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True Wind Capital (True Wind), a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in leading technology companies, has promoted David Hirsch, Will Heldfond and John Gray to Principal.
Hirsch joined True Wind in 2016 from Wind Point Partners and focuses on investments in the industrial & transportation, government, marketing, and SMB sectors.
Heldfond joined True Wind in 2018 from Accel-KKR and focuses on investments in the financial technology, public safety, and healthcare technology sectors.
Gray joined True Wind in 2020 from Audax Private Equity and focuses on investments in enterprise software, including construction & engineering, HR, and education sectors,
Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has appointed David Gassko as Principal.
Gassko will be actively involved in leading the evaluation, execution, and management of portfolio companies. He will also continue to help lead the firm’s associate recruiting activities and serve as a member of the ESG Committee.
After beginning his career as an investment banker with Wells Fargo Securities, Gassko joined Kainos in 2013 as an Associate. Following business school, he returned to Kainos as a Vice President. Gassko holds an MBA from The Wharton School where he graduated with honours, and a BA
RLDatix, a international specialist in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions for healthcare, has secured a minority investment from Nordic Capital.
Existing investors Five Arrows and TA Associates will continue to maintain a majority equity stake. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Nordic Capital brings decades of experience supporting the growth of innovative healthcare IT companies as well as additional financial strength and is joining Five Arrows and TA to support RLDatix in its organic and inorganic growth objectives. Most recently, RLDatix acquired Allocate Software, the leading provider of human capital management solutions that help healthcare organisations
LJC Investments V, an investment vehicle controlled by Littlejohn Capital, has acquired Alto Healthcare Staffing (Alto), a diversified healthcare staffing firm.
A portfolio company of Leeds-based private equity investor Endless has undergone a major rebrand to enable the expansion of its current service offer and provide the platform for sustainable growth.
Findel, a national and international ecommerce educational resources supplier, owns specialist education brands Hope, GLS, Philip Harris and Davies Sports. The parent brand, Findel, and all its specialist brands have been rebranded.
Hope, GLS, Philip Harris and Davies Sports provide resources for primary school, secondary school and early years teaching; school business managers; science teaching resources; and PE and sport equipment respectively.
Findel’s origins as an educational resources
Vision Innovation Partners, a leading eye care platform backed by Centre Partners, has acquired Memorial Eye Institute, a leading ophthalmology practice and surgical centre with two locations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The acquisition is Vision Innovation Partners 22nd in total. Founded in 2017, Vision Innovation Partners;footprint now includes 63 practice locations and 11 surgery centers across Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia and Pennsylvania’
Centre Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on the healthcare and consumer sectors.
OrthoBethesda, a physician-led and majority physician-owned provider of orthopaedic services in the greater Washington, DC region and a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), has partnered with Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (WOSM).
The combination creates a leading orthopaedic care services provider in the region with 27 world class orthopaedists.
Suntera Global has appointed Ian Horswell as Global Head of Business Development within the fund services arm of its international operations.
VC-backed exits and healthcare funding/investment both set new records yet again in 2021, according to Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) annual Healthcare Investments and Exits report.
Medtronic, a specialist in healthcare technology, is to acquire Affera, Inc, a Boston area-based, privately held medical technology company.
Affera designs and manufactures cardiac mapping and navigation systems and catheter-based cardiac ablation technologies, including a differentiated, focal pulsed field ablation solution, for the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) such as atrial fibrillation (AF). Medtronic, through its minority investment portfolio, has been a strategic investor in Affera and currently holds a 3 per cent ownership stake in the company.
The acquisition expands the Medtronic portfolio of advanced cardiac ablation products and accessories to meet physician needs within a
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