Gryphon Investors (“Gryphon”), a middle-market private equity firm based in San Francisco, has completed a majority investment in Jensen Hughes, a specialist in fire protection engineering, fire code consulting and related life safety services in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. CEO Phil Rogers and the remainder of the Company’s management
Growth equity firm General Atlantic has promoted Jörn Nikolay to managing director and Roni Elchahal, Andrew Ferrer, and Rajat Sood to principal. Nikolay leads the firm’s Munich office. Elchahal is responsible for the firm’s EMEA capital partnering effort based in London, and Ferrer and Sood are senior investment professionals in
Albion Ventures has sold Kensington Health Clubs Limited, trading as The Printworks Health Club & Spa to Sports Direct International plc. The Printworks Health Club & Spa is a premium club located at Olympia in the Royal Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. It has a 20 metre swimming pool, sauna,
LGC, an international life sciences company creating measurement and testing solutions for companies across the world, is being sold by Bridgepoint for an undisclosed sum to KKR. Owned by Bridgepoint since 2010, LGC operates globally in 22 countries and focuses on three distinct areas: the manufacture and distribution of reference
Wynnchurch Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm, today announced that it is expanding its presence on the West Coast with the addition of Scott Fitch, who has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Fitch is based in Los Angeles and is focused on sourcing new investment opportunities that
Sofinnova Partners, a European venture capital firm specialised in Life Sciences, has closed Sofinnova Capital VIII at EUR300 million, above the initial fund target of EUR250 million. Following the raise of its previous fund at EUR240m in 2012, this new fund brings the total amount under management at Sofinnova Partners
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital has completed a strategic investment in Constructive Media (CM), a platform of digital media products serving the casual gaming and digital education markets. “We are very excited about the Company’s next phase of growth and partnering with HIG,” says Greg Barlow, Chief
ThinCats, a European SME secured lending platform which has lent more than GBP140 million since its formation five years ago, has been acquired by a new market entrant, ESF Capital, The deal, which sees ESF take a 73.4 per cent stake inThinCats, is the first of a number ESF is
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Mike Clarke to its investment team covering the North of England. This is the third appointment BGF has announced this quarter as the firm continues to expand its presence across Yorkshire, the North East and the North West. Clarke, who will be based
Northern Trust has appointed Belinda Burgess as head of Channel Islands, replacing Paul Cutts who assumes the newly created role of head of Alternative Investment Services for Northern Trust Global Fund Services across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA). Burgess who joined Northern Trust in 2005 was most recently head of
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