Mergermarket Deal Focus Spotlights autoLOTO, Features Arras and Schlagenhauf
Baird Capital portfolio company autoLOTO was recently spotlighted in Mergermarket’s Deal Focus series, which examines notable transactions and how they align with a sponsor’s overall investment strategy. The coverage includes insights from Baird Capital Partners Joanna Arras and Becca Schlagenhauf.
In the article, Arras and Schlagenhauf emphasize why the investment reflects Baird Capital’s conviction in founder-led, B2B technology and services businesses and aligns with its industrial tech and software thesis.
“The investment in autoLOTO fits squarely within Baird’s approach of backing founder-led B2B technology and services businesses that support critical infrastructure,” Schlagenhauf said.
The feature highlights key themes shaping autoLOTO’s outlook, including the accelerating nationwide data center buildout, heightened safety risks across infrastructure projects and the industry’s continued reliance on manual lockout/tagout processes. It points to autoLOTO’s ability to improve worker safety while reducing downtime and inefficiencies.
“Industrial tech and services and sustainability [investments] have not ended with the investment in autoLOTO,” Arras noted in the article. “It is ongoing. It is a core sector of focus for us.”
Founded in 2019, autoLOTO is a cloud-based software and services company that helps organizations automate and manage Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) safety procedures. Baird Capital invested in autoLOTO in 2026.
