Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired Naturally Slim of Dallas, Texas, a digital health platform focused on helping participants reduce Metabolic Syndrome, lose weight and lead healthier lives. Naturally Slim is a clinically proven solution that drives behavioural changes to deliver long-lasting results, including sustained weight loss and
Grant Avenue Capital, a new healthcare focused private equity firm, is pursuing investments in mid-sized companies centred on themes of cost containment, custom solutions, consumerism and compliance. The New York City-based firm is led by Buddy Gumina, who most recently served as senior equity partner of the global healthcare team
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has acquired a significant stake in MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings (MOD), an operator and franchisor of fast casual restaurants offering customisable, made-on-demand artisan-style pizzas and hand-tossed salads. The USD150 million investment will help accelerate the Company’s continued expansion in the rapidly growing fast casual restaurant
Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Omar Gaafar as Vice President, Investment Banking, in Cairo. Gaafar will be covering Egypt and MENA, and will report to Amr Helal, CEO, North Africa. Helal says: “We are delighted that Omar is joining the team. His extensive and
Graycliff Partners has expanded its credit team with the addition of Brian O’Reilly as Managing Director. O’Reilly, former Managing Director at CVC Credit Partners, will be responsible for sourcing and evaluating portfolio investments for Graycliff’s dedicated credit fund. O’Reilly co-founded CVC Credit Partners’ US middle market lending platform, directly originating
Sofinnova Partners, a European venture capital firm specialised in Life Sciences, has launched MD Start III, which closed above its original target of EUR40 million. With this new medtech acceleration fund, Sofinnova Partners continues to reinforce its coverage across the Life Sciences sector, with funds operated by dedicated teams investing
Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the final closing of the Idinvest SME Industrial Assets Fund (ISIA) at EUR340 million, surpassing its initial target of EUR300 million by 13 per cent. Launched at the end of 2017, ISIA is the first diversified fund intended to finance
Wireless Innovation, a specialist Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and communications provider, backed by Horizon Capital, has acquired Ground Control Systems Inc. California-based Ground Control, founded in 2002, delivers a broad range of IoT and M2M connectivity and hardware. It has experienced substantial levels of growth serving
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), a mid-market private equity investor, has appointed Will Copeland as Investment Manager in the firm’s Birmingham office. In addition Ed Baker has been promoted to the role of Investment Director in Equistone’s London office. Copeland joins Equistone from BGF, where he worked as an Investor for
Goren Holm Ventures (GHV), a fintech and blockchain-focused venture studio based out of Santa Monica, California, has joined Draper Venture Network’s DVN Beta program. Founded by venture capitalist Tim Draper, DVN currently comprises of 24 VC funds that operate in 60 cities globally and collectively manage over USD2 billion in
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