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Willkie Farr & Gallagher has added David S Hong as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management Department based in the Los Angeles office. Hong was previously a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson.
Hong focuses his practice on the formation and operation of private funds across the spectrum of asset classes, including private equity, credit, real estate, venture capital, growth equity, hedge and hybrid funds. He represents emerging and institutional private fund sponsors in fund formations, fund investment matters, seed capital arrangements, complex restructurings, structuring of investment management businesses and regulatory, compliance and operational issues. In addition, he represents
Starting the new year off on a high note, leading independent music distributor and technology platform Symphonic Distribution announces that it has received a USD37 million Series B investment.
Led by NewSpring and Ballast Point Ventures, the new investment comes on the heels of funding announcements by other industry participants, further solidifying investor interest in music technology and distribution.
Headquartered in Florida and with international presence in Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Spain and more, Symphonic remains a 100 per cent independent distribution and music technology company.
Middle market private equity firm MidOcean Partners (MidOcean) has acquired Casper’s Ice Cream (Casper’s), a manufacturer and supplier of branded and co-packed frozen novelty products sold through leading grocery and mass customers throughout the United States.
The Company primarily sells through the FatBoy brand, one of the fastest growing frozen novelty brands in the US, as well as the Jolly Llama and ChurnBaby brands.
MidOcean intends to accelerate the Company’s growth and drive value through comprehensive organic initiatives and strategic M&A. Casper’s represents MidOcean’s second investment in branded food in the last six months following the acquisition of Louisiana Fish
Highview Capital (Highview) has acquired Watterson, a national facility services company that provides a full suite of services, including facilities management, environmental services, and emergency and disaster response.
Over the last 20-plus years, the Company has built a strong base of long-term corporate clients, which includes leading brands in retail and commercial workspaces. Through its network of over 1,000 in-house and third-party service providers, Watterson has established a reputation for industry-leading response times and nationwide best-in-class customer service.
Following the close of the acquisition, Billy Watterson, Watterson’s founder, and Steve Peldiak, Watterson’s President, will both retain significant minority stakes
Private markets investment management firm Adams Street Partners has added Lou Holland Jr as the fifth member of its Board of Directors.
Holland’s addition to the Board of Directors concludes an extensive search within the asset management industry of executives with deep investment management backgrounds and a wide range of diverse perspectives.
Holland has spent 35 years in the asset management and investment business, including senior roles in sales, marketing and strategy at firms such as Oppenheimer Capital/Quest for Value, the John Hancock Funds and Nuveen Investments. He currently serves as President and CFO of his own family office, CUMOTA
Orange, via its holding company Orange Digital Investment, is investing in the ‘Move Capital I’ fund, a Kepler Cheuvreux Invest “Tech Growth” fund that supports future B2B ‘champions’ of European tech.
Move Capital is active in the fields of digital technology: IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cloud and Industry 4.0.
This investment is a boost for Orange Business Services, the global enterprise entity of the Orange Group.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company West Academic to BARBRI Global, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The sale of West Academic, a publisher of casebooks, treatises, study aids and other legal education materials for law students based on the work of thousands of well-respected legal scholars, is LLCP’s sixth successful exit in the last year, following Best Lawyers, Caring Brands, FlexXray, Trinity Consultants and Nothing Bundt Cakes.
symplr, a specialist in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group and Charlesbank Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions (Midas) from Conduent Incorporated (Conduent).
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Midas Health Analytics Solutions leverage a robust data warehouse with over 100 million claims and 30,000-plus indicators as well as comparative data from approximately 800 hospitals. Through its clinical and analytics transformation software solutions, Midas offers strategic guidance,
Accelerator Venture Partners (AVP), a Greater Philadelphia based early-stage venture fund, has added new general partner, Scott MacColl, the Founder of MacColl Strategic Advisors.
StoreDot, a specialist in extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles, has held the first close of its Series D funding round of up to USD80 million, the majority of which has already been secured.
The round is led by key strategic investors, strengthening StoreDot’s partnerships in the global automotive battery eco-system. The lead investor is the fast-growing flagship Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer, VinFast, which plans to scale up manufacturing and deploy StoreDot’s Extreme Fast Charging in future EV architectures.
Participants include bp ventures, a current StoreDot investor and active partner, underpinning its purpose of reimaging energy for
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