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Ara Partners, a private equity firm specializing in industrial decarbonisation investments, has hired Greg Zuboff as a Vice President and Abhiram Karuppur as an Associate.
“We are very happy to have Greg and Abhiram join the investment team,” says Tuan Tran, a Managing Director of Ara Partners. “They both bring significant execution and analytical experience to the firm and further strengthen our hands-on approach to portfolio management.”
“The additions of Greg and Abhiram help us to scale our investment activity as we evaluate a number of attractive opportunities,” adds Charles Cherington, a Managing Partner of Ara Partners. “Greg and
With the financial services sector having experienced a lot of consolidation recently, Private Equity Wire sat down with Hugh Elwes (pictured), managing director of Stephens Europe, to talk about financial services M&A and why the sector is so busy at the moment.
European private equity firm Silverfleet has invested in the fast-growing, SaaS provider, OneStock, a European specialist in modern and agile OMS software for retail. Silverfleet will hold a significant minority stake in OneStock.
Headquartered in Toulouse, France, and with offices in Paris and London, OneStock’s sector leading SaaS OMS platform allows omnichannel retailers to unify their stock – from warehouses, distribution centres and stores – in order to enhance customer experience (CX) while improving profitability for the retailer.
By creating a single view of stock on an integrated platform, OneStock’s solution makes the retailer’s entire pool of inventory available
Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has invested GBP2.25 million into Metrion Biosciences, a contract research organisation (CRO) catering to the drug discovery market.
Metrion Biosciences (Metrion) is a specialist contract research company providing drug discovery services to the worldwide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The Company is a leader in the field of ion channel biology and works with life science companies to assess the activity of innovative new compounds on human ion channels associated with disease, as well as to screen potential
Cyance, a provider of global, third-party intent data, has secured a new round of additional funding from existing investors — including Blackfinch Ventures and Nexus Investments — in the amount of GBP860,000.
The funding follows a period of significant growth for the startup company with revenues increasing by 18 per cent and customer value rising by 30 per cent in the past year, in spite of the pandemic.
The company will leverage the funding to continue to grow its internal team, which has already doubled in size over the last 12 months. It will also be used to accelerate the
Venture capital firm Sky9 Capital’s portfolio company Smart Share Global, has completed its IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker ‘EM’, at a market capitalisation of USD1.7 billion at closing.
SK Capital Partners, LP, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of IPACKCHEM Group SAS (IPACKCHEM), a specialist in sustainability-oriented barrier packaging.
Founded in 1987 by Jean-Philippe Morvan as a division of Air Products Group, IPACKCHEM is a leading global supplier of innovative and specialised barrier packaging solutions. IPACKCHEM’s leading market positions in the Crop Protection and Specialty Chemical markets are further underscored by its commitment to providing 100 per cent recyclable plastic barrier packaging. IPACKCHEM is headquartered in Paris, with global operations spanning seven countries and four
Glasgow-based investment firm N4 Partners has added Jacqueline Wallace and Andrew Kerr to its team.
Kerr has joined the firm as Director and brings a wealth of M&A experience to the role having worked with both RBS Structured Finance and more recently Ernst & Young, where he established the firm’s Scottish regional M&A team.
As N4 Partners’ new Financial Controller, Wallace has gained an impressive range of experience across a number of prestigious organisations including Morgan Stanley, Babcock Marine Clyde and Edwin James.
Kerr says: “N4 have created an outstanding platform with a truly differentiated proposition, and I’m
Sidley Austin has appointed Anthony Norris and Christopher Rile as partners in the firm’s global M&A and Private Equity practice in New York.
They join from Ropes & Gray LLP, where they have been longtime partners in the firm’s private equity transaction group.
Norris and Rile represent leading private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, preferred equity investments, securities offerings, and other significant transactions. Mr. Norris focuses on industries such as healthcare, software, and technology. Mr. Rile will focus his practice on representing private equity sponsors and public and private businesses in a wide range of
Capital Alignment Partners, NewSpring, Petra Capital Partners, and Tecum Capital (the SBIC capital syndicate), in partnership with Silver Palm Capital Healthcare Partners, has acquired Aging With Comfort, a Philadelphia-based home care agency that provides personal care assistance for elderly and disabled clients.
Aging With Comfort’s in-home care team works with clients’ families to build customised care plans based on their specific needs, including personal grooming, medication reminders, meal planning, housekeeping, and much more. The company also onboards, trains, and manages home caregivers to ensure clients receive the highest quality care possible and caregivers remain compliant with state and federal laws.
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