Board brings extensive rail operations and M&A experience to oversee Arcadea’s operations and investments in the rail sector.
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Arcadea Group (“Arcadea”), a long-hold, growth-oriented Vertical SaaS (“VSaaS”) investor, appoint Nicolas Von Stackelberg, Jeffrey Birmingham, and Larry Huckle to its Strategic Advisory Board supporting the global rail and transportation sector.
This announcement comes following Arcadea’s establishment of its Global Rail Platform, comprised of four announced investments in Zedas GmbH, Railroad Software, Raspberry Software and PICit A/S.
The board will provide highly differentiated and practical advice to support the continued growth of the Arcadea rail portfolio/platform, with a special focus on product advancement, sales and service quality, and strategic M&A.
“We are thrilled to welcome Nicolas, Jeff, and Larry,” said Paul Yancich, Co-founder and Managing Director of Arcadea. “They each bring extensive and unique experience that will provide profound value to our customers, employees, and products alike. Rarely can one assemble a team with this degree of industry, operational, and strategic capabilities, and we are grateful for their partnership.”
Daniel Eisen, Co-founder and Managing Director of Arcadea, added “We invested a great amount of time hand selecting individuals that bring unique perspectives and knowledge to our efforts in the rail and transportation sector. We couldn’t be happier with the diverse qualities that each member of the board brings to the table in support of our amazing colleagues and customers alike.”
Strategic Advisory Board Members
Jeffrey Birmingham: The Founder and Former-CEO of Railroad Software, Jeff comes from a family of railroaders, and is deeply connected to the North American rail sector industry. With an unmatched, intimate knowledge of the present and evolving needs of rail operators in nearly every end market, Jeff provides invaluable insights and guidance that inform both future M&A as well as organic product roadmaps.
Nicolas von Stackelberg: Deeply knowledgeable about and connected to the international rail market, Nicolas spent 10 years as an equity research analyst, covereing rail technology companies for Sal. Oppenheim and Macquarie. Over the last 12 years, he has worked as an independent M&A and strategic advisor to technology companies, frequently involved in rail and public transit across the entire breadth of the industry landscape. His deep knowledge of the industry – on both the customer and provider sides – offer strategic insights to our companies and help guide Arcadea’s M&A and investing priorities.
Larry Huckle: Larry is a career-long leader in VSaaS operations, having served as individual contributor, team lead in Sales & Marketing, and CEO in multiple world-class software companies. Larry has seen the evolution of the VSaaS market in a number of industries over the past three decades, and as a result brings with him unmatched knowledge in both sales and service within highly demanding, critical industries. Most recently, he supported Railroad Software to elevate its go-to-market and served as an advisor to Jeff Birmingham ahead of the sale of the business to Arcadea Group in early 2024.
About Arcadea Group
Arcadea Group invests in high-quality, strongly growing, typically founder-led vertical software companies over extremely long durations. With offices in Canada and the USA, and portfolio companies in North America, Europe, South America and Australasia, Arcadea maintains a global investment purview. Arcadea provides tailor-made, flexible strategies leveraging a leading, in-house Value Creation and Operational Support Team to improve operational excellence and product ambition, and accelerate growth.
Contacts
Paul Yancich
Managing Director