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Growth equity and venture capital firm North Bridge has promoted Won Park to Principal and made two new additions to the firm’s growth equity investment team – Chris Cavanagh as Principal and Brendan Gibney as Vice President.
“We are very pleased to recognise the outstanding contributions of Won with his well-deserved promotion,” says Roshen Menon, General Partner of North Bridge Growth Equity. “We are confident that he [Won Park] will continue to serve our investors and help drive our portfolio companies forward in the years to come.”
“In addition, we are delighted to welcome Chris and Brendan to the
Private equity firm Livingbridge has completed a minority investment in procurement specialist Efficio.
Founded 15 years ago, Efficio works with clients across the world to help them achieve breakthrough results in their procurement functions. With revenues of over £30m, the firm achieves sustainable results for its clients by helping them to identify, deliver and sustain benefits in procurement. Efficio currently has around 250 employees based in offices in Europe and North America as well as its London headquarters.
The company has evolved significantly over the last two years, to offer a much broader spectrum of services than traditional procurement
Ardian portfolio company Italmatch Chemicals Group is to acquire Solvay’s desalination and phosphonates and phosphonic acid-based water additives business.
The transaction, which is consistent with Italmatch Chemicals Group’s growth strategy, is designed to strengthens the company’s position as a global supplier of water management additives, traded under the Dequest brand name.
The acquisition covers all products, trademarks, patents and client portfolio from the division of the Belgian chemicals group, which boasts a 30-year experience in phosphonate-based technology as well as other chemistries. It comes one year after Italmatch’s takeover of Naples-based GRS Chemical Technologies, a centre of excellence for
EmployerDirect Healthcare announced the closing of its Series C investment round with Dallas-based Dundon Capital Partners. Under the terms of the investment, Dundon Capital Partners has acquired a majority ownership position in the business.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The funding supports the growth of the company’s core product, SurgeryPlus, a valuable supplemental benefit to employees of large employers with self-insured medical plan benefits. Currently, SurgeryPlus is available to over 275,000 members nationwide1 and affords them access to best-in-class procedures across EmployerDirect’s Surgeons of Excellence national network. Employees benefit from a zero out-of-pocket option, while
Daytime hotel booking platform, Dayuse.com has closed a EUR15 million Series A investment round, in what is the largest European startup series A investment round of 2015.
The Paris-based company, which enables people to book a hotel room for a few hours during the daytime, has taken investment from renowned venture capital firms Idinvest Partners and Partech Ventures, with contributions from the startup's historical angel investors Paul Dubrule (Co-founder, Accor Group), Cédric Barbier (Founder, Lesjeudis.com) and Charles Petruccelli (Former President, American Express Travel).

The capital raised will fund three major initiatives: hire new talents, sustain the exponential growth in countries
International investment bank Altium has completed 54 consumer deals worth in excess of GBP8.5 billion over the last five years.
The firm has enjoyed a buoyant 2015, completing 13 deals in the sector, including two of its largest-ever transactions. In May, Altium advised the Singh Family Trust on the GBP1.9 billion sale of UK retail business New Look to South African private equity house Brait and in June, Altium advised on the purchase of European cosmetics giant Douglas Holding by CVC Capital Partners.
With disposable income and consumer spending on the rise since the recession, Altium has maintained a
Goodwin Procter has appointed Elizabeth Roberts as a partner in the firm’s Financial Institutions Group in Washington, DC. Roberts counsels a wide range of fund sponsors and investors on forming private investment funds, partnerships, joint ventures and other complex transaction structures.
“Liz will play an integral role in the ongoing expansion of Goodwin’s global Private Investment Funds Practice as we continue to build on our long-standing commitment to the financial services industry and deepen our already robust bench to service the full spectrum of asset classes,” says Mark Bettencourt, Chair of Goodwin’s Business Law Department. “We are delighted to welcome
Skyscanner, has secured a combined GBP128 million from five new investors. The deal includes both primary and secondary proceeds and sees the incoming investors acquire an undisclosed share of the travel search engine.
The primary investment in Skyscanner will support the company’s strategy and accelerate its rapid growth in the GBP332 billion (USD500 billion) online travel market.
In addition, it expands Skyscanner’s access to additional sources of expertise and different virtual and geographic marketplaces around the world. Artemis, Baillie Gifford, Khazanah, Vitruvian Partners and Yahoo! JAPAN now join SEP and Sequoia as the company’s investment partners.
Artemis is
Private equity firm Nautic Partners has successfully completed its fund raising for Nautic Partners VIII, which closed on its hard cap of USD900 million.
Nautic began formal fund raising in October 2015 and raised its cap to USD900 million after receiving strong demand from both new and existing investors.
“We are excited to announce our successful closing on Nautic VIII,” says Bernard Buonanno III, Managing Director at Nautic. “We believe the success of this fund raise is a strong endorsement of our ability to deliver long-term results for our investors. In Nautic VIII, we intend to continue to emphasise
MyShowcase, the leading distributor of independent beauty products in the UK, has raised GBP3m in two ‘Series A’ funding rounds conducted during 2015 to fuel expansion.
MyShowcase was created in 2012 by Nancy Cruickshank (founder of handbag.com) and Kate Shapland (former beauty correspondent at the Daily Telegraph) to cater for high quality beauty brands that struggle to get national distribution. MyShowcase raised the fresh capital from UK angels in a round managed by D5 Capital.
Often referred to as ‘Space NK meets Avon’, MyShowcase helps women discover the best independent beauty brands in the comfort of a social event at
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