Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm, has appointed Alex Kessel as a Principal on its Co-Investment Team. Kessel joins a growing, dedicated global team lead by David Brett, Partner and Head of Co-Investment at Adams Street Partners. Kessel will be actively involved in the sourcing, screening, execution,
Homelyfe, a new type of insurance company using technology to make buying and managing insurance easier for consumers, has raised GBP2.4 million in a super seed round led by Talis Capital and Peterson Ventures. The investment follows Homelyfe’s launch earlier in October, offering the first policy – Home Buyer’s Insurance, in response to
Houston Exponential has launched the Houston region’s first venture capital (VC) fund of funds, the HX Venture Fund. The fund of funds aims to achieve an attractive return for investors, appeal to leading venture capital firms to offer their expertise and risk capital to the region, and create a
Middle market private equity firm Stellex Capital Management has partnered with Bruce Swift, a senior executive in the automotive industry, to create a niche manufacturing platform. With over 30 years of senior management experience within the automotive industry, Swift was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Machine, Inc., a
US public pension plans tracked by eVestment’s Public Plan IQ made 72 investment commitments to private equity funds in Q3 2017, the No1 allocation choice for public plans during the quarter. Allocations to real assets came in at No2, at 66 during Q3 2017. Public Plan IQ’s Q3 results mirror
Guernsey continues to see a growth in inward migration of companies after the best quarter of growth this year, according to the latest figures. The Guernsey Registry, which is responsible for tracking migrations both in and out of the island, reports that 23 companies migrated to Guernsey during the third
GCA Altium has acted as exclusive financial adviser to TeamSport, the UK’s largest indoor go-karting operator, on its sale to Duke Street Capital. Founded in 1992, TeamSport has grown into the UK’s largest operator of go-kart tracks and the second largest globally. In 2013, the company completed a GBP10 million
Innova Capital, a Central European private equity fund, is to acquire a 75 per cent stake in Inelo and OCRK, a specialist in drivers’ work time management systems for the transportation industry. As a result of this transaction, the fund will also gain exposure to the attractive telematics space.
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of TRP Construction Group (TRP) by private equity sponsor MSouth Equity Partners. Based in Ft Worth, Texas, TRP is a leading provider of thermoplastic striping, painting and
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has closed an investment in Service Management Group (SMG), a global customer experience management technology platform based in Kansas City. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded by Andy Fromm and Bill Fromm in 1991, SMG provides customer
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