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Gryphon Investors appoints new Partner

Middle market private equity firm Gryphon Investors (Gryphon) has appointed John Schumacher as a Partner to focus on multiple investment, managerial and strategic areas across the firm.  More specifically, Schumacher’s responsibilities will include being a member of Gryphon’s Investment Review and Quarterly Portfolio Review Committees, co-heading Gryphon’s mezzanine funds, co-leading

Gallagher expands specialist M&A team

Gallagher has added Giles Hambly to its Major Risks Practice team as a producer, with a focus on supporting clients in relation to tax related insurance solutions. Having originally trained at EY Sydney within its international tax services division, Hambly subsequently joined KPMG and, most recently was employed at Norton

Francisco Partners acquires Native Instruments

EMH Partners, and the Founding Shareholders of Native Instruments, are to to sell a majority of their shares in Native Instruments Holding, the Berlin-based specialist in digital music creation software and hardware, to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses.  As part of the

Foresight adds to East of England Fund team

Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has added Charles O’Riordan to its private equity team.  Based in Cambridge, O’Riordan will support the deployment of the GBP100 million Foresight East of England Fund.   O’Riordan joins Matt McLoughlin and Bill Yost in Foresight’s Cambridge office, strengthening

Falfurrias Capital Partners adds to Crosslake with Corsis acquisition

Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP), a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, is to merge Corsis, a provider of data-powered technology due diligence services, with its newest portfolio company, Crosslake Technologies. Corsis brings a consistent, data-driven approach to technology due diligence assessments through their extensive TechIndicator best practice

Eurazeo invests in PPRO

Eurazeo Growth announces a EUR55 million investment in PPRO, an infrastructure provider in the cross-border alternative payments space.  Eurazeo Growth is co-leading this round of EUR153 million, alongside Sprints Capital and Wellington Management among other investors.    After Younited Credit, Wefox, Thought Machine and Tink, PPRO is Eurazeo Growth’s fifth

Connection Capital completes MBO exit of portable accommodation hire business

Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, has completed another successful exit from a management buyout (MBO) investment, with the sale of Carter Accommodation Group Ltd, a leading UK portable accommodation hire company, to trade buyer Modulaire Group. Private investor clients of Connection Capital invested GBP5.3 million in the

Baird adds to global consumer team

Robert Foster has joined Baird’s Global Investment Banking business as a Managing Director in its Global Consumer Team.   An established veteran with 25 years of industry experience, Foster will lead Baird’s European Consumer Banking coverage, working in close partnership with Boris Partin and other senior investment bankers to further

SPINS secures growth investment from Warburg Pincus

SPINS, a wellness-focused data, analytics and technology provider in the US, has secured a significant investment from Warburg Pincus, General Atlantic and Georgian.  The investment will support future strategic initiatives, including sales and marketing expansion, retail partner value expansion, new product development, and new vertical expansion. Terms of the transaction

Sheridan Capital Partners Fund II closes above hard cap at USD306m

Sixpoint Partners, a leading global investment bank serving the middle market, has held the closing of Sheridan Capital Partners Fund II, above its hard cap with USD306 million of total capital commitments. Sheridan Capital Partners (“Sheridan”) is focused on making investments in lower middle market companies in recession resistant, non-discretionary

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