Earth Capital, a sustainable investing private equity specialist, has appointed Avent Bezuidenhoudt as Head of Investment as the firm continues the deployment of its flagship Nobel Sustainability Fund amid record interest in sustainable investment. Bezuidenhoudt, who will also be joining the board as a director of Earth Capital and the
CryptoSlam, a provider of data and transparency for the NFT industry, has closed an oversubscribed USD9 million seed capital round. The round was led by Animoca Brands, the company driving digital property rights via NFTs and gaming to build the open metaverse, with participation from CryptoSlam pre-seed investors Mark Cuban
Symplr, a specialist in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, and Charlesbank Capital Partners has raised new capital via a Clearlake-managed dedicated fund, Icon Partners V (Icon V). In addition to broadening symplr’s investor base, the transaction provides
Audax Private Debt, the debt financing unit of Audax Group, an alternative investment manager specialising in investments in North American middle market companies, has appointed Bradley Patton as a Managing Director to oversee its Capital Markets for the Private Debt Origination platform. Based in New York, Patton will be responsible
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has appointed Jennifer Ockwell as Head of Institutional. Ockwell will be responsible for co-ordinating Octopus’ global institutional strategy as it continues to expand its offering to institutional investors. Based in London, Ockwell will lead Octopus’ institutional funds distribution team, strengthening its engagement with
Smile Doctors, a US-based, orthodontics-focused dental support organization (OSO), has secured a strategic investment from Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies. THL is investing alongside existing financial sponsor Linden Capital Partners (Linden) in an equal partnership, while affiliated orthodontists will retain a significant
Banyan Capital Partners (Banyan), a Canadian middle market private equity firm, has invested in Innovative Surface Solutions (Innovative), a distributor of liquid surface solutions in North America. Innovative marks the inaugural investment through Banyan Committed Capital LP, an evergreen investment vehicle that has recently closed its first USD216 million tranche
Castlight Health, a healthcare data and navigation company, and Vera Whole Health (Vera), a specialist in advanced primary caremajority owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), are to merge. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by Castlight’s Board of Directors, is valued at an equity value of approximately USD370
Brackendale Consulting Ltd, a global private equity marketing, communications and design agency, has promoted Laura Shelley, previously PR & Marketing Director, to company COO and appointed Param Barodia as PR & Marketing Associate. In her role as COO, Shelley will support Brackendale’s CEO Fay Margo in the day-to-day running of
Advancing Eyecare, a provider of ophthalmic instruments and a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), has acquired Santinelli International, a provider of optical finishing equipment. Advancing Eyecare is currently comprised of Lombart Instrument, Marco Ophthalmic, INNOVA Medical, S4Optik, Santinelli International and other leading brands. Founded in 1973, Santinelli International
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