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Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed of Chris Goodgame as a Managing Director in its Global Transaction Advisory Group (TAG).
The arrival of Goodgame marks the latest step in the group’s strategic growth plans in Europe and across the world, following the recent launch of A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory practices in Spain and the Middle East.
Goodgame has more than 15 years’ experience advising private equity investors on M&A, with a focus on the financial services sector. He has worked on over 200 transactions across Europe throughout his career. In the last eighteen months, these have
Valuation Research Corporation (VRC), a global provider of independent valuation support and advisory services, has completed of three solvency opinions in connection with the recapitalisation of three private equity-backed health and cosmetic care companies.
VRC was engaged to provide solvency opinions by the boards of Milan Laser Holdings, a physician-owned permanent laser hair reduction provider operating in 20 states; OB Hospitalist Group, a provider of on-site, board-certified obstetric and gynaecology hospitalist programmes and related physician support services; and Soliant Health, a nationwide healthcare staffing company.
“We are pleased that these three leading healthcare organisations chose VRC to provide solvency evaluations
An affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Daniel Measurement and Control business (Daniel) from Emerson Electric Co (NYSE: EMR).
Headquartered in Houston with a state of the art, strategically located manufacturing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, Daniel is a global leader providing flow and energy measurement technologies and services to the natural gas and refined hydrocarbon industries. With an 85-year heritage as the preeminent supplier of engineered solutions for flow measurement in custody transfer applications, Daniel is the most trusted brand for customers across the energy and hydrocarbon supply chain.
The transaction
Time Finance has appointed Rebekah Middleton as Head of Hard and Soft Asset and Direct Business. She previously held the role of Head of Hard Asset and the move sees her take on additional responsibility to oversee the company’s Asset offering with both its broker networks and through direct channels.
Middleton’s focus will be on enabling UK businesses to access the funding solutions they require to invest in the vital equipment their firms need to achieve their plans.
Middleton brings over 20 years’industry experience to the role having built a credible career working in sales management and business development roles
Augmentum Fintech, the UK’s only publicly listed investment company focusing on the fintech sector, and Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset manager, have announced an enhanced partnership to promote further growth in the burgeoning European fintech sector.
Covid-19 has been a catalyst for many fintech companies with an increasing demand from both consumers and businesses for enhanced digital capabilities. As the only publicly listed Fintech venture capital fund in the UK, Augmentum Fintech is playing a key role in supporting fintech companies to maximise their growth potential. As at end June 2021, Augmentum has backed 22 companies across diversified fintech
Business development consultancy ThoughtSpark has released a new report on the skills levels in PE-backed companies. The report – based on a medium-range study conducted throughout 2020 and into 2021 – reveals the collective view of top PE firms on skills in the companies in which they invest. The report reflects PE professionals’ views across the recent global pandemic period, as well as anecdotal comments from leaders of PE-backed companies.
The new ThoughtSpark study is timely in that PE firms have been raising record funds, but now have the challenge of applying those funds in particularly turbulent markets. The current
PureCars, a martech and advertising intelligence provider for automotive retailers and marketers, which is backed by Diversis Capital Partners and Stage 1 Ventures, has acquired shopping personalisation (DXP) and fintech platform, truPayments.
PureCars’ tech optimises media buys to achieve lower ad costs per unit sold and per RO, resulting in increased profitability for dealerships. truPayments’ tech converts shoppers earlier in the buying process, further reducing advertising costs for dealerships, while providing an improved buying experience for their customers. PureCars is backed by Diversis Capital Partners and Stage 1 Ventures.
truPayments, is a financial technology company with deep roots in
Premier IT, a provider of e-learning, workforce planning and performance software for the healthcare sector, has secured a GBP1 million term loan that will be used to fund the acquisition of Zebra Workforce, a start-up business that specialises in creating automated employee schedules for the health and care workforces.
Premier IT provides its software to more than 200 customers, including GPs, hospitals and independent healthcare organisations, reaching healthcare professionals such as consultants, nurses, midwives and care support staff. Demand for its educational products is driven by the regulatory requirement for healthcare professionals to demonstrate continual professional development, as instructed by
Perwyn, a family-backed private equity and growth capital investor, has led a USD30 million Series C funding round in online personal shopping service Lookiero.
Founded in 2015 by Oier Urrutia, Lookiero combines the expertise of personal shoppers and a deep understanding of its customers with in-house recommendation algorithms to provide a fully personalised style experience to customers. By employing a customer’s style profile, Lookiero delivers a carefully curated selection of five pieces of clothing and accessories to fit a customer’s individual size, style, and preferences. Customers then decide which items to keep or return (at no additional cost), enabling Lookiero’s
Pemberton, a European private debt manager transforming traditional credit markets, backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, has arranged and underwritten a EUR265 million bond to support circular economy and recycling leader ReLife Group’s growth via acquisitions.
ReLife is a leading private Italian circular economy player focused on recycling of urban and industrial dry waste. Xenon Private Equity is its largest shareholder. The company’s 18 production sites are located in Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Tuscany, with activities organised into four divisions: recycling, paper mill, paper packaging and plastic packaging.
The financing is aimed at
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