Bridge Bank Provides RichRelevance With $13 Million in Funding


SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 19, 2014) - Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK), whose subsidiary is Bridge Bank, a full-service professional business bank headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices located nationwide, announced today that it has provided RichRelevance with a $13 million credit facility to support additional working capital needs.

RichRelevance helps over 200 leading global retailers -- including Target, Office Depot, Costco and Marks & Spencer -- deliver the most relevant shopping experience to their customers through a data-driven, single view of the shopper.

"RichRelevance is the recognized market leader when it comes to personalization solutions for online retailers," said Joel Gragg, senior vice president and team lead in Bridge Bank's Technology Banking Division. "The company offers the most robust and scalable platform on the market today, as demonstrated by their blue chip, global customer base. We are thrilled to be partnering with the team at RichRelevance at this period of growth in their business," he added.

"Bridge Bank has been instrumental in partnering with us as we continue to experience rapid growth," said David Selinger, CEO of RichRelevance. "We look forward to the role that Bridge Bank will play in meeting our financing needs," he added.

About Bridge Bank, National Association

Recognized by The Findley Reports as a Super Premium Performing Bank, and designated "Superior" by BauerFinancial and IDC, Bridge Bank is a full-service professional business bank founded in the highly competitive climate of Silicon Valley in 2001. From the very beginning, our goal has been to offer small-market and middle-market businesses from across many industries a better way to bank. Our technology banking division provides a broad range of financial solutions to venture-backed and non-venture-backed companies, enabling us to meet our clients' varied needs across all stages of business life. It's how we go about doing so that differentiates us from our competition. Bridge Bank's product offering includes growth capital, equipment and working capital credit facilities and treasury management solutions, along with a full line of international products and services and financing secured by domestic, government and foreign receivables. Learn more at the new www.bridgebank.com. Follow us @BridgeBank. 

About Bridge Capital Holdings

Bridge Capital Holdings is the holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association. Bridge Capital Holdings was formed on October 1, 2004 and holds a Global Select listing on the NASDAQ stock market under the trading symbol BBNK. Bridge Bank Holding Company was recently admitted to Sandler O'Neill's Class of 2014 "Sm-All Stars" -- a select group of 35 top-performing publicly traded banks and thrifts from throughout the U.S. with market capitalization of up to $2.5 billion. For additional information, visit the Bridge Capital Holdings website at www.bridgecapitalholdings.com.

About RichRelevance

RichRelevance is the global leader in omnichannel personalization. Ranked #1 for personalization in both the US and EMEA, RichRelevance is used by more than 200 multinational companies to create a data-centric, single view of the shopper, delivering the most relevant experiences across web, mobile and in store. RichRelevance drives more than one billion decisions every day, and has generated over $10 billion in sales for its clients, which include Target, Costco, Marks & Spencer and Priceminister. Recently, the company opened its cloud-based platform through its service-oriented architecture (SOA) to accelerate "Relevance in Store" -- a strategic omnichannel initiative that enables clients to seamlessly merge disparate data sources and build applications that adapt to where, when and how consumers shop today.

Headquartered in San Francisco, RichRelevance has been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" and a "Most Engaged Workplace" in the Bay Area for numerous years, and serves clients in 40 countries from 9 offices around the globe. For more information, please visit www.richrelevance.com.

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