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HCI Equity Partners (HCI), a lower middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with founder-owned distribution, manufacturing and B2B service companies, has promoted Scott Gibaratz to Partner; Brendon Biddle and Tim Frend to Managing Director; and Matt Clark to Vice President.
Gibaratz, Partner, joined HCI in 2004 and plays a leading role in the diligence, acquisition and management of HCI’s portfolio companies.
Biddle, Managing Director, has been at HCI since 2006 and has a central role in HCI’s evaluation and execution of its investment mandate.
Frend, Managing Director, joined HCI in 2006 and in addition to deal leadership he
Clearlake Capital Group is to make a significant new equity investment in Dodge Construction Network (Dodge), an independent data platform supporting the multi-trillion-dollar US commercial construction industry.
With this growth investment, Clearlake becomes an equal partner with existing DCN investor Symphony Technology Group (STG). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo, BMO Capital Markets and Security Benefit provided debt financing supporting the transaction.
Tilley-Phoenix Group (Tilley-Phoenix), a US-based specialty ingredients distributor and value-added service provider, and a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), has acquired Callahan Chemical Company (Callahan), a regional distributor of high-quality ingredients and compounds serving a diverse set of end markets.
Callahan is a leading regional distributor offering optimised chemical distribution solutions aligned to individual customer requirements. The addition of Callahan to Tilley-Phoenix provides customers with state-of-the-art regulatory and technical support, broader logistics expertise, and an enhanced product offering of value-added ingredients for applications in regulated markets.
Triman Industries, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners LP (AEI), has acquired Brighton Cromwell and Crestwood Technology Group (CTG).
Shareholders from both Brighton Cromwell and CTG will retain significant ownership in the Company and remain in leadership roles going forward.
Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.
The strategic combination of these three highly complementary businesses will form a leading military aftermarket supply chain management platform with significant scale, broad market reach and a unique value proposition for its US and international military customers and more than 85 OEM partners.
Triman is a
Trading Technologies International (TT), a provider of professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions to proprietary traders, brokers, money managers, CTAs, hedge funds, commercial hedgers and risk managers, has invested USD6.35 million in KRM22, a technology and software investment company focused on risk management for capital markets.
This is the first investment TT has made since its acquisition by 7RIDGE in late December.
In addition, TT has entered into a distribution agreement to market and distribute KRM22 risk management products. The products will leverage TT’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform ecosystem and significantly expand the firm’s risk management offering. The initial
Apex Group Ltd has appointed John Davis as Managing Director, Singapore. Reporting to Valerie Mantot-Groene, Regional Managing Director, APAC, Davis will be responsible for leading a team of over 100 locally-based experts, and driving the firm’s continued growth and performance in the APAC region.
Davis brings over 13 years of experience in the Fund Services industry, as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Fund Administrators Association (SFAA) and most recently as Managing Director, Singapore at Mainstream Group. Davis joined Mainstream Fund Services as a graduate and held a variety of fund services roles including portfolio valuation, unit
Global alternative investment firm TPG has made a USD360 million investment in Fractal (fractal.ai), a global provider of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions to Fortune 500 companies.
The investment is bing made via TPG Capital Asia, the firm’s Asia-focused private equity platform, in a transaction that includes a combination of primary investment and secondary share purchase from Funds advised by Apax, who will remain a major shareholder following the transaction. The transaction is expected to close by the first quarter of 2022.
Additional terms have not been disclosed.
As part of the transaction, TPG’s Puneet Bhatia and
Northern Gritstone, a new university spin-out investment business based in the north of England and chaired by Lord Jim O’Neill, has appointed Marion Bernard as Chief Investment Officer.
Throughout her career Bernard has focused on funding fast-growing businesses in the UK. She joins Northern Gritstone from SME investor The Firmament Group, and prior to that led the Business Growth Fund’s activity in the south east of England.
Having begun her career at Barclays Bank, her experience also includes over half a decade at 3i Ventures as well as playing an instrumental role in founding Newcastle-based Northstar Ventures, where she was
Livingbridge has invested in UK-based Quorum Cyber, a cyber security services firm delivering managed detect and response capabilities to teams and organisations globally.
The investment builds on Livingbridge’s track record in the cyber security space, which includes investments such as Adarma and TitanHQ.
Livingbridge’s investment includes growth capital to enable Quorum Cyber to capitalise on strong macro tailwinds in the cyber security sector and execute its ambitious growth plans through increased investment in its solutions as well as sales and marketing functions.
Global dealmakers achieved their first positive M&A performance for a full year since 2016 last year, according to latest research on completed deals from Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM).
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