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Centerview Partners, an independent investment banking advisory firm, has added industry veterans Jack MacDonald, Gary Kirkham and Steve Miller to the firm’s technology practice in Palo Alto.
MacDonald, Kirkham and Miller each bring decades of senior-level investment banking experience across the technology industry.
“We are thrilled to expand our technology practice with Jack, Gary and Steve, who are among the most seasoned and well regarded investment banking professionals in the industry and align culturally with our entrepreneurial west coast operation,” says Robert Pruzan, co-founder of Centerview. “Their unparalleled insights, extensive network of relationships and decades-long track records working across the
Diligend, a fund due diligence and monitoring software provider, has launched a new and free to use Form ADV data module.
ADV data plays an instrumental role in helping investors make investment decisions during the selection of fund managers or when monitoring their existing portfolio. The data covers important information such as assets under management (AUM) breakdown, ownership, clients, employees, business practices, affiliations, and any disciplinary events of the adviser or its employees.
The Diligend Form ADV data module is a complimentary service enabling investors and consultants to review and monitor the Form ADV information and changes of any
Eventus Systems, a provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, has closed a USD30 million Series B funding round, led by Centana Growth Partners.
Also participating in the round were DRW VC, an arm of principal trading firm DRW, CMT Digital, existing investors Jump Capital and LiveOak Venture Partners, along with several new strategic investors.
Eventus will use the proceeds to further scale across the organisation, including growing its sales, product and engineering teams, building further on its flagship Validus platform, expanding its product suite across asset classes and introducing new financial risk applications to the platform.
IT staffing company Talent Group has named industry veteran Matthew Ripaldi as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The company has also completed a major rebrand designed to better reflect its identity as a provider of a full suite of recruitment services poised for continued growth.
Formed in 2018 by the combination of two leading IT staffing companies, Talent Group today manages a network of specialised delivery teams that offer a full suite of recruitment services for the IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance & Accounting sectors. Talent Group unites the power of a national team of seasoned client
Silver Oak Services Partners (Silver Oak), a lower middle market private equity firm focused exclusively on business, healthcare and consumer service businesses, has led the recapitalisation of Drive Automotive Services (Drive).
Drive, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a full-service operator of automotive repair shops, serving over 120,000 vehicles annually. The Company has 22 automotive repair sites across the US, in attractive, high-growth metropolitan markets including Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Knoxville and Phoenix under a handful of operating banners. Drive and its team of over 120 service technicians provide a complete suite of automotive maintenance and repair services to all major vehicle
Tidal energy specialist Nova Innovation has secured GBP6.4 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank to fund manufacturing and distribution of its subsea tidal turbines. The investment will see Nova increase its presence across the UK and expand into new global markets.
The Edinburgh-based company’s innovative 100kW tidal turbines have been transforming the power of the sea into clean, predictable energy in Shetland since 2016. By focusing on scalable solutions, Nova has been able to install, adapt and enhance its technology on site, creating a reliable and replicable product for mass production.
Nova’s turbines can be used to generate
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the refinance of NationsBenefits.
Additionally, The Pritzker Organization, Denali Growth Partners, and Monroe Capital provided equity capital to enhance the existing service offerings and support future growth of the Company.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Plantation, Florida, NationsBenefits is a leading supplemental benefits company that guarantees cost savings and long-term health outcomes to managed care organisations. Nations provides customised healthcare management solutions, based on clinically-focused interventions that maximise quality and deliver value-based outcomes. The organisation has been consecutively
Grafton Capital, a growth investor in European technology companies, has appointed Simon Rowan as a Partner.
Rowan joins Grafton Capital from Dunedin LLP, where he was a Partner and member of the Investment Committee which oversaw the highly successful Dunedin Buyout Fund III, which was focused on tech-enabled businesses.
Rowan led the technology enabled services investment team at Dunedin and sat on the Board of Incremental Group, a market leading digital transformation specialist. Prior to Dunedin, Rowan worked in New York in HSBC Investments fund of funds team before helping to establish HSBC UK Private Equity from London. He has
Alera Group an independent, insurance and financial services firm, is to merge with Propel Insurance Agency (Propel), one of the nation’s top 50 largest privately held insurance brokers.
Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Propel’s leading property and casualty capabilities will bolster Alera Group’s presence in the Northwest and Southeast regions, complementing the company’s current insurance and financial services offerings.
To further position the combined company for future growth and in support of the merger, Alera Group will also undergo a recapitalisation. Alera Group has secured new capital from its existing private equity partner, Genstar Capital, which helped form the company
CollegeDekho, a Indian college admissions and education services platform, has raised USD26.5 million in an ongoing (and oversubscribed) series B funding round led by Winter Capital Partners, ETS Strategic Capital – the private equity investments arm of ETS, Calega, and existing investors Man Capital and Rajeev Chaba.
The company had last raised USD8 million in May 2019.
With this funding round, the company plans to further improve its offerings for students and colleges, increase its investment in product & technology, expand internationally and grow new verticals like Ed-Fin-Tech and Student Accommodation.
With an aim to institutionalise higher-ed counselling,
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