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KKR has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Therapy Brands, a practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software platform for mental, behavioural, substance use recovery, applied behaviour analysis (ABA) and physical rehabilitation healthcare providers, from its existing shareholders – investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC, Oak HC/FT and Greater Sum Ventures.
Existing investor PSG will participate in the transaction alongside KKR and continue to be a minority shareholder in Therapy Brands. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2013, Therapy Brands provides end-to-end, purpose-built software solutions to streamline the full clinical, administrative and reimbursement
Future Planet Capital (FPC) has acquired one of Britain’s oldest venture capital firms, Midven Ltd.
The deal will enable Future Planet to grow its extensive global innovation network, which includes Berkeley, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT and Oxford, by combining them with Midven’s access to top-ranked UK Government funded scientific research. FPC is already a leader in this sector and was one of the first to bring sovereign wealth fund investors to British university venture.
Future Planet Capital is unique in its impact led approach, built to invest in growth companies from the world’s top universities. The firm has built a track
Commonfund Capital, the private markets subsidiary of Commonfund, has appointed Mark Radville as Managing Director in the firm’s business development team.
Based in Los Angeles, Radville will oversee the building and expanding of Commonfund Capital’s relationships across pension plans, nonprofits, single and multi-family offices, insurance companies and RIAs.
Radville joins the Commonfund Capital team after spending five years leading the Western region sales efforts at HarbourVest Partners, where he gained significant exposure and experience operating in the private capital markets and driving institutional investment sales. Prior to HarbourVest, Radville spent nearly ten years in senior sales roles at Guggenheim
Buckeye Partners (Buckeye) and Nala Renewables will together acquire majority ownership of leading North American clean energy development and investment platform Swift Current Energy (Swift Current).
The transaction will enable Swift Current to accelerate its growth plans and allow Buckeye and Nala Renewables to invest in a renewable energy platform that aligns with their business priorities while further participating in the energy transition. Swift Current’s experienced management team will retain a minority ownership in the company through their holding company, Lookout Ridge Energy Partners, and remain in place as the company’s management.
“This strategic partnership offers an exciting opportunity
BlackRock Real Assets has successfully achieved a USD4.8 billion final close for Global Renewable Power Fund III (GRP III) with commitments from over 100 institutional investors, including leading public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and family offices from over 18 countries globally.
GRP III is the third vintage of BlackRock’s Global Renewable Power fund series and the fifth Fund overall, which invests in global climate infrastructure assets, primarily in renewable power generation, across Americas, Europe and Asia. GRP III seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns with positive and measurable environmental and social impact by investing across the
VSS Capital Partners’ (VSS) platform investment Endo1 Partners (Endo1) has secured USD115 million in debt financing to support its growth trajectory and continued expansion as fast-growing Endodontic Partnership Organization (EPO).
Houston, Texas-headquartered Endo1 provides non-clinical administrative support for affiliated, independent endodontic practices across 10 states in the US. The new debt financing will further accelerate the continued growth of the platform and fund future partnerships in its existing and new geographies. Endo1’s robust back-office infrastructure capabilities provide accounting, billing, business development, human resources, IT, marketing and recruitment services allowing independent endodontic practices to focus on delivering patient care.
“Endo1’s growth
Vistra, a provider of expert advisory and administrative support to Fund, Corporate, Capital Market and Private Wealth clients, has launched its Global Capital Markets – ‘Loan Market Solutions’, which coincides with the relocation of Navita Yadav, Global Head of Capital Markets, to London.
Vistra is the go-to partner for capital market participants globally and already provides services for debt market issuances, securitisation & structured finance, aviation ABS and tailored loan administration services. By adding Loan Market Solutions to its capital market services, Vistra will be able to provide loan administration services on more complex range of products from debt funds
While the “fear gauge” that tracks market volatility has remained at elevated levels since the onset of the pandemic, those who allocate alternative investment dollars for large investors are showing no signs of skittishness, according to the Alternative Investment Allocator Survey conducted by leading law firm Seward & Kissel.
The survey found that allocators are likely to increase allocations to less liquid strategies and continue to embrace emerging managers in 2021. The full survey is available here.
The survey analyses the views of individuals from pension funds, endowments, family offices, seeders, high-net-worth individuals, and others. Asked how their organisations’
Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle-market private investment firm, has held the final closing of Peak Rock Capital Fund III LP and its parallel funds.
Fund III substantially exceeded its target of USD1.3 billion and was over-subscribed, closing at its hard cap on USD2.0 billion of limited partner commitments. Peak Rock’s predecessor fund, Fund II, closed on USD1.3 billion of commitments in 2017 and its inaugural fund closed on over USD700 million in 2013.
Fund III will continue Peak Rock’s successful strategy of focusing on making investments in middle-market companies where Peak Rock can support senior management to drive rapid
Leading financial institutions, advisory services companies and government organisations have collaborated to create the Invest in Women Hub, an innovative resource run by the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs (CIFE), aiming to accelerate female entrepreneurship. The Council is the industry advisory group for the Rose Review Board.
Members of the CIFE have launched the Invest in Women Hub to reach more female entrepreneurs to share knowledge and improve access for those in need of funding and support, and create direct opportunities to share expertise, networks and inspiration.
The Council members have used their collective resources to bring the
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