Black Dragon Capital salutes Digital Goodie for inclusion in Gartner's Digital Commerce Vendor Guide for second year

Private equity firm backs creator of leading platform for online retail sales

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Oct 03, 2018, 09:00 ET

MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Dragon Capital, a private equity firm with a focus on growth investments, congratulated Digital Goodie, a Black Dragon portfolio company, upon being listed in the August 2018 Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide as one of the world's leading digital commerce platforms.

Louis Hernandez Jr., founder, managing director and CEO at Black Dragon Capital, said: "Digital Goodie is on an exciting trajectory, and we are proud that Gartner recognized its accomplishments for the second year in a row. The true beneficiaries are the retailers who have overcome the challenges of digital disruption to reach their customers by using Digital Goodie's award-winning e-commerce platform for online business."

Digital Goodie helps retailers, no matter the size, to have the ability for online sales through its fully customizable connected commerce platform designed to simplify digital retail operations.

Irwin Kramer, chairman at Digital Goodie, said: "Digital Goodie continuously brings value to its e-commerce customers. We just became part of the Microsoft Azure cloud network, which gives our customers more choices in cloud providers. We also recently teamed up with Zebra Technologies to bring mobile shopping and loyalty programs. Altogether, we are pleased with these exciting developments and for the recognition from Gartner of being the leader that we are."

Gartner's Digital Commerce Vendor Guide is world-renowned and closely followed by business leaders and key decision makers around the world. The global research and advisory firm provides insights, advice, and tools across industries, assisting chief information officers and their staffs in making purchase and business technology decisions.

Black Dragon Capital is a private equity firm based in Miami with a focus on growth investments, particularly in digital commerce, financial services and media technology. Black Dragon's team of industry professionals have significant operational experience, strong financial backgrounds, proven track records of success and investment experience, ranging from startups to billion-dollar organizations in both public and private vehicles. The company leverages its network expertise and deep domain knowledge to assist in accelerating growth and profits in selected markets – all while working closely with entrepreneurs. Learn more at blackdragoncap.com.

Digital Goodie is a digital commerce company providing a modern and fully customizable connected commerce platform. The company's strategic partners and clients include e.g. Finland's largest retailer S Group with more than 1 million consumers using Digital Goodie's shopping solution. Digital Goodie is backed by the US based eCommerce growth fund Black Dragon Capital. The Digital Goodie platform was included in the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide 2018 among the leading applications of the digital commerce ecosystem. The platform runs on top of a new generation microservices architecture consisting of modular commerce and fulfillment solutions. Retailers can either utilize Digital Goodie's Commerce and Fulfillment solutions off the shelf or build their own services and combine third- party components to create their own versions.
Digital Goodie was founded in 2009, and has headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.digitalgoodie.com

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