Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has made an investment in Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sparus and its subsidiaries, Southern Cross and The Spear Group, provide
NextGen Growth Partners (NGP), a private equity firm that partners with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and management teams to invest in sustainable, growing companies, has appointed Jim Bland as a partner, with a specific focused on the firm’s new investment and portfolio company efforts. “Jim brings an immediate positive impact to our team
KKR, a leading global investment firm, has appointed Michaela Wood as a Director, with immediate effect. Based in London, Wood will join the EMEA private equity team to work on UK coverage as well as supporting investments in the Business Services sector across Europe. Wood joins KKR after six years
DigitalEd has secured a growth investment from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies. DigitalEd provides a SaaS-based digital learning platform called Möbius, focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. PSG is DigitalEd’s sole outside investor. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Lakemore Partners, a private credit investment firm primarily investing in control CLO equity, has named as Dan Norman Managing Director and Head of its US business operations. Norman will focus on growing Lakemore’s investment platform globally from its recently established US office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Norman joins Lakemore following
Coller Capital and Ping An Overseas Holdings has closed one of the world’s largest private credit secondaries transactions for a credit portfolio managed by Ping An, together with its subsidiaries – the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance Company of China. The deal will close
Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has completed the sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital LLP and Company Management, creating a significant return for Lonsdale, the founding shareholders and management. This comes in the same week that Lonsdale announced the
Elysian Capital III has, in conjunction with the existing management team, acquired Healthfull Holdings Group Limited (parent of Wholebake Limited) from Bridges Fund Management. This represents the second investment in the last month from the Elysian Capital III LP Fund which closed in September 2020 at GBP325 million. Founded
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, has completed its acquisition of EFG Fund Management, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group (EFG). The transaction was agreed in February 2021 and has now been completed after
Hanover Investors, the special situations specialist, is announcing today that it has appointed Serena Menaguale as its Director of Fundraising. Alongside fundraising, Menaquale will also be responsible for relationships with the firm’s existing clients, as well as expanding its investor base. Menaquale has more than 15 years’ experience in business
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