Managers
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has formed a strategic partnership led by funds managed by Blackstone’s GP Stakes business (Blackstone) and including RidgeLake Partners (RidgeLake).
As investors with deep experience partnering with top-tier private equity firms, Blackstone and RidgeLake take a long-term approach to collaborating with general partners. Blackstone and RidgeLake are providing primary equity capital as minority investors.
Blackstone’s GP Stakes business specialises in value-added, long-term partnerships with leading private-market alternative asset managers. The partnership will give Sentinel’s portfolio companies access to Blackstone’s group purchasing programs, which leverage the buying power
HVD Partners is to acquire the assets of Sampsistemi (SAMP) and Sampsistemi Extrusion as part of a scheme of arrangement administered by the Court of Bologna.
SAMP supplies precision machines, spare parts and services to leading wire and cable manufacturers around the globe from locations in Italy, China, Brazil and the United States. Consistent with its long history of superior engineering and Italian craftsmanship, the company designs and manufactures the most innovative and high-performance machines in the industry.
Jouni Heinonen, Managing Partner of HVD Partners, says: “Sampsistemi is a globally recognised Italian champion. We look forward to working with the
Atech Support, a privately-owned, UK cloud service provider has secured significant seven-figure funding from BOOST&Co which it will use to offer additional products and services, to new and existing clients, whilst also supporting its growth plans via acquisition.
Having recently experienced significant scale and increased demand for its cloud services, Atech will continue to lead the way in technology and innovation.
Atech is a specialist in managed services and security, with a particular focus on digital transformation and global support for mid-level enterprises. Through its quality of project delivery and on-going support, the company has grown to become a
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has arranged a refinancing package for Grupo Hospitalario Recoletas (Recoletas), which includes a significant growth capital component.
Recoletas is a family-owned Spanish private hospital operator headquartered in Valladolid, Spain, with a leading position in the Castilla y Leon Spanish inland region. It operates eight hospitals with c540 beds and 13 medical centres across seven regions.
HIG WhiteHorse has committed EUR110 million in unitranche loans to refinance the borrower’s existing indebtedness and provide additional capital to finance growth, supporting the Company’s expansion. Recoletas is currently developing ambitious projects to
Eurazeo has exceeded its initial fundraising target for its growth strategy dedicated to equity investments in European tech companies. Total funding raised is more than EUR1.6 billion, of which EUR320 million from the Eurazeo Group and EUR200 million from retail clients.
These successful transactions reflect the quality of Eurazeo’s team, the performance of its portfolio and the level of investor interest in its Growth strategy, currently one of the most active and best-known strategies of its kind in Europe.
The strategy was initiated in 2014 and aims to support leading tech companies in the fields of B2B SaaS, digital
Edison Partners has exited its portfolio company, PandoLogic, a provider of intelligent hiring solutions, to Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI), a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and solutions in a deal valued at USD150 million.
PandoLogic will become Veritone’s marquee offering for Human Capital Management.
Through the pandemic, a period of unprecedented volatility in the job market, PandoLogic is credited with helping to hire a large portion of essential workers and partnering with many of the Fortune 100 to re-establish their workforces through job recovery. The company has experienced 700 per cent growth since Edison’s initial investment in 2013. Veritone’s proprietary
RiverGlade Capital (RiverGlade), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has made threenew platform investments in the first six months of 2021 – Dynamic Infusion Therapy (DIT), Home Helpers Home Care (Home Helpers), and 2nd Chance Treatment Centers (2nd Chance).
“These investments are a result of RiverGlade’s efforts around several key themes that we believe will have a meaningful impact on the healthcare landscape,” says Garrick Rice, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of RiverGlade. “We are focused on opportunities that will benefit from the increase in outsourced services, the focus on cost containment and efficiency, and improvement in the quality of care because
Dubin Clark, a private equity firm focused on niche market leaders in the lower middle-market, has created a new holding company, Super Home Services, to invest in Evergreen Lawn & Pest Control (Evergreen).
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Evergreen is a provider of residential lawn spray and pest control services throughout the Central Florida region. The Company’s service offerings include lawn spray services, tree and shrub services, pest control, termite treatment, and mosquito control services. Since its founding in 1991, Evergreen has established a reputation for quality, excellence, and high customer satisfaction. The Company is
Gravitee.io, an open source API management platform that gives businesses and their developers unprecedented control over their entire API ecosystem, has raised USD11m in a Series A round, co-led by AlbionVC and Oxx, to power its expansion in the burgeoning API management market, which is predicted to be worth USD22 billion by 2028.
As the world has become more digital, the need for connected software has exploded, and APIs are now ubiquitous. This increased reliance on APIs brings endless possibilities, but also means that APIs should run perfectly every time. For businesses, keeping track of the complex web of APIs
Unigestion will continue to back the next generation of private equity managers with the launch of its second Emerging Manager Choice Fund.
The fund will tap into Unigestion’s 25 year track record of investing in private equity and successfully supporting emerging managers. Some 40 per cent of all commitments made by Unigestion since 1996 have been to first or second time funds.
Unigestion has been successfully running a dedicated global emerging manager programme since 2018. This programme has already shown strong performance through the Covid-19 crisis by supporting managers based in the US, Europe and Asia, and focusing on
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