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Guardian Capital Partners (Guardian) has sold its portfolio company, Cosmic Pet (Cosmic) to Petmate, a Platinum Equity-backed business.
Headquartered in Wichita, KS, Cosmic Pet, is an innovator in pet hard good products, dog and cat toys, chews, and treats. Cosmic markets its products through many of the largest brick and mortar retailers in North America, as well as independent channels and eCommerce retailers. Notably, the Company has won multiple industry awards for product design, development, and innovation. The Company goes to market under the following brands: Hyper Pet, PetFusion, GoDogGo, Our Pets, PetZone Wild Eats, Ultra Paws, Mad Cat, Mega
Rectangle Health, a provider of healthcare financial technology and patient engagement solutions, has been recapitalised by GI Partners, a private investment firm with deep healthcare technology and payments investing experience.
GI Partners’ investment, in conjunction with existing investor TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, will further accelerate Rectangle Health’s growth as the company continues to drive innovative consumer-centric solutions to the healthcare industry.
Rectangle Health is committed to offering leading technology that is an extension of the organisation and makes lives easier for practitioners, staff, and patients. Rectangle Health’s technology solutions provide a bridge between patients and
EagleTree Capital (EagleTree), on behalf of its private equity fund EagleTree Partners V, has acquired Lignetics, a consumer-focused wood pellet manufacturer in the US, from Taglich Private Equity and Mill Road Capital.
Lignetics will be a new platform investment in the EagleTree portfolio, and Lignetics’ operations, management team and personnel will remain unchanged following the EagleTree investment. Co-investors, including Alpha Associates, Bullingham Capital, Farol Asset Management, Manulife Investment Management, Misland Capital, Northwestern Mutual Capital, and Thrivent Financial, are investing alongside EagleTree. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, Lignetics is the largest consumer-focused wood pellet
Funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) have agreed to acquire Tricor Group (Tricor), an Asian business expansion specialist, from global private equity firm investment Permira.
The transaction is expected to close in H1 2022 subject to regulatory approvals. The transaction values Tricor at an enterprise value of USD2.76 billion.
Founded in 2000, Tricor is Asia’s leading business expansion specialist, with global knowledge and local expertise in business, corporate, investor, human resources & payroll, corporate trust & debt services, and governance advisory. Tricor is a trusted partner to ~50,000 clients globally (including more than 40% of the Fortune Global
BlackRock has achieved a USD673 million final fundraise for the Climate Finance Partnership (CFP), a flagship public-private finance vehicle focused on investing in climate infrastructure across emerging markets to help accelerate the global transition to a net zero economy.
A global consortium of 22 investors including governments, philanthropies, and institutional investors committed to the fundraise, which was oversubscribed and exceeded its target of USD500 million.
The BlackRock Investment Institute estimates that the world needs to invest USD1 trillion annually into low-carbon projects in developing countries in order to achieve a just transition to a net zero global economy. This
Lief Labs, a formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements, has been capitalised through new partnerships with Prairie Capital, Skyline Global Partners, S2G Ventures, Lief Labs’ management team, and Lief’s founder and CEO, Adel Villalobos.
This new collaboration will provide recapitalisation investments and strategic advisory resources with Lief’s management team to support the company’s scalable growth. Lief will focus its growth strategy on key areas, including technology innovation, raw materials and formulations business expansion, supply chain management, human capital development, customer service resources, increased production capacity, and world-class manufacturing operations and facilities.
According to the
By Ashmita Chhabra – With the United Nation’s COP26 summit approaching, the need to do more to address climate change is once again in focus. As a key financial services hub in Asia, Singapore has an important role in the development and integration of sustainable finance practices into the real economy. The capital market’s ability to drive meaningful change by encouraging disclosure, stakeholder engagement and innovative green financing initiatives are all part of Singapore’s commitment.
By Armin P. Choksey – In the last few years, the world has witnessed significant progress in harmonising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure frameworks. The launch of new initiatives globally shows that both investors and stakeholders recognise the value of streamlining ESG disclosures and the importance of consolidating them.
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has taken the next step to position the firm for long-term growth by partnering with Hunter Point Capital (HPC), which has made a strategic, minority investment in MidOcean.
MidOcean’s investment process, management, and day-to-day operations will remain unchanged. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Launched in 2020 by veteran investors Bennett Goodman and Avi Kalichstein, HPC is dedicated to pursuing long-term strategic partnerships with proven middle-market investment firms to help them achieve their business objectives. MidOcean intends to leverage HPC’s
Lever, a leading Talent Acquisition Suite, has completed a USD50 million Series D funding round with the Apax Digital Fund.
The funding comes as the market for talent acquisition is continuing to heat up, and companies face the most competitive market for hiring and retaining talent to date. The investment in Lever will accelerate solution development in talent analytics, top-of-funnel talent discovery, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as well as support growth in new markets, and continued product innovation.
Serving more than 4,000 customers and adding more than 100 technology partnerships and integrations in 2021, Lever’s continued momentum
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