Ufenau IV, a fund advised by Ufenau Capital Partners, has sold its shares in Roth Brandschutz to Equistone Partners Europe, realising a 4x cash return and an IRR of 108 per cent. Roth Group is headquartered in Gerlafingen, Switzerland, and offers its clients fire protection, insulation and coatings services. Since
TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has appointed Jack Daly as a partner. Daly most recently served as a partner and managing director in the principal investment area (PIA) of the merchant banking division at Goldman Sachs Group, leading the US industrials private equity
Praesidian Capital, a provider of senior and subordinated capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has exited its first-lien debt investment in Aquasana, a Texas-based provider of residential water filtration systems and replacement cartridges. Praesidian’s debt investment supplemented an equity investment by L Catterton, the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in
Castanea Partners has appointed Tom First as an operating partner focusing on opportunities in the branded food and beverage sector. “We are thrilled that Tom will be joining our team,” says Brian Knez, managing partner of Castanea. “Tom is an extraordinarily successful serial entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. His deep passion
Audax Private Equity has sold Cadence Education to investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Cadence is a provider of early childhood education focusing on children ages six weeks to 12 years old. The
Regulatory DataCorp (RDC) has been acquired from Bain Capital Ventures and others by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on software, data and technology-enabled businesses. The acquisition will allow RDC to increase its investment in risk and compliance software and data solutions to help prevent financial crime.
Fund administration group Centaur is increasing its product offering and expanding its global footprint by opening an office in Bermuda. It follows a recent move for Centaur’s European headquarters to larger offices in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre to accommodate the tenfold increase in employees that Centaur has experienced over
GI Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire Daxko from Pamlico Capital in a recapitalisation transaction with management. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Daxko is a provider of mission critical software to member-based health and wellness organisations. Daxko helps customers achieve
Fried Frank has advised OpCapita on the raising of its second fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund II. Upon close, the fund reached its hard cap of EUR350 million, exceeding its debut fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund, which raised EUR110 million when it reached its final close in December 2014.
Citco has launched Citco Waterfall, a proprietary technology that enables private equity firms to calculate waterfall payments for limited and general partners on a standardised platform. Citco says the technology is the first of its kind and is available exclusively to the firm’s clients. Citco Waterfall is designed to
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