Investment to support Omni Federal’s continued
growth as it seeks to modernize the mission and enterprise software
technologies utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense and
Intelligence Community
Madison Dearborn Partners (“MDP”), a leading private equity
investment firm based in Chicago which has raised aggregate capital
of more than $31 billion since 1992, today announced that funds
affiliated with MDP have made a strategic investment in Omni
Federal (“Omni” or “the Company”). Omni is a founder-led,
high-growth provider of innovative and intuitive mission and
enterprise software solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense
(DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). Members of Omni’s management
team will retain a significant ownership position in and continue
to lead the Company.
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Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Washington, DC, with a
strong presence in Boston, MA, Colorado Springs, CO, San Antonio,
TX, St. Louis, MO, and Washington, DC, Omni is a highly
differentiated software solutions provider that has grown out of
the DoD’s software factory ecosystem. The Company delivers both
mission and enterprise solutions that aim to improve the federal
government’s technological capabilities in critical areas,
including Command and Control, Cybersecurity, Space, Geospatial,
Modeling & Simulation, Training and Learning Management
Systems. Omni leverages an innovative, commercial technology-based
approach, tailored to government objectives, and adapted to both
improve mission performance and deliver transformative outcomes for
DoD and IC customers and their end-users.
Omni’s team is fueled by its unyielding commitment to its
critical mission of elevating the technologies utilized by the
nation’s brave warfighters and intelligence specialists, and its
unwavering dedication to fortify the United States and safeguard
its security and resilience against the relentless tide of evolving
threats.
Omni’s diversified and industry-leading employee base of over
250 individuals specialize in elevating digital delivery through
intuitive user experience (UX) and comprehensive solutions.
Leveraging the power of DevSecOps, cloud and cyber solutions,
coupled with data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine
learning, the team is helping redefine what is possible on the
modern battlefield. In addition to delivering high-end software
development capabilities to its customers, Omni utilizes a range of
innovative software platforms and tools developed within its Omni
Labs and SBIR Innovation centers in areas including data mesh, data
fabric, secure data access, intelligent automation, user experience
monitoring, and secure connectivity. Among numerous
accomplishments, Omni has in the past few months been awarded
significant contracts, including USSF FORGE C2, NGA ODIN II,
Digital University, SOCOM’s Enterprise Training Platform, and
multiple Platform One contracts.
Parag Thakker, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Omni
Federal, said: “Omni is on a mission to reimagine and modernize our
country’s vast federal legacy mission systems, which directly tie
to the most significant challenges facing our nation. As we
continue to invest in innovation and scaling, while pursuing
acquisition opportunities to expand our solution offerings to drive
further innovation in the DoD and IC, we’re pleased to welcome our
new partners at MDP. The MDP Technology & Government team
brings invaluable resources and experience that will support our
ongoing work to help our customers resolve their complex
challenges, expand and deepen our customer collaborations, and
continue on our strong growth trajectory.”
Matt Norton, Managing Director and Head of MDP’s Technology
& Government team, added: “As the federal government continues
to prioritize the critical need to modernize its legacy mission-
and enterprise-software platforms, the DoD and IC are increasingly
turning to differentiated companies like Omni that can bring a
commercially focused approach to tackling these challenges. Our
years of experience and expansive resource network in the
government and commercial software sectors, in tandem with our
long-standing history of supporting the missions of the DoD and IC,
will help us support Omni in adapting its solutions to penetrate
adjacent mission domains, pursue larger modernization programs
previously reserved for the largest government contractors, and
further strengthen its ability to innovate, provide growth
opportunities to its employees and meet its customers’ digital
needs. We’re incredibly excited to partner with Parag, Sameer,
Kevin and the entire Omni team on the Company’s continued growth
journey.”
MDP’s Technology & Government team has deep experience
working with government defense, government software and
high-growth technology companies, and has a history of partnering
with talented, often founder-led, management teams to help identify
organic and inorganic opportunities to scale and strengthen product
offerings and solutions. MDP’s relevant government sector
experience includes its investment partnerships with AEVEX
Aerospace, a leader in special mission airborne technology systems
and solutions; LGS Innovations, the former Federal division of Bell
Labs focused on C4ISR and cybersecurity for the IC; LinQuest
Corporation, a leader in military space technology solutions;
SpiderOak, a cybersecurity provider for space-based assets; T2S
Solutions, a provider of R&D, rapid prototyping, and mission
critical technology solutions; and Unison, a leading provider of
government procurement, supply chain, and contract management
software. MDP will also bring to bear its commercial software and
education technology experience, including its partnerships with
Carnegie Learning, a provider of AI-enabled adaptive personalized
learning and coaching software for K-12 math, literacy, ELA, and
world languages; Fieldglass, a human capital and talent procurement
software provider; and Lightspeed Systems, an AI and cybersecurity
student safety software company.
“MDP has tracked the DoD and IC software marketplace for years
and we are extremely excited to be partnering with Omni, which we
believe has emerged as a differentiated and highly innovative
provider. The need for mission- and enterprise-software
modernization will only expand in the coming years, and Omni will
be a critical partner to its customers as they navigate this
requirement,” added Brandon Levitan, a Director on MDP's Technology
& Government team. “With its leading UI/UX capabilities, deep
platform expertise, proprietary software tools, and fantastic
leadership team and employee base, Omni is well-positioned for
continued significant growth. We look forward to helping the team
augment and accelerate their growth trajectory as they build on
their great momentum.”
KippsDeSanto & Co. served as financial advisor to Omni
Federal and Jenner & Block LLP and McDonald Hopkins LLC
provided legal counsel. Baird served as financial advisor to MDP
and Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Crowell & Moring LLP provided
legal counsel.
About Omni Federal
Omni Federal is a high growth business, delivering user-centric
digital solutions to the U.S. federal government. With a focus on
being the software accelerator for the U.S. DoD and IC, Omni
simplifies complexity, challenges the status quo, and develops
innovative platform technologies. The Company’s more than 250
employees across 28 states serve the Air Force, Space Force, Army,
NGA, DHA and CMS, and almost 30% of its workforce are veterans.
Omni is committed to serving men and women in uniform by enabling
better decisions through training and building game-changing modern
software solutions. Learn more about Omni Federal.
About Madison Dearborn Partners
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“MDP”) is a leading private
equity investment firm based in Chicago. Since MDP’s formation in
1992, the firm has raised aggregate capital of more than $31
billion and has completed over 160 platform investments. MDP
invests across four dedicated industry verticals, including basic
industries, financial services, health care, and technology &
government. For more information, please visit www.mdcp.com
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For Omni: Parag Thakker CEO pthakker@omnifederal.com
571.403.2111 For MDP: Deirdre Walsh / Deven Anand H/Advisors
Abernathy abmacmdcp@h-advisors.global 212.371.5999