L Squared Capital Partners has made a growth investment in Kanopy, its eighth platform investment over the past four years. Headquartered in San Francisco, Kanopy is a streaming video platform that offers millions of professors, students, and public library patrons free and convenient access to a unique collection of 30,000
Consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton is to make a strategic investment in Goiko Grill, one of Spain’s most successful casual dining concepts. Founded in Madrid in 2013, Goiko Grill is the fastest growing full-service restaurant chain in the Spanish gourmet burger casual dining space. The Company currently operates 44
Kai Wilhelm Franzmeyer has been appointed Managing Director with the European private equity specialist BlackFin Capital Partners. In September he will become Head of BlackFin in Germany, where he will have responsibility for the activities of BlackFin in the financial services markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Paul
Sovereign Capital Partners has realised its investment in Linnaeus Group, one of the UK’s leading veterinary services providers, in a sale to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, a part of Mars, Incorporated. The exit, Sovereign’s largest ever sale, will generate Sovereign’s strongest ever gross return, although no financial terms are
Actis has appointed Ellen Li as Managing Director, Head of Asia of the Investor Development Group (IDG). Li will report to Neil Brown, partner and global head of the IDG, and will be based in Hong Kong. Li has extensive experience in institutional sales, having spent the last nine years
UK-based Aestimo Technologies Limited has launched the Aestimo Technologies Luxembourg Fund SA SICAV-RAIF. MJ Hudson acted as legal counsel to Aestimo on the launch of the fund, which aims to harness quantitative techniques to extract profits from conditional inefficiencies in the European main equity markets through short-term directional positions.
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the midmarket, has acquired GSM Outdoors, a provider branded accessories for the hunting, sport shooting, and outdoor enthusiast markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas,
Alternative investment management software and solutions provider eFront has appointed John Legrand as Managing Director and Senior Vice President Sales for the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Legrand will directly lead the APAC sales team, coordinate the overall regional organisation, and represent eFront in the region. John comes to eFront with
King & Spalding has appointed Erik Andersen, Elizabeth Gable and Jared Zaben as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. The team has joined the firm’s New York office and advises financial institutions, alternative capital and debt funds, private equity funds, family offices and other money sources
Sweetwater Capital Partners (SWCP), a boutique private equity secondaries firm, has named Gregg Parise a Managing Partner. Parise brings over 25 years of portfolio management and principal investment experience to the firm. He will principally focus on sourcing and underwriting secondary and direct opportunities in private, high-growth companies. Since 2016,
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