Squire Patton Boggs has advised Baird Capital on a growth capital investment in Freemarket, a leading fintech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and currency exchange. A team led by London Corporate partner Mark Yeo, senior associate Matt Lappin and associate Mahdi Siddique advised Baird Capital.
Freemarket provides its customers with B2B cross-border payments through its proprietary technology platform. Freemarket works with businesses to accelerate their growth by giving them access to cross-border payments and currency exchange in over 140 currencies and across 100 countries optimized for their needs through a single API integration and its proprietary platform.
Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors globally. Since 1989, Baird Capital has raised and managed more than $4 billion and invested in over 335 portfolio companies.