December 20, 2010

IVIZE Services, Inc. Secures New Growth-Oriented Investors

Plans to broaden its e-Discovery technology offering to invest in personnel

CHARLOTTE, NC – (December 20, 2010) – Ivize Services, Inc., an industry leader in litigation support services, announced today that Azalea Capital, along with Ivize CEO Ron Self and CFO Mark Marmon, led a recapitalization of the business to accelerate future growth. “This strong financial support will allow us to pursue several growth initiatives and further differentiate the Ivize service offerings in our 14 regional markets,” said Ron Self, president and CEO. “Our 3,000 clients can remain confident that Ivize will continue to serve their litigation support needs and develop innovative, insightful, and informative solutions.”

With this new capital investment, Ivize will strengthen its capability to locally deliver superior electronic discovery, processing, and hosting services, while maintaining excellent support for its clients’ paper-based imaging needs. “We want Ivize to be the preferred one-stop local supplier for the entire spectrum of data discovery services,” added Self.

Azalea Capital is a private equity firm based in Greenville, SC. “Azalea Capital invests in well-managed companies that are committed to growth and excellence,” said Patrick Weston, managing partner of Azalea Capital. “We are impressed by the Ivize management team’s bold vision, its strong market position, and reputation for quality service. We see potential for growth of the e-Discovery market.” The recapitalization of Ivize was also supported by Harbert Mezzanine Partners of Nashville, Tenn., and Fifth Third Bank of Charlotte, NC.

About Ivize Services, Inc.
Ivize is one of the nation’s leading providers of litigation support, electronic data discovery, and related services, including data forensics and collections, imaging, coding, and reprographics. It supports law firms, corporations, and government entities to prepare for and respond to their most critical discovery and litigation needs, while committing to the highest defensibility, quality, and cost-efficiency standards. Established in 1995, Ivize includes 14 markets with a state-of-the-art data center in Kansas City and two hosting partner sites, along with some of the industry’s foremost experts.

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