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Leading capital markets and investment firm LGB & Co Limited and Smith Square Partners, a corporate finance advisory firm, have formed a strategic alliance to enable the clients of each firm to gain access to the other’s areas of specialisation and the two firms to benefit from opportunities to work together. Smith Square provides high quality corporate finance advice to public and private companies with particular strength in mergers and acquisitions, while LGB has established a strong reputation for debt and equity capital raising. Accordingly, the alliance will focus on introductions of corporate finance advisory business to Smith Square by LGB,
Monte Nido & Affiliates (Monte Nido) a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Rosewood Ranch, (Rosewood), the operator of three eating disorder treatment facilities in the greater Phoenix, Arizona market. Founded in 1998, Rosewood is an industry pioneer, offering curated treatment modalities for both adolescent and adult patient populations.
Monte Nido is a market-leading eating disorder treatment platform now operating 29 facilities across eleven states nationwide. With a track record of clinical excellence, Monte Nido has successfully treated adult and adolescent patients since its founding in 1996. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Monte Nido now offers residential
Bedford Row Capital (BRC), a global non-bank originator, has appointed Professor Kevin Haines as its first Head of Social Policy to lead the development of its ESG offering.Haines’ role will include setting up internal ESG processes for BRC, developing due diligence processes to identify ESG-compliant firms looking to issue debt securities and to communicate the firm’s approach on ESG to investors.
Professor Haines has a distinguished academic career as a criminologist for over 30 years, leading departments at the University of Swansea and, more recently, the University of Trinidad and Tobago. He has also been involved in high profile
Law firm Paul Hastings has served as legal advisor to Romeo Systems, Inc. (Romeo Power), in its agreement to merge with RMG Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).The merger will result in Romeo Power becoming a publicly listed company. The combined company will be named Romeo Power Inc. and is expected to remain listed on the NYSE and trade under the new ticker symbol “RMO.” RMG Acquisition Corp. trades under the symbol RMG. The merger values Romeo Power at USD1.33 billion.
Romeo Power is an industry leading energy technology company focused on designing and manufacturing lithium-ion battery modules
MANTA, a unified data lineage platform provider, has closed a USD13 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, accompanied by SAP.iO Fund, German VC fund Senovo, and Czech VC fund Credo Ventures.MANTA’s platform pioneers the data management market, providing users with a fully automated lineage solution that helps them understand journeys and dependencies between data assets across the company’s entire system. Thanks to automation, the platform augments an organisation’s data management and gives its users immediate and in-depth visibility into the state of their environment by drawing a clear, yet detailed map of all of their data flows and
Lean Staffing Solutions (LSS), a provider of nearshore, expert outsourced solutions for transportation and logistics companies in the United States, has secured a USD42.5 million minority growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused investor in innovative companies in enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing.
Gridiron Capital, an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, has formed a new partnership with Cubii, a DTC-driven creator of innovative fitness equipment and approachable wellness solutions.
Downing Ventures has appointed Joe Raffa as a Venture Partner as it scales up for global expansion and sector specialisation.
Raffa is an investor and executive with extensive expertise in early stage and Fortune 100 technology companies bringing with him a wealth of knowledge to the Downing team and portfolio companies, as Downing Ventures continues to increase value added across the board.
Raffa is currently advising several startups across Europe and the US on product strategy, engineering execution and international expansion. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Joe worked with BCG Tech Ventures, the research commercialisation and spinout arm of Boston
Catalio Capital Management LP (Catalio), a life sciences investment firm, has held the close of its oversubscribed second venture fund, Catalio Nexus II, at its hard cap of USD100 million, backed by private equity and hedge fund investors, as well as institutional family offices and foundations. In addition to closing its largest fund to date, Catalio announced the opening of a flagship office in Manhattan to facilitate the firm’s rapid growth.
Catalio has raised nearly USD150 million since inception and invested in 20 innovative, high-growth life sciences companies founded or referred by an elite group of world-renowned serial scientist-entrepreneurs who
With the profound impacts of Covid-19 continuing to reverberate around the world, it is notable how robust the funds industry has been during the last six months. In Ireland, like elsewhere, significant redemptions were registered in March as investors sought to reduce risk and increase liquidity.
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