Managers
Sofinnova Partners, a European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London and Milan, has appointed Geraldine Usseglio as Head of Human Resources.
The creation of this position reinforces the ongoing expansion of the firm’s teams and the diversification of its investment strategies across sector, stage and geography.
Usseglio will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s human resources strategy, supporting the development of its global team to empower individuals to reach their full potential, while maximising the performance of the firm. She will report to Monique Saulnier, Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer.
Usseglio has over two decades of
RoadSafe Traffic Systems (RoadSafe), a US provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, has acquired Barricade Services & Sales (BSSI), a supplier of traffic control products and services in the Salt Lake City market.
The acquisition of BSSI further establishes RoadSafe’s position in the Mountain West region and expansion into the Utah market, one of the fastest-growing markets for traffic management in the US. The transaction follows RoadSafe’s recent growth in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast, including the acquisition earlier this year of Innovative Marking Systems, and is RoadSafe’s first acquisition since entering into a partnership with private
The Riverside Company has invested in Done Service Group (Done), which provides residential plumbing services, HVAC installation and repair services and excavation and sewer line services in the Denver metropolitan area.
This is an add-on investment to Riverside’s platform, Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning, a provider of maintenance plumbing, sewer and HVAC services.
Done offers a wide array of plumbing and heating and cooling services that are mission-critical to homeowners across the Denver Metro area. Done completed more than 15,000 jobs over the last twelve months with the majority of sales generated from repeat customers, including those who participate in
Peterson Partners, together with Trilogy Search Partners, Maven Equity, and other investors, has invested in Ennoble Care, a primary, palliative, and hospice care provider with operations across the Eastern US.
Healthcare entrepreneur Kush Das will join Ennoble Care as Chairman & CEO, and Ennoble Care founders Daniel and Avi Stokar will remain involved in key executive roles. Peterson’s investment will fund the expansion of Ennoble providers into new markets and increase its penetration in existing markets to meet the growing demand for palliative and home-based care, with a focus on value-based and patient-first care.
“Ennoble Care provides high-quality patient care
Filipino social entertainment platform Kumu has raised a Series C led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm with more than 40 years of experience scaling disruptive businesses internationally. Existing investors Openspace and SIG also participated.
This transaction marks the largest equity financing to date for a Filipino startup not founded as a subsidiary or spinoff of an established conglomerate and brings total funding to date for the company to USD100 million. It also marks General Atlantic’s first investment in the Philippines.
“Kumu is rapidly emerging as a leading digital content community and social platform in the Philippines,
Frazier Healthcare Partners has closed the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund, exceeding its target and closing on nearly USD830 million in capital commitments in an oversubscribed fundraise.
Led by Managing Partner Albert Cha, General Partner and Portfolio Manager Jamie Brush, and Managing Partners Patrick Heron and James Topper, Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund is a long-only fund investing in small- and mid-cap public biotech companies. Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund marks Frazier’s first dedicated public life sciences fund, bringing the firm’s total committed capital raised since inception to over USD7.1 billion.
“We are thrilled to announce the launch of our
Blue Horizon, a pure play impact investor in the future of food, has made three new additions to its investment team, adding a Partner and two Directors, bringing the total to 28 employees worldwide.
Blue Horizon’s mission is to accelerate the global transition to a new sustainable food system, including alternative proteins and agriculture, while delivering outstanding returns for investors and the planet. Recent expansion has seen the asset manager grow to 28 employees worldwide, including nine on the investment team (67 per cent women) in just six years since founding. Headquartered in Zurich, Blue Horizon’s fast-growing global portfolio of
Willis Towers Watson – the global advisory behemoth with assets under advisory of USD6 billion in private equity investments – has described its process of manager selection with Private Equity Wire (see box), as it looks to ramp up its relationship with PE firms who have embraced the latest in ESG standards.
Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm August Equity on its co-investment alongside fellow private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for a minority stake in Medivet, a provider of veterinary services.
Medivet, which has been part-owned by private equity firm Inflexion since 2016, holds branches across the UK, Germany and Spain with over 450 centres in the UK and approximately 50 sites in Europe in partnership with local founders.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Simon Perry, alongside senior solicitor Felicity Powell and solicitor Emma Bailey. Tax expertise was provided by senior counsel Sarah Shucksmith and
Nautic Partners (Nautic), a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in the Healthcare, Industrials and Services sectors, has successfully completed the final closing of Nautic Partners X (Nautic X).
Representing the tenth private equity fund in the Firm’s history, Nautic X closed on its hard cap of USD3.0 billion of limited partner commitments with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors.
“We are privileged and fortunate to continue to have a high level of support from our limited partners, and we thank them for their efforts on an accelerated timeline during a very active market,” says Scott
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