Riverside Acceleration Capital

We’re excited to congratulate BrightPlan (a RAC portfolio company) for being included on the Ragan’s 2026 HR Technology Hot List by Ragan Communications and PR Daily 👏 Ragan’s Hot List is an editorial recognition covering the HR technology platforms gaining traction among practitioners. In a financial wellness benefits category, where employer purchasing decisions are increasingly shaped by third-party validation, recognition in an editorial channel that practitioners actually read is a meaningful market signal. Well done, BrightPlan team! Check out the link in the comments below for the full list of honorees 🔗👇 #BrightPlan #RACPortfolio #FinancialWellness #HRTech #EmployeeBenefits

We’re excited to spotlight ReadySet Surgical (a RAC portfolio company) on crossing a significant operational milestone: 1 million loaner trays checked in across the ReadySet platform 👏 Each loaner tray arrives weighed, photographed, and fully documented; the kind of traceability that drives billing accuracy, operating room scheduling, and sterile processing compliance downstream. Reaching this milestone across real hospital environments is evidence that the platform is operating reliably at scale, which is precisely the track record health system procurement teams evaluate before expanding platform use. Great work, ReadySet team! #ReadySetSurgical #RACPortfolio #SterileProcessing #SurgicalSupplyChain #HealthTech

We're sharing Part II of RAC Senior Partner Jonathan D. Drillings' "Defensibility of Software in the Age of AI" series, and this one tackles an angle that doesn't get nearly enough airtime: speed and efficiency! The argument is straightforward but often missed: just because an LLM can handle a workflow doesn't always mean it should; especially at enterprise scale. Drawing on his background in semiconductor investing, Jonathan uses a FGPA and ASIC distinction to help frame it: LLMs are flexible multitaskers built for discovery; encoded software is purpose-built, hardened, and optimized for repeatable execution at speed and low cost. For customers running the same workflows thousands of times a day and demanding consistent, predictable results, that distinction matters. Check out the link in the comments below to read Part II 🔗👇 #SoftwareDefensibility #B2BSoftware #AI #RiversideAccelerationCapital

We’re excited to congratulate BrightPlan (a RAC portfolio company) on receiving a SmartChoice® Preferred Provider certification by Brandon Hall Group! Brandon Hall Group’s SmartChoice® designation recognizes HR technology providers that meet specific standards for capability, organizational value, and client outcomes. In a financial wellness benefits category where employer purchasing decisions are increasingly shaped by third-party validation, this analyst-backed certification is a meaningful credibility signal for organizations evaluating benefits platforms. Check out the link in the comments below for more details 🔗👇 #BrightPlan #RACPortfolio #FinancialWellness #HRTech #EmployeeBenefits

We’re excited to spotlight Vivi (a RAC portfolio company) on the release of Vivi 3.12, the platform’s most significant update to date 🙌 Three major upgrades ship with this release: Vivi Interactive for touch-enabled instruction on supported displays, a completely rebuilt Vivi Whiteboard with near-zero latency, and Location-Based Management for more precise district-wide emergency response. All three are included with existing subscriptions at no additional cost. In a classroom environment where budget cycles make every renewal decision a scrutinized investment, delivering meaningful new capability without a price increase is the kind of product decision that strengthens long-term customer relationships. Nice work, Vivi team! Check out the full release details at the link in the comments below 🔗👇 #Vivi #RACPortfolio #EdTech #K12 #ClassroomTechnology

We’re excited to spotlight ReadySet Surgical (a RAC portfolio company) on officially joining the Oracle Partner Network 👏 This listing enables hospitals and health systems running Oracle ERP to discover and implement ReadySet’s loaner tray and bill-only workflow solutions directly within the Oracle ecosystem. For health systems where enterprise resource planning (ERP) compatibility is often the gating factor in surgical supply chain technology decisions, recognition within Oracle’s partner network reduces a key adoption barrier, meeting health systems where their infrastructure already lives. Check out the link in the comments below for the full announcement 🔗👇 #ReadySetSurgical #RACPortfolio #HealthTech #SurgicalSupplyChain

We’re excited to congratulate fundcraft (a RAC portfolio company) on being named the winner in the Fund Administration: Under $50bn AuA category at The Drawdown Awards 2026 🏆 The Drawdown Awards recognize excellence across private markets fund administration, with judges evaluating client satisfaction, revenue growth, innovation, and breadth of solutions. This recognition reflects fundcraft’s commitment to delivering measurable operational impact for asset managers and private markets platforms, validated not by the company’s own claims, but by the clients using it. Congratulations, fundcraft team! Check out the link in the comments below for the full list of winners 🔗👇 #fundcraft #RACPortfolio #FundAdministration #PrivateMarkets #AlternativeAssets

There's been a lot written about AI displacing the existing software stack. RAC Senior Partner, Jonathan Drillings, thinks that framing skips the more important question: where does AI actually excel, and where does it structurally fall short? 💭 In Part I of a new series on software defensibility, Jonathan examines the distinction between probabilistic and deterministic systems, and why it matters more than most AI-vs.-SaaS commentary acknowledges. AI is a powerful probability engine, but in regulated, high-stakes workflows where variance isn't acceptable, the encoded logic built by incumbent software companies can represent a structural advantage that's difficult to replicate from scratch. For many of these businesses, AI isn't the disruptor; it's the accelerant. Check out the link in the comments below to read Part I 🔗👇 #SoftwareDefensibility #B2BSoftware #AI #RiversideAccelerationCapital

We're excited to announce our recent investment in Trava Security, an Indianapolis-based cybersecurity and compliance services provider purpose-built for fast-growing businesses. For many startups and scale-ups, achieving important security certifications like SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is critical to revenue-generation, but comes with significant operational hurdles. Trava is designed to help solve this by bridging the gap between expert-driven services and purpose-built software; ultimately enabling companies to get compliant faster and more efficiently. Why we're excited: ✅ Software-led services platform that helps bridge the gap between software-only tools and manual consulting ✅ Broad services offering that spans compliance advisory, vCISO, pen testing, PTaaS, and more ✅ Up to 3x faster certification than a DIY approach with 100% certification success rate ✅ Deeply engrained AI-based automation enables more efficient delivery of their services. Trava is enhancing what it means to be a security and compliance partner, helping companies move faster, stay protected, and unlock enterprise revenue. We're proud to support their mission and look forward to the road ahead. Check out the full announcement linked in the comments below to learn more 🔗👇 #TravaSecurity #CyberSecurity #RACPortfolio

We're excited to announce RAC's investment in Smart Host, a Berlin-based leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation solutions for independent, boutique hotels and small hotel chains. Hotel operators can often face a real challenge: Online travel agents (OTAs) sit between them and their guests, extracting meaningful commissions and owning the guest relationship. Smart Host is designed to help take that relationship back, through a centralized guest intelligence platform that enables personalized, automated communication before, during, and after every stay. Why we're excited: ✅ Purpose-built to help independent, boutique hotels and small chains thrive ✅ Deep property management systems integrations that help unify guest data into a single system of record ✅ Automated campaigns to help drive direct bookings ✅ Built-in analytics and offer management tools designed to increase direct bookings Smart Host is enhancing the hotel CRM experience by providing teams with the tools to compete on their own terms. We are thrilled to support this mission and partner with their team! Check out the full announcement linked in the comments below 🔗👇 #SmartHost #HospitalityTech #HotelCRM #RACPortfolio