The Unión Martín Group, a company backed by Alantra Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of a significant stake in the Mauritanian fishing company Societé Mauritanienne pour la Pêche Industrielle (SMPI), which has three freezer vessels and a fishing capacity of circa 700 tonnes per year. As a fundamental part
Private equity firm TA Associates has appointed Charles Ha as a Vice President in its Boston office as a member of the North America Technology Group. “We are pleased to welcome Charles to TA Associates,” says Brian J Conway, Chairman and Managing Partner at TA Associates. “We believe that Charles’
Private equity firm Edison Partners has promoted Jennifer Lee to Principal with immediate effect. Lee, a senior member of the firm’s Fintech investment team and investment lead, continues to support portfolio companies in their growth. She will also now help in developing industry themes and overseeing pipeline development. As Vice
HIG Capital (HIG) has made a number of organisational changes the firm says are designed to position the firm for continued growth and better manage the increasing scale and scope of its business. The senior leadership team has been expanded with the promotion of Rick Rosen and Brian Schwartz to
Changing comsumer habits and a changing of the guard in the boardrooms of the world’s top grossing and growing companies are bringing about a sea change in the attitudes of private equity GPs and LPs to diversity and inclusion issues, says Liz Pfeuti…
In this week’s newsletter, Private Equity Wire Editor-in-Chief James Williams looks at the growing importance of ESG issues to private equity investors and how they are considering the approach of GPs to issues such as sustainable investing when making manager selections. And don’t forget, there’s still time to register for
Venture capital firm Harlem Capital has closed its inaugural fund Harlem Capital Partners Venture Fund I, LP at USD40.3 million (Fund I). The fund was oversubscribed from its target of USD25.0 million and above its initial cap of USD40.0 million. Established in December 2015, the firm was founded in a
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with USD1.6 billion in committed capital in a family of investment funds, has completed the acquisition of Sportech, a supplier of cab components for utility task vehicles (UTVs”. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sportech was founded by Chris Carlson in
Zenobē Energy, an independent UK-based owner and operator of battery storage, has secured a non-recourse GBP25 million debt facility from Santander Corporate & Commercial, to support the continued growth of the company. This follows the successful GBP35 million of equity raised from JERA Co Inc and TEPCO Power Grid Inc earlier
Private equity firm Black Dragon Capital (BDC) has acquired Maginus, an e-commerce software and technology solutions developer for retailers and distributors. BDC plans to combine Maginus and Digital Goodie, another portfolio company, as part of a strategy to carve a leadership position in the large and growing Order Management System
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