Guy Pope has joined Business Growth Fund (BGF) as an investor. Pope specialises in all aspects of mid-market transactions for sectors including, retail pharmacy, engineering and exhibitions. Before his appointment to BGF’s Reading team, he worked for BCMS Corporate. Pope’s role at BGF will see him working across the
Light Wave Dental Management (Light Wave), a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm Alpine Investors (Alpine), has partnered with dental group CarolinasDentist. CarolinasDentist currently has seven locations based in Fayetteville, NC. Following this partnership, Light Wave has grown from eight to 30 affiliate locations in Virginia and North
PICO Venture Partners, a Jerusalem-based, early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its second fund with USD80 million in capital commitments. PICO now manages USD130 million across two funds. Founded in 2015, the firm invests in early-stage startups seeking to upend broken business models in sizeable industries. Rather than focusing on
IMF Bentham Cayman Advisory Services (IMF) has appointed SS&C GlobeOp to administer its newly launched USD500 million closed-end fund which underwrites non-US disputes around the world. IMF is a specialist in dispute resolution funding. As a current client, IMF appointed SS&C GlobeOp to provide fund administration, AML services and streamlined
Squircle Capital, a European alternative investment firm focused on private equity and real estate value-add investments, has acquired 77.5 per cent of Marina Barcelona 92 (MB92). The deal includes the 65 per cent stake from the Turkish conglomerate Dogus and a 12.5 per cent stake from minority shareholders. The
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager that specialises in middle market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Natalya Michaels as a Managing Director. Michaels will focus on Marketing, Investor Relations and Business Development across both the private equity and credit businesses as MidOcean looks to
Investindustrial has appointed Antonio Gatti as a managing principal. Gatti has two decades of investment banking experience from his time at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director from 2012 and a Partner since 2018. In 2015, he also assumed the role of Head of the EMEA Sponsor M&A
Funderbeam, a global funding and trading platform for investors to buy and sell equity stakes in private companies, has been issued with two financial service licenses by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its Singapore-based subsidy, Funderbeam Markets Pte Ltd. The Capital Market Services (CMS) license and aRecognised Market
The Manchester office of Endless, a mid-market private equity investor, has completed the acquisition of UK independent omni-channel outdoor furniture retailer Moda Furnishings. Headquartered in Manchester, Moda Furnishings was established in 2014 and has grown rapidly in sales and profitability in that time. It provides a comprehensive range of
EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Kodiak Gas Services (Kodiak) is to acquire Pegasus Optimization Managers (Pegasus) from affiliates of Apollo Natural Resource Partners II, a fund managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Kodiak’s acquisition of Pegasus solidifies it as an industry leader in service and quality. The combination of Kodiak
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