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Sycamore Tree Capital Partners (Sycamore Tree), a specialist asset manager with private and alternative credit investment expertise, has appointed Amanda Montgomery and Marc Gonyea to leadership marketing roles, as the firm continues to grow its relationships with institutional investors and consultants.
Montgomery arrives from Allianz Global Investors as Managing Director. At Allianz, she spent eight years in relationship management and sales roles, including as the Senior Relationship Manager responsible for the South-West region.
Gonyea joins from Alcentra as Managing Director with a start date of 1 July . At Alcentra, he was a Managing Director responsible for institutional clients across
Alete Bikes, a portfolio company of Trilantic Europe, private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, is to acquire Cicli Esperia.
The Zanaga and the Turato families, founders of Cicli Esperia, will become minority shareholders of Alete Bikes.
Cicli Esperia, based in Cavarzere (Italy), is a manufacturer of bikes and e-bikes. The company has a wide range of products and operates through four main brands: Cicli Esperia, Legnano, Torpado and Fondriest. In 2021, Cicli Esperia generated revenues of €37 million.
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has acquired a majority stake in Morrow Sodali, a global shareholder engagement and governance advisory firm.
TowerBrook Capital Partners (TowerBrook), an international investment management firm, has appointed Andy Kalbaugh to its Management Advisory Board.
Kalbaugh has over thirty years’ experience in the financial services industry. He is the former Managing Director and Divisional President of National Sales and Consulting at LPL Financial where he was responsible for the long-term growth and retention of financial advisors and institutions. In addition, he led the business and functional strategy for National Sales and Consulting Sales support teams across LPL’s retirement planning services, high-net-worth and private client solutions, financial planning insurance operations, and the Private Trust Company.
Providence Equity Partners (Providence), a private equity firm that specialises in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education and technology is to acquire Airties, a provider of cloud-based managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators globally.
Providence’s investment will assist Airties with accelerating growth into new markets globally, as well as funding additional R&D and product innovation to continue delivering superior connectivity, and expanding its sales, marketing, and recruitment efforts globally. As sector-focused investors with a history of partnering with innovative telecoms and technology companies, Providence is well-positioned to harness its expertise, network and resources to support Airties as it enters a transformative
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, is to sell Rizing LLC (Rizing), a leading SAP-focused provider of IT systems integration and implementation services, to Wipro Limited, a multinational IT services and consulting company.
Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Rizing specialises in value-added products and IT business process solutions operating within the SAP ecosystem, including enterprise asset management, human capital management, and related IT solutions for clients in consumer industries. Rizing serves leading global customers with more than 1,250 employees around the world working from locations in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore
Kayne Anderson Private Credit (KAPC), the middle market private credit group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, has closed the firm’s fourth middle market senior credit fund, Kayne Senior Credit Fund IV (KSCF IV).
Over the last two years, KAPC has now raised over $4.5 billion of investable capital across Kayne Senior Credit Fund IV & IV-B, two private business development companies (BDC), separately managed accounts and other vehicles investing alongside the fund from a diverse group of leading institutional and individual investors including insurance companies, pension funds, foundations and endowments, family offices, and ultra-high-net worth.
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Andrew Roeder as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice in Boston.
Roeder counsels both established and emerging sponsors across a wide range of investment strategies, including venture capital, growth equity, private equity, and private credit, as well as assisting sponsors in connection with negotiating and launching separately managed accounts, alternative investment vehicles, co-investment funds, and other bespoke investment arrangements. His work ranges from advising established sponsors in connection with multi-billion-dollar global fundraising mandates to guiding emerging managers through all aspects of establishing their operations and raising capital.
Healthcare technology VC firm Flare Capital Partners has closed its third fund, Flare Capital Partners III, with a total of $350 million in committed capital.
The significantly oversubscribed fundraise follows up on its prior two funds raised in July 2019 and the inaugural fund raised in April 2015, respectively. With the most recent fund, this establishes Flare Capital Partners as one of the largest, independent, early-stage venture capital firms dedicated to healthcare technology.
Conjura, an e-commerce data analytics platform, has raised €15 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Act Venture Capital and MiddleGame Ventures.
Tribal VC also participated in the round.
Conjura will use the capital to enhance its e-commerce solutions to address the sector’s ever-increasing digital needs in a multi-product solution. The company also announced plans to broaden its UK and Ireland operations and expand into several international markets simultaneously.
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