SAN MATEO, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/02/15 — , a global leader in , was named to list of Best Privately Held Software Companies for the second consecutive year.

Now in its seventh year, the full-service San Francisco-based investment bank–s “Hot 100” identifies leading privately held software companies that show exceptional progress and potential within their sectors. Companies are selected each year based on the evaluation of multiple criteria, including financial growth, products and services, quality of leadership, customers and market potential.

“This industry accolade underscores our commitment to bring companies into the future of work by creating visibility built on end-user empowerment,” said Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO, Clarizen. “Clarizen meets a real market need for technology that unites teams in today–s distributed workplace. Our technology connects discussions, work content, processes, and people, powering purposeful collaboration that drives innovation.”

In addition to being named to the JMP Hot 100 list, Clarizen received several other awards recently, including:

: Winner for Clarizen–s “powerful collaborative work management software”

: Finalist for Best Mobile App for Business (winners to be announced November 27, 2015)

: Finalist for Collaboration Product Award

: Finalist for customer Christian Trujillo, VP of Global Strategy, Western Union in the “Future of Work” category (winners to be announced November 5, 2015)

For a complete list of Clarizen–s awards, visit: .

JMP Group LLC is an investment banking and asset management firm that provides investment banking, equity research, and sales and trading services to corporate and institutional clients as well as alternative asset management products and services to institutional and high-net-worth investors. JMP Group conducts its investment banking and research, sales and trading activities through JMP Securities; its hedge fund and other investment activities though Harvest Capital Strategies; the underwriting and management of investments in senior secured debt through JMP Credit Advisors; and the management of Harvest Capital Credit Corporation, a business development company that finances small and midsized businesses, through HCAP Advisors. For more information, visit .

Clarizen is a leader in collaborative work management, bringing together cross-company project management, configurable workflow automation and purposeful collaboration in an enterprise-grade platform. Clarizen unites teams, reduces communication overload, and provides extensive visibility at any level of the enterprise, so everyone can work more effectively, adapt to changes and achieve their objectives. Thousands of organizations across 79 countries, including dozens of the Fortune 500, rely on Clarizen–s award-winning solution. The company is privately held with locations all around the world including San Mateo, CA, Tel Aviv, IL, Melbourne, AU and London, UK. For more information, visit .

Clarizen is a registered trademark and the Clarizen logo is a trademark of Clarizen Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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