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NavigatorCRE, a commercial real estate data analytics SaaS platform, has completed a GBP12.5 million Series A funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners.
Also including participation by existing investors, the round paves the way for the Seattle based start-up to now enter the UK commercial real estate market.
NavigatorCRE has been one of Seattle’s fastest growing startups, with offices in Seattle, Los Angeles and Dallas and a client roster of some of the largest commercial real estate operators in the USA. The company intends to double its size and revenue over the next year, and has set a goal for
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has made five new hires in its Boston and Menlo Park offices.
Kevin Schuler and John Triebsch have rejoined the firm as Vice Presidents in Boston and Menlo Park, respectively while Ritika Chandra and Gregory Majno have joined as Vice Presidents in Boston, and Eric Zagorski as a Vice President in Menlo Park.
“We are excited to expand our professional and investment teams with the addition of Ritika, Greg and Eric, and the return of Kevin and John to TA,” says Ajit Nedungadi, Chief Executive Officer of TA. “These individuals bring a
Bamboo Capital Partners, the asset management arm of Palladium, has committed to deploy USD1 billion of impact investments over the next three years.
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has made an investment in Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sparus and its subsidiaries, Southern Cross and The Spear Group, provide a complementary suite of field and professional services to customers across utility, industrial, and pharmaceutical end markets. The Company’s technology-enabled service offering includes: gas line inspection and leak detection, utility metering services, utility locate services, project management and delivery, owners’ representation, and other related professional services. Subsequent to Ridgemont’s acquisition
NextGen Growth Partners (NGP), a private equity firm that partners with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and management teams to invest in sustainable, growing companies, has appointed Jim Bland as a partner, with a specific focused on the firm’s new investment and portfolio company efforts.
“Jim brings an immediate positive impact to our team and business,” says Brian O’Connor, NGP Founder and Managing Partner. “His extensive investing and operating experience, ability to lead others and care for the legacy of the businesses we invest in are evident in everything he does. We are thrilled to welcome Jim as a Partner at NGP and are
KKR, a leading global investment firm, has appointed Michaela Wood as a Director, with immediate effect.
Based in London, Wood will join the EMEA private equity team to work on UK coverage as well as supporting investments in the Business Services sector across Europe.
Wood joins KKR after six years at CVC Capital Partners where she worked on a range of transactions including the RAC, QA, Neptune Energy, PRO14 Rugby and Six Nations Rugby. She joined CVC from BC Partners, where she supported UK companies including Sabre Insurance and CarTrawler. Prior to BC Partners, Michaela worked for the Boston Consulting
DigitalEd has secured a growth investment from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies.
DigitalEd provides a SaaS-based digital learning platform called Möbius, focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. PSG is DigitalEd’s sole outside investor. Financial terms were not disclosed.
DigitalEd was founded in 2018 with a simple and resonant mission – to shape the world through digital learning. DigitalEd provides individual learning, in a shared world, allowing students to acquire knowledge at a guided, self-defined pace. DigitalEd currently supports over 300 educational institutions worldwide, administering over 20 million tests and
Lakemore Partners, a private credit investment firm primarily investing in control CLO equity, has named as Dan Norman Managing Director and Head of its US business operations.
Norman will focus on growing Lakemore’s investment platform globally from its recently established US office in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Norman joins Lakemore following his retirement last year from Voya Investment Management (Voya) where he most recently served as Group Head and Senior Managing Director. While at Voya, he founded the firm’s Senior Loan Group in 1995 and co-managed the Group’s global loan platform including its global CLO business, which by the end of
Coller Capital and Ping An Overseas Holdings has closed one of the world’s largest private credit secondaries transactions for a credit portfolio managed by Ping An, together with its subsidiaries – the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance Company of China.
The deal will close on 30th July 2021. Following the closure of the transaction Ping An will continue to manage the portfolio, which consists of four flagship credit funds managed by blue-chip North American and European managers.
The portfolio is highly diversified, covering 400 positions in more than 250 companies and spread across a
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