What Bridgeport Partners does

Bridgeport Partners is a specialist private equity firm founded in 2019 and headquartered at 220 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor, New York. The firm focuses exclusively on financial technology, partnering with founders and management teams of established fintech companies and providing capital alongside operational expertise, talent access, and strategic support. Its investment focus spans Banking and Payments, Capital Markets and Investment Management, and Governance, Compliance, and Risk subsectors. The firm is led by Executive Chairman Frank Martire Jr. and Managing Partner Frank Martire III, supported by a team of senior fintech operators with prior leadership experience at FIS, Metavante, Fiserv, NCR, Bank of America, PayPal, and Lloyds Banking Group; the firm describes its team as having over four decades of collective experience and over 100 prior fintech transactions in aggregate.

Bridgeport's go-to-market is relationship-driven: it sources deals through its network of founders, executives, capital partners, and advisors, and partners with established fintechs seeking an industry-informed capital partner. Visible transaction history includes the November 2022 $1.6 billion take-private acquisition of CSI (Computer Services Inc.) alongside Centerbridge Partners, the retention of a minority position when TA Associates invested in CSI in January 2024, and the May 2026 definitive agreement to form a joint venture with Fiserv encompassing ATM Managed Services, Cash and Logistics, and MoneyPass, in which Bridgeport would assume operational control. Portfolio companies have continued to execute, including CSI's August 2025 acquisition of Apiture and the May 2025 appointment of Nancy Langer as CSI President and CEO.

Economically, Bridgeport operates as a private equity firm, generating revenue from management fees and carried interest on its investment activity rather than selling a product or service. The firm lists 1-10 employees and operates as a private limited entity with no disclosed parent company. It maintains a single New York headquarters and markets itself primarily through LinkedIn, reflecting the network-driven, deal-by-deal nature of specialist fintech investing.

Name

Bridgeport Partners

Legal name

Bridgeport Partners

Website

https://www.bgptpartners.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bridgeport Partners is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 2019 that invests exclusively in financial technology companies. It partners with founders and management teams, deploying capital alongside operational support across Banking and Payments, Capital Markets, and Governance, Compliance, and Risk subsectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity / Financial Technology Investment

NAICS

Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities (523999)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Sector / Generalist Growth Equity (FSANACAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Financial technology investments
• Fintech growth capital
• Portfolio management services
• Structured equity investments

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Returns and Management: Bridgeport Partners generates returns through equity investments in financial technology companies, utilizing management fees, carried interest on fund returns, and strategic value creation initiatives across portfolio companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Bridgeport Partners is a specialist private equity firm that invests capital in established financial technology companies alongside providing operational expertise, strategic support, and access to talent and industry networks. The firm partners with ambitious founders and management teams, committing its own capital to every investment and actively driving growth initiatives and operational enhancements across portfolio companies in sub-sectors including Banking & Payments, Capital Markets & Investment Management, and Governance, Compliance & Risk.

Product overview

Bridgeport Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on partnering with ambitious founders and management teams of established financial technology companies. As a private equity firm, Bridgeport does not offer a traditional product platform; instead, it provides investment capital, operational expertise, and strategic support to financial technology companies. The firm leverages its decades of operational experience, industry relationships, and talent network to drive growth initiatives and operational enhancements in its portfolio companies, which include CSI (a digital core banking provider), with additional strategic investments in areas such as ATM services through joint ventures with partners like Fiserv.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• CSI acquisition completed for $1.6 billion
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FiservmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026Formed a joint venture with Fiserv encompassing ATM Managed Services, Cash & Logistics, and MoneyPass businesses. Bridgeport Partners assumed operational control and day-to-day management of these businesses, pairing Fiserv's client relationships and technology with Bridgeport's experience in scaling financial technology platforms. The transaction was subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JMI Equity: Growth equity firm focused on software and fintech verticals. JMI Equity's sector-focused approach and growth-stage orientation make it a comparable peer for fintech growth investments and add-on acquisitions similar to CSI's Apiture deal.
• TA Associates: Global growth private equity firm with a deep fintech franchise. Made a strategic investment in CSI in January 2024 alongside Bridgeport and Centerbridge, and actively pursues fintech take-privates and growth investments comparable to Bridgeport's mandate.
• Motive Partners: Specialist fintech-focused private equity and growth equity firm. Frank Martire III co-founded Motive Partners, and multiple Bridgeport team members (Ashvin Sinnathamby, Emma Glyn) are Motive alumni, making it the closest direct peer in mandate, sector focus, and talent pipeline.
• FTV Capital: Sector-focused growth equity firm dedicated exclusively to financial services and fintech. Highly comparable vertical specialist model to Bridgeport's fintech-only focus, with overlapping deal universe in banking, payments, and capital markets tech.
• Centerbridge Partners: Multi-strategy private investment firm with deep experience in financial services and technology. Co-invested with Bridgeport on the $1.6B CSI acquisition and is the majority owner alongside Bridgeport as minority, sharing fintech deal flow and operating partners.

Emerging players

• Insight Partners: Global software and fintech-focused growth equity and buyout investor. Insight Partners pursues scaled fintech growth investments and has overlap with Bridgeport in payments, banking software, and capital markets technology.

Broad incumbents

• Advent International: Global private equity firm with an active financial services and technology practice. Paul Danola served as an operational advisor at Advent, and the firm pursues fintech take-privates and growth deals that overlap with Bridgeport's mandate.
• Thoma Bravo: Large-cap software-focused private equity firm with growing fintech exposure. While broader than Bridgeport's fintech-only mandate, Thoma Bravo competes for the same scaled take-privates and carve-outs in financial software and competes for senior fintech operating talent.
• Vista Equity Partners: Enterprise software-focused private equity incumbent. Vista participates in fintech software take-privates and growth deals that overlap with Bridgeport's Banking & Payments and Capital Markets sub-verticals, competing for similar management teams and assets.
• Silver Lake: Large-cap technology-focused private equity firm with significant fintech exposure. Silver Lake competes for scaled fintech take-privates and structured investments similar to Bridgeport's CSI transaction, though at materially larger check sizes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bridgeportpartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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