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Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed its 1,000th add-on acquisition across more than 140 platform investments in six industries: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial services & technology, software & technology, and financial services.
Audax was established over two decades ago with a goal of creating a purpose-built organization with trusted relationships. Audax Private Equity is a pioneer of the Buy & Build strategy, which it has successfully executed over the course of the firm’s six flagship private equity funds and across various market conditions and financial cycles.
The firm averages seven add-on investments per each platform investment. Further, the firm
Arctaris Impact Investors (Arctaris) has appointed Mark Garcia as Chief Financial Officer. Garcia joins Arctaris after 13 years at Thomas H Lee Partners, where he served as Co-Chief Financial Officer.
“On behalf of Arctaris, I am very pleased to welcome Mark Garcia, to our leadership team as our firm continues to grow,” says Jonathan Tower, Founder and Managing Partner of Arctaris. “His extensive background in accounting and financial leadership will make an immediate impact as we fulfil our mission of investing in underserved communities with transparent reporting to our investors.”
Arctaris is committed to delivering broad social impact and investment
Prostar Capital, a midstream energy infrastructure firm, has successfully completed a refinancing for its portfolio company Fujairah Oil Terminal (FOT).
The new USD280 million debt facility will replace the existing senior debt as well as create a capital expenditure facility to fund the connection of the terminal to the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) jetty and ADCOP pipeline, which delivers Abu Dhabi’s Murban crude to Fujairah.
FOT is a 7.4 million-barrel bulk liquid storage terminal located in the Port of Fujairah, UAE, a major strategic energy trading centre and one of the largest bunkering ports in the world.
PRO Unlimited, a modern workforce management platform provider, through an agreement with EQT Private Equity, is to acquire Workforce Logiq from funds managed by Carlyle later this year, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
This transaction will combine two leading-edge companies that share a common strategic approach in solving its diversified clients’ contingent workforce management needs through the power of a holistic platform. This combination will expand PRO’s position as a preferred provider to the Global 2000, enabling organisations to achieve their strategic talent acquisition and cost reduction objectives.
Through these transactions, PRO will add Workforce Logiq’s proven and strong
Holland Mountain has opened its first North America office, reinforcing its commitment to the US market.
The alternatives specialist provides the only industry-specific solution that brings private capital data into one place to create a ‘single source of truth’.
Holland Mountain’s CEO Barnaby Piggott says: “Since launching ATLAS we’ve seen interest from clients grow rapidly as they realise there’s finally a data solution that’s tailor-made for this industry. We’ve made a series of strategic hires into our Europe team to support this growth and it was a logical next step to establish a permanent base of operations in the US
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Whittle & Mutch (W&M), a fourth-generation, family-owned flavour house that manufactures and sells liquid flavours, emulsions, extracts and other taste-related products primarily to beverage customers.
W&M is an add-on to Riverside’s FlavorSum platform that helps growing food and beverage companies go to market quickly and cost-effectively with innovative solutions for delivering great-tasting products that inspire loyalty among consumers.
W&M is the third add-on to Riverside’s Flavor Platform, following the initial platform investment of National Flavors in February of 2020, the add-on
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, has appointed Robert (Rob) L Wernli, Jr a as a corporate partner in the firm’s San Diego office.
Wernli’s experience as a public company and capital markets attorney includes both advisory and transactional areas. He advises public companies on SEC reporting, listing exchange compliance matters, corporate governance, and other ongoing business matters. He also has substantial transactional experience representing clients in capital markets deals, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.
“Public companies and other clients often have uniquely complex
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Orttech, Inc on its majority recapitalisation by Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN).
Headquartered in Solon, OH, Orttech is a leading value-added distributor delivering mission-critical torque control products to a diverse range of industrial power transmission end markets. Established in 1977, Orttech serves the press, marine, winch and agriculture markets, amongst others, with premier products and top-end service and expertise to its loyal, longstanding customer base.
Greg and Steve Zenczak, owners of Orttech, says: “Citizens was the only banking group who clearly understood the uniqueness of our business and
Periscope Equity, a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in technology-enabled business services, has invested in CyberMaxx, LLC through a recapitalisation in partnership with management.
CyberMaxx provides the healthcare industry with a full suite of services to prevent, detect, and respond to cyberattacks. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Nashville, CyberMaxx’s proprietary software, along with its extensive healthcare expertise, protects highly regulated industries that require cloud-based and on-premise security solutions.
CyberMaxx Co-Founder Thomas Lewis says: “This investment will advance our innovation to remain ahead of cyber criminals. As our growth continues to accelerate, we remain steadfast in our
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