TORONTO, MONTREAL / May 8^th, 2025 / PRNewswire / Vertu Capital (“Vertu”), a leading private equity firm specializing in enterprise software and software-enabled companies, is pleased to announce its $30.5 million growth investment in Amilia, a leading provider of management software and payments solutions for the membership and recreation industry.

“The sports, community, and recreation space is an exciting industry that is looking for modern technology solutions” said Eric Kafka, Partner at Vertu Capital. “Amilia has built a robust, mission-critical platform while developing a reputation for excellent customer satisfaction. We see significant potential to further scale their product offering and market reach.” As part of the transaction, Mr. Kafka will be joining Amilia’s Board of Directors.

Amilia’s end-to-end platform allows recreation service providers to seamlessly automate activity registration, membership management, financial reporting and payments, among other functions. The company works with more than 6,600 recreation facilities across North America, including YMCAs, JCCs, municipal parks and recreation departments, camps and after school programs, serving over one million participants and processing nearly $1 billion of payments annually.

“We chose to partner with Vertu Capital because they believe in our mission as strongly as we do,” said Hugo Lachance, CEO of Amilia. “At this pivotal moment in our growth journey, we’ve aligned with them as a trusted partner who brings the strategic expertise to help us meaningfully scale the business. At a time when other providers in our industry are pulling back on product investment, Vertu supports our commitment to accelerating innovation. Together, we believe our customers deserve the most advanced, efficient, and future-ready technology to run their operations and strengthen their community impacts.”

Amilia marks the fifth platform investment for Vertu Fund I and Vertu Capital’s first investment in the province of Quebec.

“Quebec has a history of building worldclass technology businesses. We are very pleased to be investing in this dynamic ecosystem,” said Lisa Melchior, Founder and Managing Partner at Vertu Capital. “Vertu has a very deliberate strategy of partnering with market leading technology businesses with global growth potential across Canada. We see a lot of opportunity to help innovative Quebec companies scale and look forward to working with many more in the province.”

About Vertu Capital

Vertu Capital is a private equity firm that invests in high potential global technology companies, with a focus on software and software-enabled businesses. Vertu’s mission is to partner with management teams of scaling, market-leading companies to accelerate and support the next stage in their growth journey. Vertu’s team brings decades of domain expertise, best practices, actionable value creation strategies, and a deep network to its portfolio companies. Vertu has offices in Toronto and Montreal. For more information, please visit www.vertucapital.ca.

About Amilia

Founded in 2009, Amilia is on a mission to simplify the management of organizations offering activities and memberships to their community. From registrations, scheduling, financial reporting, facility management, and more, Amilia is broadening access to modern technology for over 1,500 organizations and 6,600 facilities across North America. Its robust end-to-end solutions support small businesses, membership-based nonprofits, community centers, and Parks & Recreation agencies in their aim to engage and uplift their local communities. Learn more at www.amilia.com.