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Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based, control-oriented private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has closed its inaugural fund, Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p I or Fund I), with USD423 million in aggregate capital commitments.
e2p’s team is led by experienced food and consumer packaged goods (CPG) operating executives and investment professionals with extensive industry networks and an entrepreneurial mindset. Managing Partner Mark Burgett brings over 20 years of private equity and finance experience and Managing Partner CJ Fraleigh brings over 25 years of operating experience, including prior roles as Chairman & CEO of Shearer’s
Dubin Clark, a private equity firm focused on building niche market leaders in the lower middle market, has sold portfolio company Sila Heating & Air (Sila) to funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sila is a specialist provider of HVAC replacement, service, maintenance, plumbing solutions, and water treatment. The company is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA and services residential customers in the greater Philadelphia, Boston, DC, NY/NJ/CT tri-state area, and Hudson Valley regions.
Dubin Clark launched the Sila HVAC platform in July 2019 and subsequently led the acquisition of
Travel and event management company, TAG, has launched a new travel division focused on the Investment Management sector.
Sitting alongside Corporate, Touring, Events, Private Travel and Production the newly established Investment Management division will deliver a bespoke service to this complex and fast-paced sector, alongside the high touch experience TAG is renowned for.
Director of Business Development and Strategy Daniel Price explains: “We have been working with Investment Management firms for over 30 years, so we understand their ways of working and what is important to these clients. We realised that their needs differ from our Corporate travellers,
Balderton Capital, Europe’s specialist Series A investor, has promoted Berlin-based Colin Hanna to Partner, making him Balderton’s first Partner to be based outside of London.
Hanna started at Balderton in 2016 and sits on the board of portfolio companies including VanMoof, Finoa and Ory.
Hanna is joined in the Berlin office by investor Shikha Ahluwalia. Further demonstrating Balderton’s ongoing commitment to the thriving European tech scene, Hanna will lead investments across Europe in purpose-driven, product-focused companies spanning verticals including Cloud, Consumer, Productivity, and Fintech from the heart of the continent.
NorthEdge-backed Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, has appointed a new Chair and CFO, as it enters its next phase of growth which includes expansion in the US.
David Stern joins as the business’ first Chair. Stern was formerly Global CEO of bath, body and hair care brand Crabtree & Evelyn and now sits as Non-Executive Chair for Bleach London and Duke & Dexter.
Originally from New York with experience in digital marketing roles in America, Stern’s network in the States will play a key role in Lights4fun’s growth in the US, assisting with the
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a further investment into Fresh Relevance, following on a record quarter of growth for the company, to accelerate product roadmap roll out and support scaling.
Some members of the management team have participated in the funding round, demonstrating strong support for the business and its growth.
Based in London, Fresh Relevance is a SaaS-based personalisation and decision engine for online businesses and was co-founded in 2013 by Mike Austin, Pete Austin and Eddy Swindell. Fresh Relevance’s versatile platform analyses transactional data in real-time and optimises the customer
Maguar Capital Partners (Maguar) has held the final closing of its debut fund, Maguar I, at its EUR104 million hard cap.
Despite challenging market conditions, the Maguar 1 fund attracted significantly more demand than it could accept, and was oversubscribed with commitments from leading European and US-based institutional investors, such as Aberdeen Standard Investments, Adams Street, Commonfund, Bregal, Golding or the European Investment Fund (EIF), various family offices as well as a significant GP team commitment.
Founded by the software entrepreneurs Gunther Thies and Matthias Ick, as well as the private equity investor Arno Poschik, Maguar exclusively invests in small
ThinCats, an alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, has added another experienced member to its London and SE regional team, James Osbiston, who joins from Clydesdale Bank.
Osbiston has over 12 years’ experience in financial services whilst working at both BNY Mellon and Clydesdale Bank, covering credit research, securitisation and business banking, with the last two years spent supporting the Origination of Acquisition and Leveraged Finance clients. Osbiston is a CFA charter holder and joins as Business Development Manager.
Osbiston will be responsible for the execution of lending transactions within the business community and private equity backed acquisitions, alongside the London
Daniel Repfennig has joined Polaris Private Equity as Director. Repfennig most recently held a position as Investment Director at private equity firm Solix and has been based in Copenhagen from 2018, overseeing several of the firm’s Swedish deals.
Prior to that, Repfennig worked at Nordic investment firm Ratos after beginning his career as a consultant with Arthur D Little AB in Stockholm. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and simultaneously completed his economics education from Stockholm University.
“We are pleased to welcome a strong profile such as Daniel to
Mobeus has agreed to sell Ludlow Wealth Management, a North West-based financial advice business, to Mattioli Woods plc, for an enterprise value of GBP36.1 million, subject to regulatory approval and completion of a share placing by Mattioli Woods.
Mattioli Woods is an AIM-listed provider of advice on wealth management and employee benefits that is acquiring Ludlow as part of its ambitious growth plans within the wealth management sector.
Mobeus backed CEO Ian Hemingway in a GBP12 million buyout from founder Sid Ludlow in June 2017, when the business had GBP865 million of Assets under Advice (AuA). Mobeus introduced chairman Phil
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