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Gravie, a specialist in defined contribution healthcare, has raised USD28 million in a Series D round of financing led by AXA Venture Partners (AVP), with participation from existing investors FirstMark Capital, Split Rock Ventures and Revelation Partners.  The capital will be used to fuel Gravie’s continued growth through investments in product and technology, sales and marketing, and expansion into new markets through new and existing distribution channels. “We are excited to partner with AXA Venture Partners in our mission to heal our broken healthcare system,” says Abir Sen, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Gravie. “Over the past couple of years,
Citizens M&A Advisory announced has served as the exclusive financial adviser to trustaff Management and CardioSolution on their recapitalisation by Cornell Capital and Trilantic North America, two New York-based private equity firms. Founded in 2002, trustaff Management is a provider of travel nurse and allied healthcare staffing services while CardioSolution delivers a managed services offering providing cardiologists and support personnel to hospitals. Since inception trustaff has demonstrated industry-leading growth on its path to become one of the largest healthcare staffing firms in the country and a Top 5 provider of travel nurses. CardioSolution offers a differentiated service model that includes
Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Weaver Leather, its ninth Blue Point IV platform investment.   Based in Mt Hope, Ohio, Weaver is a produces enthusiast brands in the equine, pet, leather crafting, arborist, livestock and construction markets. Known for its quality and breadth of products, Weaver manufactures, markets and distributes a broad line of branded and non-branded leather, nylon/synthetic, hardware and other products and accessories. The Company’s deep customer and supplier partnerships have enabled its history of growth and successful entry into new end markets and product categories. For over 45 years, Weaver’s core values, culture and management philosophy
Eurazeo, via its Eurazeo PME subsidiary, has signed an exclusivity agreement under which it would invest, as a majority shareholder, alongside Groupe Premium’s current shareholders – Montefiore Investment, Groupe Premium’s management including Olivier Farouz, Laurent and Didier Zerbib, Benoît Jauvert and other key executives, together with independent agent partners.   The transaction would value Groupe Premium at EUR290 million and Eurazeo PME’s investment should be around EUR100 million, depending on the level of reinvestment by current shareholders.   Groupe Premium was founded in 2000 and is France’s leading independent broker for life insurance and retirement savings solutions aimed at the
Currencies Direct, a specialist in digital foreign exchange (FX) and international payment services to high value private clients and SMEs, has completed a GBP165 million dividend recapitalisation.  
Humatica, a private equity specialist adviser for portfolio organisational effectiveness, has advised private equity firm Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) on its investment in Lucid Group. Founded in 2007, Lucid Group is a strategic healthcare communications company committed to advancing patient health outcomes through healthcare communications that improve the way patients and diseases are managed, and medicines are used. Lucid Group’s pioneering approaches have received industry-wide recognition and have consistently led to above industry growth. With offices in the UK, US and Asia, Lucid now employs around 250 people. Lucid works in partnership with the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech organisations
The Rise Fund, the global impact investing platform of alternative investment firm TPG, is to invest USD200 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa.  AMC BV is currently the holding company for several of Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations; and is now intended to own and operate the mobile money businesses across all of Airtel Africa’s fourteen operating countries. The Transaction values Airtel Africa’s mobile money business at USD2.65 billion on a cash and debt free basis. The Rise Fund will hold a minority stake in AMC BV upon completion of the
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners (Vista) to sell ARCOS, a specialist in resource management software for utilities, airlines and other critical infrastructure industries.  The proposed transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Since 2005, ARCOS’ technology has helped hundreds of the largest utilities and airlines manage their crews and resources, especially in unplanned scenarios where resources are needed on short notice. “We are proud of the work
Oncology data and informatics platform M2GEN has secured a significant new investment by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) funds, the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI), and McKesson Ventures. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Merck GHI and McKesson Ventures invested alongside CD&R funds, collectively now the company’s largest shareholder. Existing shareholders Moffitt Cancer Center, Hearst Healthcare, and The Ohio State University Foundation continue to hold a significant minority interest M2GEN. Proceeds from the transaction are expected to accelerate growth of M2GEN’s consented, linked clinical and genomic data asset and advance the technology and informatics
New State Capital Partners (New State) and its portfolio company, Mako Steel, have made a majority investment in Rabco Enterprises LLC, a full-service provider of self-storage building systems based in Winter Garden, Florida. Together, Mako and Rabco will form a nationwide self-storage solutions company. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   The Rabco executive team will retain a stake in the combined operation. Mako Steel CEO Caesar Wright will become CEO of the combined entity, and Emmett Buster Owens III, president of Rabco, will continue with the combined company. Ron Raboud and Larry Cox, owners of Rabco, will

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