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MacNeill Pride Group® (MPG), a diversified global designer and manufacturer of outdoor products and sporting goods and a portfolio company of Centre Partners, is rebranding as Gathr Outdoors to better reflect its mission and the industries within which it operates.
Gathr Outdoors has acquired numerous outdoor brands over the past two years under the MPG name, building a strong portfolio of products that resonate with consumers. With the appointment of CEO, Keith Bornholtz, and new additions to its Board of Directors in June, coupled with recent acquisitions of ORCA, GCI Outdoor, Klymit and Rightline Gear, the brand’s trajectory is one
Private investment firm Validor Capital has made an investment in Fi-Foil Company (Fi-Foil), a specialist in energy-efficient reflective and radiant insulation barriers for residential, commercial, and agricultural structures.
For over 35 years, Fi-Foil has been committed to the principles of sustainable construction, practicing energy conservation, and minimal landfill impact. This category of insulation is one of the fastest growing technologies in the world, and Fi-Foil offers the most diversified range of products and systems in the category.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Topspin Consumer Partners (Topspin), an operationally driven private equity firm focused on the consumer sector, has made a growth investment in MISSION, a specialist in cooling solutions used in sports, outdoor and jobsite applications.
Topspin is partnering in the deal with the founders of Mission, DCF Capital and Allstar Innovations. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
UK plant-based start-up Tiba Tempeh has closed a GBP500k seed round to accelerate its growth as it prepares for listings with major UK supermarkets and international expansion.
The funding will be used to launch new product innovation, grow the team, and support marketing efforts to drive consumer awareness and trial of tempeh. The investment round was taken by Lever VC, a leading global investor in the alternative protein category whose partners are investors in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, THIS, and many other category leaders.
Tiba Tempeh was founded in 2019 by Alex and Ross Longton, food industry veterans with
Sverica Capital Management, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, has promoted Michael Dougherty to Principal and Doug Patrican to Vice President.
Dougherty joined Sverica’s San Francisco office in 2012 and has over nine years of private equity experience. He focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investments, transaction execution, and portfolio company operations for technology, technology services and software companies.
Patrican joined Sverica’s Boston office in 2020 and focuses on sourcing and managing healthcare investments. With six years of private equity experience, He is graduate of Boston College with a degree in economics.
Susquehanna Private Capital (SPC), a middle market private equity firm, has invested in Spherix Global Insights (Spherix), a pharmaceutical market insights firm focused on the dermatology, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and rheumatology specialties.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2015 by Jennifer and Kevin Robinson, Spherix provides pharmaceutical market insights and intelligence through its proprietary network of over 3,000 active specialty providers and their patients.
360 Ventures, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and WilmerHale and Walder Wyss served as legal advisors to Spherix. Troutman Pepper served as legal advisor to SPC. Monroe Capital provided debt
Private equity firm Palatine has announced a raft of promotions reflecting the team’s contribution over the past 12 months, which saw record levels of investment and exit activity.
Richard Thomas, who leads Palatine’s Midlands office and Business Services sector, and James Gregson who was one of the first people the firm recruited to support its pioneering Impact Fund have been appointed as Partners.
Thomas, who recently led the partial sale of CET Group with the sale of its tech-enabled insurance claims management division to HomeServe plc for GBP53 million, and was heavily involved in the investment of global leading
Osceola Capital-backed IT staffing company Talent Group has acquired EdgeLink, another IT staffing firm, and will be merging operations of both organisations.
EdgeLink was co-founded in 2003 by staffing industry veterans Jeff Miller and Mike Miadich, who will join the senior leadership team of the combined company.
EdgeLinkm, which is based in Portland, Oregon, with offices in Denver and Salt Lake City, will continue to operate under its brand name.
Madison Realty Capital (Madison), a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm focused on debt and equity investment strategies, has held the final close of Madison Realty Capital Debt Fund V LP (Fund V), with USD2.08 billion in equity commitments, exceeding the fund’s USD1.75 billion target.
Fund V received significant support from existing investors as approximately 70 per cent of the institutional LPs in Madison’s prior fund re-upped into Fund V. Additionally, 52 per cent of the capital committed for Fund V came from new limited partners, both domestically and abroad.
Madison’s global, institutional investor base has historically included
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company HomeVestors of America (HomeVestors) to funds managed by Bayview Asset Management (Bayview), a global investment management firm focused specifically on investments in finance, mortgage and consumer credit.
HomeVestors generates proprietary real estate investment opportunities through advertising campaigns that utilise the “We Buy Ugly Houses” national brand. HomeVestors was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
The sale of HomeVestors is LLCP’s seventh successful exit in the last year, following West Academic, Best Lawyers, Caring Brands, FlexXray, Trinity Consultants and Nothing Bundt
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