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Lafayette Square, an impact-driven, minority-owned investment platform, has appointed Seren Tahiroglu as Chief Financial Officer of the firm’s credit strategy.
Tahiroglu, who joins from Ernst & Young LLP, will oversee the accounting and financial reporting functions for the firm’s credit platform. Tahiroglu will hold an important role as the company makes investments in small and medium-sized businesses that support job growth across the United States.
“We’re pleased to have Seren join our team and are excited that his experience and background are well suited to lead the finance function for our credit strategy,” says Damien Dwin, Founder & CEO of
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has promoted Alex Thomson to Partner, Jay Salter to Investment Director and James Handley to Investment Manager.
The internal promotions reinforce GCP’s commitment to investing in its people and follows the recent first close on its new GCP Fund V and the completion of the first two investments in the fund.
Thomson joined GCP in 2011 and has a track-record of forging strong partnerships with management teams and leading several successful investments which include Cooke Optics, The DMW Group and Infinity Works. He most recently led GCP’s investment in Hippo Digital, the second investment in Fund
Crosspoint Capital Partners (Crosspoint) has closed Crosspoint Capital Fund I (Fund I), a private equity investment fund focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software sectors.
Fund I closed at USD1.3 billion, exceeding its target of USD1 billion and making it one of the largest first-time, technology-focused private equity funds ever raised. Managing Partners of the firm include Greg Clark, Ian Loring, Steve Luczo, Matt MacKenzie and Hugh Thompson.
“Private equity is an exceedingly competitive industry and simply having capital is no longer a source of differentiation. We are pursuing a new and differentiated model for private equity investing
Ecommerce data specialist Conjura has launched a new data due diligence service, Snapshot. This allows businesses preparing for a funding round to assess the customer data they hold. This can be used to demonstrate current performance and also identify potential growth opportunities. Conversely, Snapshot can be used by investors to audit and analyse granular transaction level business data to help them decide whether to invest or not.
Conjura Snapshot plugs in direct to the APIs of the majority of cloud-based tools and systems used by ecommerce businesses to provide an overview of online/offline sales, customer marketing, product development and
CenterOak Partners LLC (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, today announced the closing of CenterOak Equity Fund II (Fund II) with total equity commitments of USD690 million. Fund II was oversubscribed, exceeding its USD575 million target and closed at its hard cap.
Fund II will continue the firm’s strategy of investing alongside managers of attractive middle market companies in the business services, industrial growth, and consumer sectors across the US Fund II received investments from public and private pension funds, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, family offices and insurance companies.
“We are very pleased and honored to have received such
Capstone Partners, a specialist independent global placement agent, has appointed Lars Lindqvist as a Principal. Based in Europe, Lindqvist will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the Nordics, UK and the Middle East.
“We are delighted to welcome Lars to Capstone Partners. He has 12 years of fundraising and secondaries experience with European and Middle Eastern LPs and as a Swede brings local talent to our Nordic coverage,” says Lucien Cipollone, Associate Partner at Capstone Partners.
“As we continue to grow, Lars’ wealth of knowledge and expertise is a valuable asset in the prevailing times.”
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ARQIS has advised BME Group on the acquisition of the Mahler Group – a general building materials and tiles distributor in Bavaria. The sale of shares is still subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities and is expected to be completed in the course of 2021.
BME is one of Europe’s specialist building material distribution companies and active in the distribution of building materials in Germany under the brands Bauking (General Builders Merchant) as well as Paulsen Gruppe, Detering, Bergmann & Franz (all Sanitary, Heating & Plumbing merchants). With the acquisition of the Mahler Group, Bauking will expand its
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Talentsoft on its proposed sale to Cegid, a Silver Lake portfolio company.
The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory authorities and customary works council consultations.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Paris, Talentsoft is a cloud-native European leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) software with 2,200 customers active in 130 countries. Talentsoft leverages an open HCM platform with powerful talent management, learning and core HR capabilities to enhance the employee experience while adjusting to cultural, linguistic and regulatory requirements of HR management across Europe. Led by its
In this week’s podcast, Mark Yusko – founder, chief investment officer and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management – discusses why, in his view, SPACs are now replacing the traditional Series C, D and E rounds, how retail investors could tap into previously ‘hard to access’ late-stage growth PE with the help of SPAC vehicles, and his take on the viability of the SPAC craze.
Moonfare is launching the Moonfare Growth Equity Portfolio, a new portfolio of technology funds that gives individual investors access to the most exciting strategies in private equity.
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