Deerwood Assists Capstreet and Informativ on Acquisition of Carmatic Through Buyside Search Partnership

September 2025 - Houston, TX - Deerwood Advisors (“Deerwood") is pleased to announce that it served as advisor in connection with Capstreet-backed Informativ's acquisition of Carmatic.

Informativ is a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, and credit technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries. Carmatic is an intelligent payments as a service platform built to deliver real time, transaction ready loan and lease payments. The acquisition brings together Informativ's strength in compliance and credit with Carmatic's payments and decisioning capabilities to create a more unified automotive retail and finance workflow.

“We view Carmatic as a highly strategic fit for Informativ and a meaningful step in building a more connected, end-to-end solution for dealers and channel partners," said Jim Turner, Managing Partner at Deerwood Advisors. “The combination should enhance speed, compliance, and profitability across the transaction process while expanding the company's reach across the broader automotive ecosystem."

The transaction further demonstrates Deerwood's ability to support software and fintech oriented businesses on transactions that create stronger integrated offerings and clearer pathways to platform scale.

About Informativ

Informativ, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, is a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, and credit technology solutions serving the automotive and consumer finance sectors, with products designed to help dealers and partners operate more efficiently and with lower risk. The company emerged under the Informativ brand by bringing together Credit Bureau Connection, CreditDriver, and Dealer Safeguard Solutions into one unified platform spanning lead generation, credit, fraud prevention, and compliance workflows. For more information, visit www.informativ.com.

About Carmatic

Carmatic, founded in 2018, provides a real-time payments and decisioning engine that enables marketing platforms, dealer websites, and digital retail providers to surface accurate, fundable financing offers. Its proprietary platform synchronizes inventory, lender programs, bank rates, taxes, fees, and incentives in real time, allowing partners to generate transaction-ready payment structures designed to improve dealer profitability and customer transparency.

About Deerwood Advisors

Deerwood Advisors is a boutique investment banking and advisory firm providing M&A advisory, capital raising, Buyside, Sellside and strategic advisory services to lower middle-market companies. Deerwood specializes in helping entrepreneurs, family owned businesses, and management teams navigate complex transactions to achieve their long-term goals. For more information, visit www.deerwoodadvisors.com.