# Erik Levy

> Erik Levy is a private equity investor in New York backing SaaS and Analytics. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikjlevy

Erik Levy is a private equity investor in New York focused on SaaS and Analytics. Erik joined dmgi in October 2010 and is responsible for strategy and acquisitions across the dmgi/ dmge portfolio of companies. In his role, Erik works with the leadership of our portfolio companies to help identify and evaluate new growth opportunities and assist in the evaluation and execution of acquisitions.Prior to dmgi, he held anumber of business development and strategy roles including; Senior Director, Strategy and M&A at LexisNexis, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at PRIMEDIA and Consultant at Marakon Associates, a strategy management consulting firm.Erik is a graduate of Vassar College, with an honors degree in Economics and the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated the Wharton School with an MBA.In his spare time Erik enjoys traveling, reading business and industry periodicals, exercising and trying new restaurants. Erik resides in Manhattan with his wife Alison.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Logistics | 1 | 100% |
| Transportation | 1 | 100% |
| Freight Service | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FreightWaves | FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.The company's​ SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregatingbillions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse.FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market. | $16M | Private Equity | May 19, 2021 | https://www.freightwaves.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fontinalis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fontinalis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kayne Anderson Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kayne-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Prologis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prologis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-of-the-rest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Erik Levy invest in?

Erik Levy invests primarily in SaaS, Analytics and Logistics startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Erik Levy?

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### When did Erik Levy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erik Levy closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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