Bondstone, a Portuguese private equity real estate investment and asset management firm, has hired António Dias as its chief financial officer. Dias brings more than a decade of experience in corporate finance, M&A and private equity as well as programmatic portfolio management and will support Bondstone’s ambitious investment plans. Dias joins Bondstone, which
German family-equity company Haniel has become a regional cornerstone investor of Gilde Investment Management’s Gilde Healthcare V fund. The growth capital fund focuses on healthcare sectors including digital health, medtech and therapeutics, both in Europe and North America. The fund will have a special focus on private healthcare companies enabling
Seafort Advisors has invested in Deskcenter AG, the parent company of Deskcenter UK, becoming the company’s new majority shareholder as a result.
As an asset class with a buy-to-sell cycle that typically lasts around five to seven years, you would be forgiven for thinking that private equity could weather the storm of Covid-19 more smoothly than other, more inherently volatile asset classes, can. That’s partly true.
Gemspring Capital, a lower middle-market private equity firm, has closed its second fund, Gemspring Capital Fund II (Fund II), with USD750 million of capital commitments.Gemspring secured commitments for Fund II from a globally diversified investor base comprised of leading endowments, foundations, family offices, consultants, insurance companies, pension plans and funds
Seven Seas Water, a specialist in Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) solutions, has been acquired by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP).
Unigrains, an agri-food and agro-industry specialised investor, has appointed Sébastien Essioux as Deputy CEO.Jean-François Laurain, CEO of Unigrains, says: “I am delighted to welcome Sébastien Essioux to our Group and our Executive Committee. His vast experience in strategy consulting and in the operational management of companies operating across the agri-food
O’Melveny represented WeWork in the sale of its subsidiary, Meetup, one of the world’s first social media platforms and the only one dedicated to groups that meet in-person or online during times of crisis.Meetup is being acquired by a consortium of investors led by Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp and includes mission-driven
Global fund administration, trust and corporate services provider Vistra has expanded its private equity capabilities with the addition of four new executive leaders. The new team members bolster Vistra’s already impressive expertise and set of services for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Vistra is a specialist in fund formation
DealCloud, a provider of deal, relationship, and firm management technology solutions, has integrated financial market data from FactSet into its DataCortex product.“In order to be competitive in today’s modern deal-making landscape, capital markets professionals are orienting their key decision-making activity around a combination of both proprietary and third-party data,” says
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