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TERAM Capital SA, an independent alternative investment company, has been authorised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as an authorised asset manager of collective investment schemes. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
Peterson Search Partners, a new Peterson Partners strategy dedicated to search funds and micro-private equity, has announced a USD48 million fundraise for Fund I. The fund is mandated to invest USD1 million to USD2 million in talented operators with cash-flowing businesses.
“Our investment philosophy at Peterson Partners is to help great people build great businesses,” says Clint Peterson, Managing Partner of Peterson Partners. “We are thrilled to build upon our track record by bringing in outside, value-added investors with this new fund.”
Founder and Chairman Joel Peterson has invested in several notable search fund deals over the past several
The investment fund Taste of Italy 2, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR and Foodiverse Hold, is to acquires 60 per cent of the shares of Alimentación y Nutrición Familiar (Alnut) – a specialist in family and infant nutrition. The remaining 40 per cent stake remains with Foodiverse, the group to which the company currently belongs.According to the CEO of Foodiverse, Rafael Boix: “This alliance responds to three main objectives: stability, growth and expansion. These are goals that we have been working towards for years and we want to take a step further to give them a major boost.
At an early age, Dana Haimoff (pictured) was fuelled by ambition, which would go on to serve her well in her career as one of London’s leading female private equity executives. Her desire was simple: to move away from the school her parents sent her to, and enrol in Punahou.
“When my family lived in Lahaina on Maui I went to Sacred Hearts, a Catholic School made up of single-storey buildings with tin roofs,” says Haimoff. “The school didn’t have many facilities. Punahou on Oahu, on the other hand, was an immensely well-resourced school with a rich academic tradition on
Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Abhinav Agarwal as a Senior Director based in London. Agarwal joins A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group to lead their Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) service offering in Europe and brings more than 15 years of transactions experience.
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Strata Fund Solutions (Strata), a fund administrator serving US private equity and venture capital funds.This strategic acquisition represents another milestone in the firm’s North American growth strategy focused on providing high-quality, vertically integrated solutions to the most demanding private equity, venture capital, real estate, and credit investors. Strata’s premier client base and deep expertise are complementary to Alter Domus’ world-class servicing capabilities. Strata also brings a complementary technology stack to Alter Domus, as the combined business will leverage
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has made two new hires as it bolsters its developed market special situations capabilities – namely Neill Morgan, as a Senior Analyst and Juan Herrero, as an Analyst.Based in London, both will report to Adam Phillips, who joined the firm in October last year as Head of Developed Markets within its global leveraged finance team, and was charged with further enhancing BlueBay’s offering within this space.
The team believes there is an increasing opportunity to invest in stressed and distressed credit, where the level of corporate restructurings is set to remain elevated
Curve, a London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, has secured USD95 million from a group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round.Curve will deploy the investment to expand internationally, including to the US, and to deepen its European reach. Curve will also use the fresh funding to drive ongoing product innovation, notably of Curve Credit in early 2021. The fundraise will allow Curve to execute an ambitious strategy to become the leading financial superapp, bringing all your finances into one place.
The funding round was led by
Open Farm, a premium pet food brand committed to raising the bar on the way we feed our pets, has raised USD65 million in its latest round of funding, led by leading global growth equity firm General Atlantic (GA). This marks GA’s first investment in the pet industry. The company joins the existing leadership team and existing minority partner, Encore Consumer Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate Open Farm’s mission to Do Some Good for animals and the planet, introduce the brand to millions of new pet parents, and support continued innovation to transform the way pets are fed
HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Tom Shaw, a Vice President at the firm, to Principal, effective 1 January, 2021.
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