, he posted, "Excited to announce our recent investment in Metova  and having them join the Lightview family."; on December 15, 2017, he posted, "Congratulations to Mike Jenner and the team at Nexustek on their recapitalization with Abry Partners.   We've enjoyed being part of building a tremendous Company over the past several years and look forward to watching their continued future success!"; and on September 18, 2017, he posted, "Our Portfolio Company Acuant announced another strategic acquisition today with the Ozone product from  Mount Airey Group." Fund details: - Description: Lightview Capital is a private equity firm that invests in profitable, capital efficient Business Services and Tech-Enabled Services companies in North America. We principally target bootstrapped and founder-owned companies, corporate divestitures and recapitalization transactions. - Website: http://www.lightviewcapital.com - Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States - Lead qualification: 93/100 - Immediate priority: Strong fit — buyout/growth PE with right fund size (~$126M), compact team (fits 5–15 bracket) and active deal flow in last 24 months Use case: Deliver 40 qualified founder‑owned tech‑enabled B2B and business‑services targets monthly matching: $3–25M revenue, profitable, North America, owner/CEO verified contact and acquisition‑fit score, ready for outreach Pain points: • Partners managing portfolio instead of sourcing new deals • Limited proprietary coverage of bootstrapped/founder‑owned tech‑enabled targets in specific North American submarkets • Reliance on manual outreach/databases causing slow qualification and inconsistent owner contact verification decision_maker: Conor Mullett, Managing Director (other partners listed on firm team page) portfolio_count: 24 companies (per investor profile / Tracxn) - Recent deals: • Array (Aug 2024) - sold to WCG (clinical research solutions); amount not found • CyberSheath (May 2024) - sale to BV Investment Partners; amount not found • Buchanan Technologies (Jun & Sep 2024) - portfolio company completed acquisitions to expand cloud/Oracle capabilities; amounts not found • Verista / ILB Enterprises (May 2024) - Verista (portfolio company) acquired ILB Enterprises to enhance pharmacovigilance/compliance capabilities; amount not found Research: - Query: Lightview Capital (web (Rich Erickson) recent investments? fund focus / thesis? - Answer: Lightview Capital focuses on technology and service industry investments. Recent investments include Buchanan Technologies and FSS Technologies. The firm emphasizes deep industry knowledge and operational expertise.