Welcome to the first edition of the new weekly Private Equity Wire newsletter. This week we feature the first contribution from reporter Elizabeth Pfeuti on Europe’s second largest pension investor PGGM and why it is looking to allocate EUR500 million to impact-focused private equity funds. Advent, one of the industry’s leading
By Elizabeth Pfeuti – With great power comes great responsibility, and in 2019, institutional investors, who collectively oversee tens of trillions of dollars, are becoming alert to what their fiscal might can do. In May, Europe’s second largest pension investor PGGM announced it had asked its private equity team to
Tonkotsu, the Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada-founded ramen restaurant group is planning expansion after partnering with investment firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM). Funds advised by YFM the specialist private equity fund manager are investing GBP5 million in Tonkotsu for a minority stake. YFM has a track record of backing businesses across
Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has made an investment in Atlantic Vision Partners (AVP), a vision practice management company. In the transaction, Sheridan invested alongside AVP’s founders and management, who will retain a meaningful ownership stake in the business. AVP, headquartered in Richmond, VA, serves ophthalmology and optometry clinics throughout Virginia.
Ogier is acting as Jersey counsel for Tarsus Group plc, a London-listed international business-to-business media and events group, on its recommended GBP561 million takeover by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP. The transaction, which is to be carried out by way of a Jersey Scheme of Arrangement, is expected
Monroe Capital has expanded its direct originations team with the addition of seven experienced investment professionals – David Fischer and Nick McDearis in the firm’s Atlanta office, Dan Letizia and Tommy Ryan in the firm’s Chicago office, and Jack Bernstein in the firm’s New York office. In addition, recently hired
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), an independent commercial finance provider, has appointed John Allbrook as Non-Executive Chairman. Allbrook replaces Matt Cooper, who, during three years as Chairman, helped IGF transition from a small financier to a major independent asset based lender. Since leaving GE Capital in 2004 Allbrook has built an impressive track record working
The EQT VII fund (EQT VII) is to sell Press Ganey to a consortium of funds managed by Leonard Green & Partners (LGP), affiliates of Ares Management Corporation and other co-investors. Press Ganey is a provider of safety, quality, patient experience and workforce engagement solutions for healthcare organisations in the
Crane Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage intelligent enterprise startups, has closed Crane I, its first institutional fund. Crane Venture Partners is thematically focused on the pervasive impact of data and data driven solutions on the enterprise. Crane’s founders, Scott Sage and Krishna Visvanathan, have been investing
Asoko Insight, an African corporate data platform, and Neu Capital Africa, which discreetly matches global institutional investors with mid-market African businesses, has announced a strategic partnership to enhance their respective offerings. The partnership will see Asoko combine their unique data acquisition model and corporate database of over 50,000 private African
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