Skip to content
Read our 2025 Mid-Year Update
  • About
  • Our Approach
  • Companies
  • Team
  • K1 Careers
  • Portfolio Careers
  • Media
  • Contact K1
Follow us on LinkedIn
Portfolio News August 8, 2018

Graduway Acquires VineUp

Graduway, the world's leading provider of alumni software, has acquired VineUp for an undisclosed amount.
Graduway Acquires VineUp

LONDON, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —  Graduway, the world’s leading provider of alumni software, has acquired VineUp for an undisclosed amount. 

VineUp is a top supplier of career mentoring software for higher education in the US, UK and Australia. This acquisition further strengthens Graduway’s position as the market leader for alumni networking and mentoring software.  As part of the transaction, all of VineUp’s employees will be joining Graduway.

Daniel Cohen, Graduway’s CEO and Founder, commented “I have been an admirer of VineUp’s innovative technology for a long time and am thrilled that we will be working together.”

Luke Deering, Founder of VineUp, commented “We are very happy to join the Graduway family and the opportunity this will offer both our clients and employees.”

About Graduway
Headquartered in the U.K. with operations in the U.S. and Israel, Graduway is trusted by 600+ education institutions and companies to manage their on-line alumni career communities including UCLA, Johns Hopkins and the University of Oxford. Founded in 2009 by Daniel Cohen, author of ‘Alumni Therapy’ and ‘The Mentoring Revolution’, Graduway exclusively hosts the Graduway Leaders Summit as a gathering of leaders and executives in the alumni relations and career mentoring world. Visit www.graduway.com to learn more.

About VineUp
VineUp was founded in 2012 and provides web and mobile applications to universities.  These applications enable the universities to unlock the collective knowledge and experience within their alumni and professional network for mentoring and career development opportunities for their students and alumni alike.

Share This Post

Recent News

View All
Award

K1 Named Top Private Equity Firm of 2025 by GrowthCap

August 20, 2025
Award

K1 Named to Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors for 6th Consecutive Year

Read more
November 15, 2025
Award

30 K1 Portfolio Companies Make the 2025 Inc. 5000 List

Read more
August 13, 2025
View All
Award

K1 Named Top Private Equity Firm of 2025 by GrowthCap

August 20, 2025
Award

K1 Named to Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors for 6th Consecutive Year

Read more
November 15, 2025
Award

30 K1 Portfolio Companies Make the 2025 Inc. 5000 List

Read more
August 13, 2025
About
  • About Us
  • Contact K1
Our Approach
  • Our Approach
Media
  • Press Releases
  • Awards & Appearances
Companies
  • Our Companies
Team
  • Team
  • K1 Careers
  • Portfolio Careers
  • Follow us on LinkedIn

Certain statements about K1 Investment Management LLC (“K1”) made by portfolio company executives herein are intended to illustrate K1's business relationship with such persons, including with respect to K1's facilities as a business partner, rather than K1's capabilities or expertise with respect to investment advisory services. Portfolio company executives were not compensated in connection with their participation, although they generally receive compensation and investment opportunities in connection with their portfolio company roles, and in certain cases are also owners of portfolio company securities and/or investors in K1-sponsored vehicles. Such compensation and investments subject participants to potential conflicts of interest in making the statements herein. For K1, “carbon neutral” means that any greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions derived from a defined scope of K1’s activities are balanced by an equivalent amount removed, including through our purchase of carbon credits. In this report, our “carbon neutral” status is based on our GHG emissions footprint calculated in accordance with the GHG Protocol as of December 31st, 2023 (comprising Scope 2 Electricity and Gas usage and certain Scope 3 categories: Business Travel and Employee Commuting), amounting to an estimated 3,497 metric tons CO2e. K1 then purchased and applied carbon credits in 2024, amounting to an estimated 6,994 metric tons of CO2e. We engaged a third party to assist with the calculation of K1’s estimated GHG emissions for 2023, but we did not obtain independent, third-party verification of our “carbon neutral” status. To address our 2023 emissions, we contributed to the Conservación y Captura de Carbono / Conservation and Carbon Capture (CO2LTZINGO) reforestation carbon removal project in Coltzingo, Mexico (CAR 1464). This project was certified by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), using the Protocolo Forestal para México (PFM) Versión 1.5 / Mexico Forest Protocol Version 1.5 and the Guía de Cuantificación de Acervos de Carbono y Monitoreo del Proyecto Versión 1.5 / Project Monitoring and Carbon Stock Quantification Guidance Version 1.5 with a validation date of January 15th, 2019.

© 2025, K1 Investment Management

Legal Disclaimer Privacy Policy
BACK TO TOP