FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Funds

Karen Allan and Melanie Pittas, haysmacintyre

Coming out of the storm: Increasing PE optimism in later 2021

By Melanie Pittas, partner and co-head of financial services & Karen Allan, director, haysmacintyre â€“ The private equity industry faced a number of challenges during the pandemic, with the majority of these arising from one underlying issue: uncertainty. These challenges included valuations, investor pessimism and a downturn in investment activity.

VSS Capital Partners invests in Centroid

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the business services, healthcare, education and information industries has completed a significant growth investment in Centroid Systems Inc (Centroid), a provider of managed cloud-services and enterprise workload consulting services. Financial terms have not been disclosed.  Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Centroid

Thoma Bravo acquires Greenphire

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sector, has reached an agreement to acquire Greenphire, the global leader in financial lifecycle management software for clinical trials, from The Riverside Company. The deal, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close

HIG Growth Partners completes investment in Accounting Seed

HIG Growth Partners (HIG), the growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has completed a strategic growth investment in Accounting Seed, Inc, a rapidly growing cloud-based accounting and financial management software platform.  Based in Columbia, MD, Accounting Seed is a mission critical SaaS accounting platform that is purpose built for

NextPhase Medical Devices acquires Proven Process Medical Devices

NextPhase Medical Devices LLC, a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS) and single-use disposable devices to leading medical device OEMs, has acquired Proven Process Medical Devices Inc.  Located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Proven Process expands NextPhase’s expertise in R&D, engineering, design and manufacturing of FDA Class II and III therapeutic and

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners raises USD423m for inaugural fund

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based, control-oriented private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has closed its inaugural fund, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p I or Fund I), with USD423 million in aggregate capital commitments.  e2p’s team is led by experienced food and consumer packaged

Dubin Clark completes sale of HVAC Platform Sila Heating & Air

Dubin Clark, a private equity firm focused on building niche market leaders in the lower middle market, has sold portfolio company Sila Heating & Air (Sila) to funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  Sila is a specialist provider of HVAC

Foresight leads round to support growth of Fresh Relevance

Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a further investment into Fresh Relevance, following  on a record quarter of growth for the company, to accelerate product roadmap roll out and support scaling.  Some members of the management team have participated in the funding round,

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings