- Ncontracts has acquired Venminder, a third-party risk management SaaS platform, to enhance its governance, risk, and compliance services.
- The acquisition will broaden Ncontracts’ expertise in third-party risk management and strengthen its position in both SaaS and knowledge-as-a-service markets.
- Ncontracts also announced that Hg has acquired Venminder’s previous shareholders and Ncontracts’ investor Gryphon.
Risk management and compliance solutions provider Ncontracts made an acquisition today to help broaden its governance, risk, and compliance capabilities. The Tennessee-based company has bought third party risk management program company Venminder.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kentucky-based Venminder offers a SaaS platform for third-party risk management that helps more than 1,200 customers manage their vendor relationships– from onboarding to offboarding. With Venminder, firms can manage vendors, track contract data, perform due diligence and oversight, send and score questionnaires, conduct risk assessments, systemically monitor risks across domains, order due diligence assessments on vendor controls, and more.
Ncontracts anticipates the purchase will offer it more depth and expertise in third-party risk management, and will enhance its position in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) and knowledge-as-a-service (KaaS) space.
“We are excited to join forces with Venminder,” said Michael Berman, Ncontracts Founder and CEO. “With our teams coming together to help reduce risk, improve compliance and control costs, we will continue to strengthen the financial industry and the communities they serve.”
Also this week, Ncontracts, which demoed its technology at FinovateFall 2022, announced that investor Hg bought out prior Venminder shareholders as well as Ncontracts shareholder Gryphon Investors– which acquired Ncontracts in 2020. With its purchase, Hg will bring both resources and expertise.
“With the investment and support from Hg, we are well positioned to continue our rapid growth,” said Berman. “Gryphon has been a valuable partner, and I want to thank their outstanding team of operating partners, operating advisors and investment professionals.”
Third party risk management is a hotter topic than ever in today’s banking and fintech landscape, especially as the number of banks hit with consent orders rises due to regulatory breaches and compliance issues. With the increasing reliance on third-party vendors for technology, payment processing, and other services, the potential for vulnerabilities and risk has grown significantly.
Exacerbating the issue, regulatory bodies are tightening scrutiny on how banks manage their third-party relationships, ensuring that banks maintain strict oversight, due diligence, and risk mitigation strategies to safeguard sensitive data and operational resilience.
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