Robert Shilton

Vice President, Growth Equity

Robert Shilton is a vice president for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ growth private equity strategies, where he is responsible for identifying and analyzing investment opportunities. He also assists with the monitoring of portfolio companies and deal execution.

Shilton has been an avid swimmer for over fifteen years. He has competed at the national level and has held the position of captain of the swim team for the University of Pennsylvania.

Shilton earned a B.A. cum laude in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Industries Covered

Supply Chain & Logistics
Business Process Automation
FinTech

Geographies Covered

Midwest
Southwest
Southeast
Mid-Atlantic

Current Investments

Agilix

Agilix Labs – K-12 Educational Content Management and Delivery Platform

Founded in 2001, Agilix powers Buzz, a next generation K-12 personalized platform for blended learning. Buzz allows teachers to focus on the individual needs of each student which makes learning enjoyable and effective.

Status: Active
Location: Logan, UT
Initial Investment: 2015
Industry: Media & Telecom
Website: https://agilix.com
KPF Board Member: Nate Locke
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Atlas RFID

Atlas RFID Solutions – Technology Enabled Materials Tracking for Oil and Gas Construction

Founded in 2007, Atlas RFID provides materials management software solutions (“Jovix”) for industrial construction projects. Jovix allows customers to better track materials, which saves money by reducing the time and cost to locate and replace lost materials. Atlas targets projects that are over $1.0 billion in total spend in the oil and gas, nuclear and power sectors.

Status: Active
Location: Birmingham, AL
Initial Investment: 2014
Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
Website: https://www.atlasrfid.com
KPF Board Member: David Walsh
Board Observer: Nishita Cummings
Decisiv

Decisiv – Service Relationship Management Application

Founded in 2001, Decisiv provides a centralized platform that integrates previously siloed asset data from in-house, point and horizontal solutions in a single platform. API driven integration and a flexible framework allow rapid additions and integrations with existing customer systems and third-party data feeds, enabling comprehensive visibility of relevant data for key stakeholders across the ecosystem. Through Decisiv’s SRM platform, different customers and participants in the service event are able to track service requests, receive updates, understand delays, route vehicles more efficienty to repair shops, and provide estimates of costs and warranty coverage associated with the repair. As a result, customers are able to improve asset performance and utilization, decrease warranty costs, and increase customer satisfaction.

Status: Active
Location: Reston, VA
Initial Investment: 2018
Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
Website: https://www.decisiv.com
KPF Board Member: Leon Chen
Dejero

Dejero – IP Blending Technology for Video Transport and Internet Connectivity

Founded in 2008, Dejero provides video and data transmission technology enabling broadcast television customers to reliably transfer high quality video signals across multiple cellular networks including satellite, cell, fiber and Wi-Fi, reducing the need for expensive satellite equipment.

Status: Active
Location: Waterloo, ON
Initial Investment: 2017
Industry: Media & Telecom
Website: https://www.dejero.com
KPF Board Member: Leon Chen
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
DiCentral

Di Central – Electronic Data Interchange Platform

Founded in 2000, DiCentral provides EDI software solutions for buyers and suppliers to collaborate and exchange critical enterprise data. DiCentral’s network of over 6,000 businesses includes some of the world’s leading retailers.

Status: Active
Location: Houston, TX
Initial Investment: 2016
Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
Website: https://www.dicentral.com
KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Elevate

Elevate – Outsourced Legal Services

Founded in 2011, Elevate is an alternative legal services provider that offers outsourced legal services for Global 2000 legal departments and AM 200 law firms (top 200 U.S. law firms by revenue). Elevate has built a comprehensive platform to meet all needs of a corporate legal department including: litigation support, due diligence, contract management, medical claims & litigation, compliance, bill review, back office/IT support, staffing, spend management, technology and strategy consulting.

Status: Active
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Initial Investment: 2019
Industry: Business Process Automation
Website: https://elevateservices.com
KPF Board Member: Leon Chen
Board Observer: Rob Shilton

Ideas United

Ideas United – Next Generation Content Creation Agency

Founded in 2001, Ideas United is a content creation agency that leverages a crowd-sourced filmmaker network to serve top-tier brands in both branded and original content. Ideas United helps solve the shortage of diverse video content that exists today by leveraging a mix of internal resources and crowd-sourced creators for brands, media companies, and non-profits. The company provides a unique value proposition to its customers by giving them access to content from a wide array of content creators due to their age and experience with help from a small in-house professional team.

Status: Active
Location: Atlanta, GA
Initial Investment: 2019
Industry: Media & Telecom
Website: https://ideasunited.com
KPF Board Member: Rob Shilton
Board Observer: Nishita Cummings
myKaarma

myKaarma – Customer Engagement Solution for Auto Dealerships

Founded in 2008, myKaarma provides automotive customer interaction management solutions. The company provides a platform where customers have direct contact with their service provider through text, voice, and email.

Status: Active
Location: Long Beach, CA
Initial Investment: 2018
Industry: Financial Technology
Website: https://mykaarma.com
KPF Board Member: Nate Locke
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Riviera Partners

Riviera Partners – Technology Enabled Executive Recruiting

Founded in 2002, Riviera Partners is a technology-enabled executive recruiting firm focused on placing senior technical talent. The company sells into technology and non-technology firms that are looking to hire key technical positions in product, engineering, UI/UX, and C-level executives. Having spent nearly two decades focused primarily on technical roles, the company has been able to build up an impressive database of over 600,000 technical talent across the country. The company builds a holistic candidate profile which is leveraged in conjunction with proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to curate candidate lists for recruiters’ searches based on clients’ explicit and implicit requirements. As a result, recruiters are able to complete searches in a more efficient and timely manner, while Riviera’s matching algorithims help produce better results for clients.

Status: Active
Location: San Francisco, CA
Initial Investment: 2019
Industry: Business Process Automation
Website: https://rivierapartners.com
KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Signal Automotive

Signal – Technology-Enabled Automotive Wholesaler

Founded in 2017, Signal is a technology-enabled broker between wholesale automobile suppliers in Canada and wholesale buying dealerships in the U.S. Signal operates through a unique combination of proprietary software automation and managed services in order to optimize the journey between dealerships in Canada and the U.S. Signal provides dealerships in Canada and the U.S. transparent pricing, automated processes and workflows that save time and money on both sides of the wholesale transaction.

Status: Active
Location: Surrey, BC
Initial Investment: 2020
Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
Website: https://www.signal.vin
KPF Board Member: Nate Locke
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Spatial Networks

Spatial Networks – Field Business Intelligence Software and Services

Founded in 2000, Spatial Networks has developed its offering, Fulcrum to reduce the time, cost, and risk associated with data collection, workflow automation, and analytics by transforming the way its customers perform mobile business processes. Fulcrum’s SaaS platform allows non-developers to rapidly build and deploy apps — in minutes rather than days — without code. The result is rapid time to value for customers, high-fidelity data collection and reporting, and a data-driven approach to process automation and performance optimization for mobile teams. Customers rely on Fulcrum to ensure safety and quality, stay compliant, protect property and secure assets, maintain and enhance existing infrastructure, and keep new infrastructure projects on-time and on-budget.

Status: Active
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Initial Investment: 2019
Industry: Business Process Automation
Website: https://spatialnetworks.com
KPF Board Member: Nate Locke
Board Observer: Rob Shilton

Past Investments

ColdLight (exited: PTC)

Coldlight – Big Data and Predictive Analytics

Founded in 2006, ColdLight is a cloud-based data analytics platform used by telecommunications and healthcare companies to help predict business outcomes. ColdLight analyzes massive amounts of data to predict future trends, improve efficiency, and optimize business decision making.

Status: Exited
Location: Wayne, PA
Initial Investment: 2013
Industry: Media & Telecom

Exit Press Release
KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
Board Observer: Rob Shilton
Consero (exited: BV Investment Partners)

Consero – Outsourced Financial and Accounting Solutions

Founded in 2006, Consero provides finance and accounting (“F&A”) outsourced services to small and medium sized businesses, targeting companies with $0.5M-$50.0M in revenue. Consero’s services and integrated third party software applications help customers address complex finance requirements, scale operations, and reduce F&A expenses by up to 30% to 40%.

Status: Exited
Location: Boca Raton, FL
Initial Investment: 2015
Industry: Business Process Automation

Exit Press Release
KPF Board Member: Leon Chen Board Observer: Rob Shilton

Cryptzone (exited: BC Partners)

Cryptzone – Enterprise Level Cybersecurity

Founded in 2003, Cryptzone is an enterprise-level cyber-security platform focused on identity access management and encryption. Cryptzone’s product portfolio enables an organization to security connect, collaborate, and comply with today’s digital workplace.

Status: Exited
Location: Waltham, MA
Initial Investment: 2015
Industry: Security & Compliance

Exit Press Release
KPF Board Member: David Walsh
Starmount (exited: Infor)

StarMount – Mobile POS and Back-End Software

Founded in 2006, Starmount provides mobile point-of-sale solutions for large brick and mortar retailers. Since inception, Starmount has been focused primarily on professional service engagements revolving around the implementation of Oracle POS solutions into brick and mortar retail stores. These engagements have reduced inefficiencies created by the use of disparate back office retail locations.

Status: Exited
Location: Austin, TX
Initial Investment: 2013
Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
Exit Press Release
KPF Board Member: David Walsh
KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
Board Observer: Rob Shilton