# Lawrence Handen

> Lawrence Handen is a funding round investor at Macquarie Group backing SaaS and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Macquarie Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macquarie-group)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-handen-8376728/

Lawrence Handen is a funding round investor at Macquarie Group in New York focused on SaaS and Software. Larry Handen is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners and has more than 20 years of experience in the software, Internet, and technology services industries as a principal investor, operator, and consultant. During his career, Larry has been involved as a principal investor in more than 125 M&A and equity financing transactions,and served on the Board of Directors of more than 30 companies throughout the Americas, Eastern & Western Europe,and Australia. Additionally, he has advised over 100 other companies in various capacities.Some of Larry’s former portfolio companies include Primavera (acquired by Oracle), Greenfield Online (IPO acquired by Microsoft), Netsmart (acquired by Genstar Financial), Guardant (acquired by VeriSign), DivX (IPO acquired by Rovi), Commvault (IPO, NASDAQ:CVLT), SecureInfo (acquired by Kratos Defence), Digital Harbor (acquired by Norkom Technologies), Beatport (acquired by SFX Entertainment), Entercept (acquired by MacAfee), and Dynamicsoft (acquired by Cisco). He currently serves on the board of directors at 3P Learning, Bionexo, Card Scanning Solutions, DriveCam, MV Sistemas, Overdrive, Photobox, Privalia, and Studio Moderna.Prior to joining Insight, Larry was a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners and a General Partner at UBS Capital where he led the firm’s Internet, Software & Services Group. Previously, he was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC), now IBM Global Services. While at PwC, Larry led a practice specializing in corporate-wide growth and recovery solutions for companies in the technology, information, communications, and entertainment industries.Larry received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Bucknell University and a MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He currently serves on the Board of the New York Venture Capital Association.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 5 | 33% |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| FinTech | 4 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 27% |
| Analytics | 3 | 20% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series D | 2 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 80% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Earth Resource Technologies | ERT is a trusted partner to the government, providing scientific analysis and modeling, information technology service and solutions. |  |  | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Earth Resource Technologies | ERT is a trusted partner to the government, providing scientific analysis and modeling, information technology service and solutions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Simon Data | Simon Data is the enterprise Customer Data Platform (CDP) that empowers brands to deliver data-driven, personalized customer experiences anywhere.The platform leverages enterprise-scale big data and machine learning to power customer communications in any channel. Simon’s unique approach allows brands to develop and deliver incrediblepersonalization capabilities without needing to build and maintain massive bespoke data infrastructure. At Simon, our goal is to improve and optimize customer experiences by making the entire process, experimentation through analysis, a data-driven one. | $54M | Series D | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Simon AI | Simon AI offers an AI-first, composable customer data platform and marketing orchestration system. The product unifies live customer and contextual signals to build profiles that support 1:1 targeting and personalization. Teams define audiences, trigger journeys in real time, and activate campaigns across email, mobile, web, and advertisingchannels from a central workflow. AI features assist with segmentation, decisioning, and optimization using streaming events and performance feedback. Integrations connect to data warehouses and event pipelines so activation reflects current behavior across systems. Reporting ties outcomes to audiences and channels to guide iteration and testing. | $54M | Series D | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| PayIt | PayIt simplifies doing business with the state, local, and federal government through its patent-pending mobile transaction and payment platform. The company strives to provide an open Digital Government Platform that allows their partners and the industry to collaborate on providing the best solution to improve the delivery of government servicesto citizens. They deliver an innovative solution that enables residents to access essential government services from any device.PayIt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. | $90M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 04, 2022 |  |
| Velosimo | Modern No-Code \| Low-Code Cloud Integration Services Purpose-Built for Local Government IT Organizations | $11M | Series A | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Autobooks | Autobooks is a comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping solution designed for small businesses. It enables users to accept online payments, create digital invoices, and automate tasks. The company integrates with financial institutions to provide tailored banking solutions for small businesses, simplifying payment processing and accounting directlythrough online banking channels. It helps businesses manage cash flow effectively by automating invoices and payments without lock-up periods or third-party processes. | $50M | Series C | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| FreeWire Technologies | FreeWire Technologies is the leading manufacturer of battery-integrated EV charging stations and power solutions in the U.S. The Company’s fully-integrated Boost Charger plugs into existing and ubiquitous low-voltage utility service and delivers high-power charging in areas that typically require extensive grid upgrades. The Boost Charger’scombination of proprietary battery and power conversion technology enables ultrafast EV charging at all locations, freeing customers from the costs of providing fast charging using power directly from the electric grid. FreeWire has deployed battery-integrated chargers with Fortune 100 companies, commercial customers, fleets, retail locations, and gas stations across the U.S. and has partnered with bp pulse to deploy Boost Charger in its operations across the UK. |  |  | Oct 25, 2018 |  |
| Source | Source is a developer and manufacturer of solar-powered devices designed to extract drinkable water from the atmosphere. The company's solar-powered hydro panels utilize advanced materials science to pull water from even the driest conditions, producing pure water that is mineralized and delivered to a tap, enabling users to get clean wateressentially anywhere.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. | $21.6M |  | Oct 15, 2018 |  |
| T-REX | Enterprise Fintech Platform: T-REX’s mission is to make complex capital markets more liquid through enhanced transparency and efficiency. In order to facilitate growth in complex asset classes, T-REX aims to continuously build effective market-relevant financial infrastructure that allows complex markets to be more robust through unprecedentedtransparency. T-REX is the financial and risk analytics platform for complex asset classes: increasing standardization, efficiency, and transparency. Through its enterprise SaaS platform, T-REX unlocks hundreds of billions of dollars currently seeking investment through modules that combine analysis across assets, loans, bonds, and other capital structures. Before T-REX, the value of the assets was opaque, non-standard, and manually evaluated one asset at a time. With T-REX, industry participants can now efficiently invest in, securitize, and manage portfolios of assets with complete transparency. |  |  | Oct 15, 2018 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [R/GA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-ga-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [.406 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/406-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baird Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baird-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Triangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-triangle-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [F-Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-prime-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polaris Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polaris-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Macquarie Group

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Macquarie's main business focus is making returns by providing a diversified range of services to clients. Macquarie acts on behalf of institutional, corporate and retail clients, and counterparties around the world. It has expertisein specific industries, including resources and commodities, energy, financial institutions, infrastructure, and real estate.Macquarie's management approach fosters an entrepreneurial culture among staff. Strong prudential management is fundamental to this approach. Robust risk management practices are embedded in business unit management with central oversight of credit, market, funding, compliance and operational risk. These, together with a strong and committed team, are key drivers of Macquarie's success.Founded in 1969, Macquarie now employs more than 13,900 people in 28 countries. At 30 September 2013, Macquarie had assets under management of $US359 billion.

5 contacts available at Macquarie Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Brazil | Co-Head of Corporate and Asset Finance Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-brazil |
| Garry Farrell | Co-Head of Corporate and Asset Finance Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garry-farrell |
| Greg Callman | Global Head, Energy Technology & Solutions, Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-callman |
| Lawrence Handen | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-handen |
| Michael McLaughlin | US Country Head & Head of Credit Markets | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-mclaughlin-5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Lawrence Handen invest in?

Lawrence Handen invests primarily in SaaS, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Lawrence Handen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lawrence Handen closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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