{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"102178","rtpr_id":"nPn9hDJ6Ja","ticker":"WHF","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["WHF"],"title":"H.I.G. Growth Completes Strategic Investment In Rewind","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-07-29T13:30:00.614Z","article_body":"H.I.G. Growth Completes Strategic Investment In Rewind\n\nPR Newswire\n\nBOSTON, July 29, 2026\n\nBOSTON, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- H.I.G. Growth Partners (\"H.I.G.\nGrowth\"), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital,\na leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion of capital under\nmanagement, is pleased to announce its investment in Rewind Software Inc.\n(\"Rewind\" or the \"Company\"), a SaaS resilience platform delivering\nindustry-leading backup and recovery, business continuity, and comprehensive\ndata governance and retention, all engineered to safeguard against data loss\nand disruption.\n\nBased in Ottawa, Canada, Rewind protects company data across 16 leading cloud\napplications, enabling over 25,000 organizations to back up, restore, and\nensure resilience of their SaaS workloads. H.I.G. Growth's investment will\nsupport the Company's growth, product innovation, and operational scale as AI\nadoption and the Atlassian cloud migration wave drive demand for\nenterprise-grade backup and recovery.\n\nMike Potter, CEO of Rewind, said: \"We're thrilled to partner with H.I.G.\nGrowth as we embark on this next stage of our journey and bring\nmission-critical solutions to enterprises around the globe. H.I.G. Growth's\nexperience in scaling software businesses, strengthening go-to-market\ncapabilities, and expanding channel partnerships aligns with our strategic\nvision for the company.\"\n\nHans Sherman, Managing Director at H.I.G. Growth, said: \"As AI adoption\naccelerates, and autonomous agents are able to read, write, and act on data\ninside SaaS applications, the importance of backup and recovery grows\nexponentially. Rewind's differentiated platform closes the gap on business\ndata left unprotected by SaaS platforms, delivering automated, compliant\nprotection that becomes mission-critical for enterprises as they migrate to\nand adopt cloud environments. We are excited to partner with Mike and the\nentire Rewind team to support their continued growth and expansion.\"\n\nAbout Rewind\n\nRewind is a leading SaaS resilience platform that backs up the data and\nworkflows businesses depend on. When things go wrong, whether through human\nerror or an AI agent acting at scale, Rewind ensures that business-critical\ndata is recoverable on demand. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ottawa,\nCanada, Rewind protects more than 7 PB of business-critical data for over\n25,000 organizations across 16 leading SaaS platforms, including Jira,\nConfluence, GitHub, Shopify, QuickBooks Online, and monday.com. Rewind pairs\nschema-aware recovery and enterprise-grade governance with a growing suite of\nresilience capabilities built for the AI era, designed with security at its\ncore, maintaining SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications along\nwith capabilities that support customers' regulatory and compliance\nrequirements. For more information, visit rewind.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3011457065&u=https%3A%2F%2Frewind.com%2F&a=rewind.com)\n.\n\nAbout H.I.G Growth Partners\n\nH.I.G. Growth Partners is the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of\nH.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion\nof capital under management.* H.I.G. Growth seeks to make both majority and\nminority investments in strong, growth-oriented businesses located throughout\nNorth America, Europe, and Latin America. H.I.G. Growth Partners invests\nacross all industries, with a focus on certain high-growth sectors where it\nhas extensive in-house expertise, such as technology, healthcare, internet and\nmedia, consumer products and technology-enabled financial and business\nservices. H.I.G. Growth works closely with its management teams to serve as an\nexperienced resource, providing broad-based strategic, operational,\nrecruiting, and financial management services from a large in-house team and a\nsubstantial network of third-party relationships. For more information, please\nrefer to the H.I.G. website at HIGgrowth.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3985401903&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhiggrowth.com%2F&a=HIGgrowth.com)\n.\n\n*Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates\n\nContact:\nHans Sherman\nManaging Director\nhsherman@hig.com (mailto:hsherman@hig.com)\n\nH.I.G. Growth Partners\n800 Boylston St\nSuite 910\nBoston, MA 02199\nP: 617.262.8455\nhiggrowth.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3960188864&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhiggrowth.com%2F&a=higgrowth.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hig-growth-completes-strategic-investment-in-rewind-302836873.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hig-growth-completes-strategic-investment-in-rewind-302836873.html)\n\nSOURCE H.I.G. Capital, LLC\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS672640/HIG-Capital-Logo.jpg?id=OA2794559\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn9hDJ6Ja","title":"H.I.G. Growth Completes Strategic Investment In Rewind","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"WHF","created":"2026-07-29T13:30:00.614Z","tickers":["WHF"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"H.I.G. Growth Completes Strategic Investment In Rewind\n\nPR Newswire\n\nBOSTON, July 29, 2026\n\nBOSTON, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- H.I.G. Growth Partners (\"H.I.G.\nGrowth\"), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital,\na leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion of capital under\nmanagement, is pleased to announce its investment in Rewind Software Inc.\n(\"Rewind\" or the \"Company\"), a SaaS resilience platform delivering\nindustry-leading backup and recovery, business continuity, and comprehensive\ndata governance and retention, all engineered to safeguard against data loss\nand disruption.\n\nBased in Ottawa, Canada, Rewind protects company data across 16 leading cloud\napplications, enabling over 25,000 organizations to back up, restore, and\nensure resilience of their SaaS workloads. H.I.G. Growth's investment will\nsupport the Company's growth, product innovation, and operational scale as AI\nadoption and the Atlassian cloud migration wave drive demand for\nenterprise-grade backup and recovery.\n\nMike Potter, CEO of Rewind, said: \"We're thrilled to partner with H.I.G.\nGrowth as we embark on this next stage of our journey and bring\nmission-critical solutions to enterprises around the globe. H.I.G. Growth's\nexperience in scaling software businesses, strengthening go-to-market\ncapabilities, and expanding channel partnerships aligns with our strategic\nvision for the company.\"\n\nHans Sherman, Managing Director at H.I.G. Growth, said: \"As AI adoption\naccelerates, and autonomous agents are able to read, write, and act on data\ninside SaaS applications, the importance of backup and recovery grows\nexponentially. Rewind's differentiated platform closes the gap on business\ndata left unprotected by SaaS platforms, delivering automated, compliant\nprotection that becomes mission-critical for enterprises as they migrate to\nand adopt cloud environments. We are excited to partner with Mike and the\nentire Rewind team to support their continued growth and expansion.\"\n\nAbout Rewind\n\nRewind is a leading SaaS resilience platform that backs up the data and\nworkflows businesses depend on. When things go wrong, whether through human\nerror or an AI agent acting at scale, Rewind ensures that business-critical\ndata is recoverable on demand. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ottawa,\nCanada, Rewind protects more than 7 PB of business-critical data for over\n25,000 organizations across 16 leading SaaS platforms, including Jira,\nConfluence, GitHub, Shopify, QuickBooks Online, and monday.com. Rewind pairs\nschema-aware recovery and enterprise-grade governance with a growing suite of\nresilience capabilities built for the AI era, designed with security at its\ncore, maintaining SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications along\nwith capabilities that support customers' regulatory and compliance\nrequirements. For more information, visit rewind.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3011457065&u=https%3A%2F%2Frewind.com%2F&a=rewind.com)\n.\n\nAbout H.I.G Growth Partners\n\nH.I.G. Growth Partners is the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of\nH.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion\nof capital under management.* H.I.G. Growth seeks to make both majority and\nminority investments in strong, growth-oriented businesses located throughout\nNorth America, Europe, and Latin America. H.I.G. Growth Partners invests\nacross all industries, with a focus on certain high-growth sectors where it\nhas extensive in-house expertise, such as technology, healthcare, internet and\nmedia, consumer products and technology-enabled financial and business\nservices. H.I.G. Growth works closely with its management teams to serve as an\nexperienced resource, providing broad-based strategic, operational,\nrecruiting, and financial management services from a large in-house team and a\nsubstantial network of third-party relationships. For more information, please\nrefer to the H.I.G. website at HIGgrowth.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3985401903&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhiggrowth.com%2F&a=HIGgrowth.com)\n.\n\n*Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates\n\nContact:\nHans Sherman\nManaging Director\nhsherman@hig.com (mailto:hsherman@hig.com)\n\nH.I.G. Growth Partners\n800 Boylston St\nSuite 910\nBoston, MA 02199\nP: 617.262.8455\nhiggrowth.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739020-1&h=3960188864&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhiggrowth.com%2F&a=higgrowth.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hig-growth-completes-strategic-investment-in-rewind-302836873.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hig-growth-completes-strategic-investment-in-rewind-302836873.html)\n\nSOURCE H.I.G. Capital, LLC\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS672640/HIG-Capital-Logo.jpg?id=OA2794559\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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