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VC Firm Greenspring Associates Leads $40M Investment in MSP Electric

  • Written by Jeffrey Schwartz
  • February 24, 2021
Electric has raised more than $100 million with its latest C-Series funding.

Electric, a fast-growth MSP based in New York City, has raised $40 million in C-Series funding led by Greenspring Associates. The latest investment in Electric, disclosed Tuesday, brings the total amount the MSP has raised to more than $100 million.

Greenspring Associates is a Maryland-based venture capital firm that provides direct and secondary investments, but also invests in funds. General partner Hunter Somerville said Greenspring Associates is taking a direct investment in Electric.

Greenspring Associates' Hunter Somerville

Greenspring Associates’ Hunter Somerville

“It’s been a very nice, high-growth story that we think will continue,” Somerville told Channel Futures.  “It’s not slowing down. I think we’re coming in at a very interesting inflection point.”

Electric has raised several rounds of funding during the last two years. In early 2019, prominent VC firm GGV led a $25 million B-Series investment.

Since signing its first client in late 2016, Electric has grown rapidly, focusing on small and midsize businesses (SMBs). While Electric does not disclose its revenues, founder and CEO Ryan Denehy told Channel Futures they are ” eight figures.” Denahy predicts it will double revenue this year.

Electric claims it now has 160 employees supporting more than 20,000 users among a roster that has exceeded 300 businesses. Denehy said SMBs are underserved by MSPs.

“We provide solutions for companies that are large enough to have real IT needs and pains, but too small to where they have an actual full IT department,” Denehy said.

Electric’s History

Initially, Denehy founded Electric to provide managed services to SMBs that primarily use Apple Macintosh computers. Among its customers were advertising agencies, media operators and tech companies, which tend to require or prefer Macs over PCs.

Still, many of those clients had some Windows PC users as well. But more recently, Electric expanded into other verticals such as business services and nonprofit agencies, where Windows is more prevalent. To support the growing Windows management requirements, Electric recently announced the acquisition of Sinu, also based in New York.

“They add a lot more Windows expertise,” Denehy said.

While Denehy isn’t ruling out additional acquisitions, perhaps in other U.S. markets, he said Electric is focusing on organic growth.

“The fact that most of our new revenue growth is from organic sales-led customer acquisition, that’s something we want to continue to get better at, and continue to scale,” Denehy said.

Automating Electric’s Managed Services Platform

The latest investment will continue to fund the expansion of Electric’s proprietary, automated MSP platform, Denehy said. Electric uses tools from Kaseya to manage PC and Jamf for Macs, those plug into its internally developed automation platform. The investments will fund expanding the automation capabilities of the platform using artificial intelligence.

“What we know is the more we automate, the happier our customers are,” Denehy said. “When you can get an answer in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes, or when you can onboard a new employee in a matter of minutes with a ridiculously complex set of requirements, that makes the customer really happy.”

Now, Electric is expanding the automation capabilities of its platform to lower the cost of …

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