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Five Elms Capital, a global investor in high-growth B2B software companies, has announced the promotions of eight members of its team.
Private investment firm GI Partners is making a majority investment in American Residential Services (ARS), a provider of residential heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and plumbing services.Existing investor Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank) and management are also making significant new investments in the business.
Based in Memphis, Tennessee, ARS operates a network of more than 70 locally managed service centers in 23 states, with approximately 6,500 highly talented employees and the largest team of HVAC technicians and plumbers in the US. The company is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with an emphasis on highly skilled employees, state-of-the-art technologies including
Hayfin Capital Management (Hayfin) has appointed Alexander Wolfman as Managing Director and Global Head of Business Development.Wolfman has over 20 years of experience in the alternative investment sector. He joins from Avenue Capital Group, where, in his role as a Senior Managing Director and a member of the firm’s Management Committee, he was responsible for institutional fundraising and investor relations across the global investment firm, as well as product and strategic development.
Prior to joining Avenue in 2004, Wolfman worked as an investment banker at Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney, where he focused primarily on capital raising initiatives for private equity
Desch Plantpak (Desch), a portfolio company of Lincolnshire Management, has acquired Interplast Plastic Products (IPP), a manufacturer of horticulture container products headquartered in Holland.
RD Capital Partners (RDCP) is back on the acquisition trail after completing the buyout of Macair, a mechanical engineering firm that specialises in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) facilities maintenance and installation. This follows RDCP’s recent acquisition of Mexican restaurant chain Chilango and forms part of the firm’s continued strategy to grow and diversify its investment portfolio.
With offices in London and Hertfordshire, Macair has been in business for over 25 years, having been established in 1994. The company is RDCP’s second acquisition in the engineering and construction sector, following its acquisition of the civil engineering firm Killingley earlier
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp (SVAC) has closed its initial public offering of 36,000,000 units, which was priced at USD10.00 per unit, and resulted in gross proceeds of USD360 million.
Czech investment company Jet Investment’s portfolio company TEDOM, has appointed Vladimír Hlavinka, an experienced manager in the field of the power industry, as CEO. Hlavinka replaces Josef Jeleček, the founder of the Group which produces gas cogeneration units and operates thermal energy sources with an annual turnover of nearly CZK4 billion.
“Now that TEDOM has a single shareholder, the time has come to simplify the management of the Group and to take further steps that we have not been able to take in the past due to the dispute with the other shareholder,” says Jeleček. “TEDOM needs a view from the
An affiliate of middle-market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has completed its acquisition of Paragon Healthcare (Paragon) in partnership with the management team of the Company.Paragon is a leading provider of ambulatory and home infusion services and specialty pharmacy services. The Company provides comprehensive, high quality infusion services to patients with chronic health conditions and those in need of post-acute care. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with pharmacy and infusion operations in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, the Company has built an excellent reputation in the industry for its service to patients across
CIPHR, a leading UK provider of SaaS HR, payroll and recruitment solutions, has completed the acquisition of its strategic software partner, Digits Industries Ltd (Digits). The move follows CIPHR Group’s successful acquisition in December 2019 of Payroll Business Solutions (PBS).
CIPHR has partnered with Digits since 2018 to provide learning management solutions to CIPHR customers, integrated with CIPHR’s people management solutions, and making it easy for organisations to create, deliver and manage engaging online learning activity. Through the partnership with CIPHR, Digits has been able to grow the use of their LMS tools substantially. The two businesses already have more
Panasonic Corporation has launched Conductive Ventures II, with a commitment of USD150 million, a 50 per cent increase from the first fund. Headquartered in California, the new fund will invest in expansion stage enterprise software and hardware technology companies in the areas including artificial intelligence, financial technology, digital health, future of work, commerce, autonomous vehicle technologies, advanced manufacturing, among others. The first fund invested in companies such as Ambiq Micro, Blueshift, CSC Generation, Desktop Metal, Gen G, Jackpocket, Proterra, Self, Sprinklr, Survata and Versatile. Despite the young vintage of Fund I, one of its first investments, Desktop Metal, has announced its
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