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The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has promoted Drew Flanigan to Partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Since joining the firm in 2010, Flanigan has worked with more than a dozen platform investments. In his new role, he will help oversee the firm’s 10-person Dallas team and lead investments in the software and business services sectors.
“We are always delighted to promote talented people from within Riverside to Partner in our organisation,” says Riverside Managing Partner Peggy Roberts. “Drew is an invaluable member of the team, having created significant value
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, has sold GSM Outdoors, a provider of technologically-advanced, branded accessories for the hunting, sport shooting, and outdoor enthusiast markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.Headquartered in Irving, Texas, GSM has a broad portfolio of innovative hunting and sport shooting products sold under highly recognised brand names. GSM’s industry leading brands include Walker’s (hearing protection and enhancement devices); Muddy, Hawk, and Big Game (tree stands and box blinds); Stealth Cam (technologically-advanced game scouting cameras); Birchwood Casey, SME, TekMat, GPS Bags, and CrossFire (shooting targets, holsters,
Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a private equity firm that specialises in investments in healthcare and specialty industrial companies, has acquired Best Value Healthcare (Best Value) in partnership with its founders: Raj Naik, MD, Kimberly Ficocelli, and Dillon Moore. Best Value is a primary care platform focused on Medicare Advantage and operating in Central and South Florida. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Arsenal’s investment in Best Value reflects the firm’s interest in investing in the value-based primary care market, a large and fast-growing care provision segment uniquely positioned to drive significant value across key healthcare stakeholder groups:
British subscription-based pet wellbeing firm, ITCH, has secured GBP7.25 million in early stage investment, paving the way for it to expand into the GBP4.5 billion global pet insurance market.In a round led by YYX Capital, the personalised direct-to-consumer pet care service raised the cash injection from Accel Partners and Seedcamp, taking the total investment to GBP12.25 million.
On a mission to energise and inject personality into the staid flea prevention market, ITCH launched in July 2019 with a monthly flea and worming home delivery service.
Headquartered in Leeds, the direct to consumer business founded by pet industry entrepreneurs
Kingfisher Capital Advisors, operating as Alcedo Group, is launching its flagship Alcedo Master Fund LP (AMFL) in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and domiciling both the Master Fund and its managing vehicles, Alcedo Technology (Abu Dhabi) Ltd and Alcedo Capital Advisors (Abu Dhabi) Ltd, in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The ADGM will become the centre of the company’s global tech investment model, with all of its specialist funds connected to the Alcedo Master Fund LP in the ADGM.
The Alcedo Master Fund LP (AMFL) will deploy capital both in the UAE and globally with a focus
Capstone Partners, a leading independent global placement agent, has completed a survey with global investors to understand how the current virtual underwriting trend impacts their ability to make fund commitments.
Permira, a global private equity firm, has appointed Dr Bruno Strigini as a Senior Adviser, focusing on healthcare.Strigini brings over 30 years of experience in healthcare with a successful track record in international executive leadership as President and CEO of Novartis Oncology from 2014 to 2018. He was previously President of Europe/Canada at Merck & Co, and also worked at Schering-Plough, UCB, and SmithKline Beecham, where his roles have included President of International operations, President of Japan and Asia-Pacific, Head of Global Marketing and Business Development, and Managing Director positions.
Strigini currently serves as Chairman of the board of
Hampleton’s latest Cybersecurity M&A report highlights the importance of cybersecurity vendors as all industries seek protection from cyber-attacks, now that millions more people are working and learning from home using VPN networks and potentially suboptimal computer equipment and inadequate cybersecurity. Henrik Jeberg, director, Hampleton Partners, says: “A spike in phishing attacks, Malspams and ransomware attacks has forced companies digitising their processes to double down on IT and cybersecurity improvements.
“As a result, the IT Security Services segment has seen a rise in M&A activity, as firms continue to outsource their IT and cybersecurity needs. We expect this trend to continue
By Jeffrey Kirk and Simon Gray – Ever innovative and commercially minded, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has recently introduced a new regulatory regime for private equity, venture capital and other closed-ended funds – adding to its already well established, cost effective and popular stable of incubator funds and approved funds.
Hexcite Group, a leading provider of design, communication, brand activation, signage, display and merchandising products and services for major brand owners and retailers, has appointed Simon Langley as a non-executive director.Langley is an experienced executive with a long successful career in the retail store fixture and leisure interiors sectors. With a manufacturing background spanning over 20 years, Langley has delivered successful projects in the UK, across Europe and throughout the world for many well-known and recognised brands, including Whitbread, Travelodge, Vodafone, Samsung, Tesco, Asda, Apple, Sony, Aston Martin and Waitrose.
Langley has worked for several major industry players, notably
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