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Breakout Ventures has closed of its oversubscribed second fund with USD112.5 million in commitments. Fund II received strong support from existing limited partners including Dolby Family Ventures, Thiel Foundation, GRIDS Capital, S Cubed Capital and deep tech investors Chris & Crystal Sacca, Tony Fadell, Zack Bogue and Matt Ocko.
Ascend Partners (Ascend), a healthcare focused private equity partnership, has closed its inaugural fund, Ascend Capital Partners Fund I (Ascend Fund I) with total committed capital of USD570 million.
The Fund was oversubscribed and hit its hard cap.
Ascend Fund I’s Limited Partners include public and private pension funds, foundations, financial institutions, and family offices with a shared mission of improving the access, affordability, and quality of healthcare for underserved and vulnerable communities
Blackstone has appointed David Ben-Ur and Atish Nigam to senior leadership roles in the Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM) business.
Ben-Ur will be the Chief Investment Officer of BAAM’s hedge fund solutions business (BPS) and Atish will serve as the Chief Investment Officer of BAAM’s special situations investing business (BSOF).
In conjunction with Ben-Ur’s hire, BAAM ahas also greed on preliminary terms to manage the assets of CAM Capital, Bruce Kovner’s family office.
Main Post Partners, a private equity investment firm, has invested in Guided Practice Solutions (GPS Dental or GPS), a dental service organisation.
Main Post is partnering with the founders and several partner-doctors in the transaction. Andy Graham, an executive with decades of DSO experience, will be joining the Board of Directors as Chairman.
Garnett Station Partners, LLC (Garnett Station), a New York-based investment firm, has made a growth investment in Las Vegas carwash brand WOW Carwash (WOW), through its GSP 3.0 Fund, LP.
GSP’s investment will be used to accelerate the growth of WOW Carwash, which was founded in 2015 by Todd Bender and Scott Wainwright and builds and operates eco-friendly, tech-enabled express car wash operations.
Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, has completed a USD20.5 million growth financing round led by Ten Coves Capital.
Existing investor Mosaik Partners also participated in the round with the proceeds set to be used by Cassini to accelerate its product development.
Cassini’s fully integrated platform enables asset managers to assess and optimise the liquidity and carry cost of their diverse trading strategies across the trade lifecycle from pre-trade, to intra-day to post-trade.
Bain Capital Credit, LP (Bain Capital Credit), has agreed a funding line of up to EUR183 million for Linus Digital Finance AG (LINUS), a publicly listed real estate fintech business, as part of a broader strategic partnership.
The proceeds will be used to further accelerate LINUS’ financing operations in the UK and Germany, focusing on the mid-market real estate segment. There are significant deployment opportunities for LINUS and its investors as European construction activity continues to grow at a rate of about 7 per cent per annum, according to Eurostat, from a total annual volume of approximately EUR800 billion last
Sandeep Banga has joined private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) as Investment Manager in its London office.
A chartered accountant and experienced corporate finance adviser, Banga joins from HomeServe plc where he worked as Head of Corporate Development managing the company’s merger and acquisition strategy. Previously, he spent four years with Moore Stephens, latterly as a Senior Associate in their corporate finance team, having initially joined as part of their graduate programme.
CapRock Partners (CapRock), an industrial investor, developer and asset manager in the Western US and Texas, has held the final closing of CapRock Logistics Venture at nearly USD700 million, significantly above its initial target of USD450 million.
The venture represents CapRock’s first development-focused vehicle, marking an expansion of its fund business, which has traditionally focused on value-add investments.
CapRock Logistics Venture is fully allocated to new large-scale industrial real estate projects and will fund nearly USD2 billion for Class A developments strategically located throughout the Western US. By the end of 2021, CapRock will be under construction on approximately
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, has made a significant investment in Entersekt, a specialist in device identity and authentication solutions headquartered in Cape Town.
The investment will enable Entersekt to accelerate its roadmap, hire top talent and fuel expansion into new markets.
Founded in 2000, Accel-KKR has invested in over 300 mid-market software and technology-enabled services businesses around the world.
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