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Spark Orthodontics, aa orthodontic group practice with 10 offices in Pennsylvania, and in which Rock Mountain Capital holds a significant minority investment, today announced the acquisition of Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics of Tennessee. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Cumberland’s eight offices in the Nashville, TN area will retain the Cumberland name and will roll up under Spark Orthodontics. Cumberland’s four founders, Brent Miller, DDS; Jennifer House, DMD; Jack Stalker, DDS; and Peter Wojtkiewicz, DMD, will become members of the Spark management team.
With this acquisition, Spark becomes a multi-specialty practice, covering the entire pediatric dental
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has acquired Agape Care Group (Agape Care), a provider of hospice and palliative care in the South East USA, with a deep presence across South Carolina and Georgia.
The Company offers full end-of-life care for members of its community both in patient homes and healthcare facilities.
“Agape Care is a remarkable operation that balances the great responsibility of providing the highest quality care for its patients and families with a strong growth-oriented business backbone,” says Dan Harknett, Partner at Ridgemont. “We are excited to be investing in a platform with a
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, and Kohlberg & Company (Kohlberg) have acquired BluSky Restoration Contractors (BluSky), a US provider of restoration services for commercial, industrial, healthcare, and multifamily real estate, on behalf of their clients.
Kohlberg and Partners Group acquired equal equity stakes in the transaction, with the Company’s management team also retaining a meaningful ownership stake. BluSky’s previous majority owner, Dominus Capital, retained a minority stake in the Company.
BluSky specialises in real estate damage services that stabilise emergency situations and restore businesses and property back to pre-loss condition. The Company’s restoration, remediation, environmental, and preventative
New Mountain Capital has closed its latest direct lending fund, New Mountain Guardian III with approximately USD1.15 billion of capital commitments from a diverse group of investors.
Commitments included a substantial investment from the General Partner and employees of the Firm. The Fund is expected to have approximately USD2.0 billion in investable capital, including leverage. Consistent with the Firm’s investment philosophy, New Mountain’s private credit strategy focuses on lending to the highest quality companies in select, non-cyclical defensive growth industries.
As of 30 September, 2021, Guardian III had already deployed more than USD1.1 billion into 79 portfolio companies across
Endpoint, a digital title and settlement services company, has secured an additional USD150 million in funding from its parent company, First American Financial Corporation, a provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions.
This latest investment, which brings the total capital raised by the company to USD220 million, will allow Endpoint to augment its technology team, further invest in title and settlement automation, and expand its capabilities for proptech companies and real estate professionals focused on delivering a re-imagined home closing process to their customers.
“Endpoint’s impressive growth reflects First American’s commitment to leading the
Carbon Capture (CarbonCapture), a climate tech company that makes machines that remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere, has closed a USD35 million Series A funding round and appointed Adrian Corless as CEO.
CarbonCapture will use the funds to accelerate product development efforts and to establish initial deployments of its renewable energy-powered Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems in locations throughout the U.S., starting with the Tamarack Nickel Project in central Minnesota in partnership with Rio Tinto PLC (LSE: RIO) and Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO).
Analyses by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that humanity must remove billions of
Taussig Capital has acquired all of the voting shares of Spencer Re I I, an International Insurance Company founded in 2006 and licensed in Puerto Rico.
Joseph Taussig, CEO of Taussig Capital, founded Spencer Re 16 years ago and served as its chairman until 2014. The company is being re-branded as Taussig Capital Re and will offer reinsurance to primary insurers and reinsurers looking to optimise their reinsurance programs and access non-traditional sources of insurance capital.
Taussig Capital Re is able to segregate pools of assets and liabilities, creating unique opportunities for exposure to a broad spectrum of insurable risks
Sofinnova Partners, a European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London and Milan, has closed its latest early-stage healthcare venture capital fund, Sofinnova Capital X, oversubscribed at EUR472 million (USD548 million).
Primer has closed a Series B funding round that values the payments infrastructure startup at USD425 million only 20 months after being founded.
The USD50 million Series B fundraise was led by ICONIQ Growth, a San Francisco based investment firm that has backed global tech companies such as Adyen and Marqeta to Snowflake and Datadog. Existing investors, including Accel, Balderton Capital, Seedcamp, Speedinvest, and RTP Global all participated in the round.
Primer, which was founded in early 2020 by ex-Paypal/Braintree employees and employs more than 70 people across 20 countries, has built the world’s first automation platform for payments.
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Orgnostic, a people analytics platform helping fast-growing companies to democratise people analytics, has raised USD5 million in funding.
The seed round was led by Earlybird Digital East, and includes participation from a roster of impressive investors, including Script Capital and angel investors including Eric Ries and Tiho Bajic of Lean Startup and LTSE, Rony Kahan of Indeed, and Charlie Songhurst of Microsoft. This is in addition to previous investment from South Central Ventures.
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