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Squire Patton Boggs has appointed David Milne as a partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Leeds. Milne joins from Eversheds Sutherland.Milne specialises in private equity transactions and UK and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A). His private equity experience includes acting for numerous private equity firms, as well as for a wide range of management teams and shareholders of businesses in diverse industry sectors. He has advised on investments, acquisitions, buyouts and disposals across the manufacturing, engineering, food and drink, consumer, technology, business services, facilities management and healthcare sectors. He has completed more than 100 M&A deals, including many cross-border
Crestbridge has appointed Aaron Bird as Associate Director of Business Development.In his new role, Bird is responsible for growth, client acquisition and business development, focusing on Mid-Cap fund managers in the global private equity and venture capital space.
Based in Jersey, Bird brings with him 19 years’ experience working with alternative and institutional fund managers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As well as extensive knowledge of front and back office services, he previously worked in the Fintech space in London and Jersey as a member of the board of one of the world’s largest privately owned foreign exchange
Impact investment platform Bamboo Capital Partners (Bamboo), and Palladium, a global impact advisory and management firm, have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to ‘deliver impact at scale’. Under the terms of the strategic partnership, Palladium has taken a minority stake in Bamboo.
Bamboo and Palladium have joined forces to achieve their shared objective of mobilising private sector investment at scale to significantly contribute toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The strategic partnership combines Bamboo’s knowledge of institutional and private sector investors and its track record of impact investing in emerging markets, with Palladium’s global footprint, sector
Bullhorn, a cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organisations transform their businesses, has secured Stone Point Capital as its new lead investor. Insight Partners and Genstar will remain as investors in the business. Stone Point was attracted to Bullhorn on the strength of its long-term opportunity to serve the global staffing and recruiting industry, its consistent revenue growth, and its reputation for customer success. The entire Bullhorn management team will remain with the company to execute on its strategic roadmap and continue its mission to create an incredible customer experience.
The staffing and recruiting industry has increasingly embraced
Dawn Capital, a European venture capital fund dedicated to B2B software, has closed Dawn IV at the fund’s hard cap of EUR333 million/USD400 million.The fund was oversubscribed and closed within six months of launch, after receiving strong support from existing investors and attracting new investors from the US, Europe and Asia. The investors committing to the fund comprise leading institutional investors, including pension funds, endowment funds, fund of funds as well as family offices and high net-worth individuals.
Dawn IV will pursue the same strategy as its predecessor funds, investing in Series A and B rounds in Europe’s leading
Athennian, developers of a cloud-based legal entity management software, has secured an USD8 million Series A investment, led by Arthur Ventures, and a previously unannounced USD2 million seed financing round from Q3 2019, bringing the total level of funding to USD10 million. Alongside, Arthur Ventures, whose General Partner, Patrick Meenan, has joined Athennian’s board, today’s funding round is supported by Round13 Capital, InterGen Capital, ATB Financial, and existing investors: Thin Air Labs, BlueSky Equities, Viewpoint Capital, Strategic Equities, and others.
Athennian’s software is used by legal departments and professional services firms to automate subsidiary and entity management. The funds will be
AUA Private Equity Partners has acquired Westminster Pet Products (Westminster), a family-owned developer and marketer of pet treats, chews and supplies as well as shoe care products. Westminster operates out of a 240k square foot BRC-AA certified facility located in Cumberland, Rhode Island, selling to a robust blue-chip North American customer base.
Westminster represents AUA Private Equity’s first platform investment in the pet industry which is supported by attractive industry tailwinds and increasing consumer spending on pets as extensions of the core family. AUA Private Equity will work with existing management to continue the Company’s growth trajectory through product development, increased
Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed educational virtual reality business, Avantis Systems, with a GBP4.25 million investment. Founded in 2007 by CEO Nik Tuson, Gloucester based Avantis has a strong pedigree in the delivery of educational technology solutions in the classroom.In 2017 it launched ClassVR, a complete system of hardware, software and content that enables teachers to immerse their pupils in a wide variety of virtual reality experiences, sparking creativity and improving pupil engagement. Sales of ClassVR have grown rapidly in the three years since launch with over 40,000 VR headsets now deployed in more than 3,000 schools around the
Neuberger Berman-owned Marquee Brands, a global brand owner, marketer and media company, has appointed Neil Fiske as its first chief executive officer. Fiske has 20 years of brand building experience across various consumer segments. Most recently, he was the chief executive officer of the GAP brand. “Neil brings world-class multi-brand operational experience to Marquee Brands and has a track record of successfully building and repositioning brands. We are very excited to have him lead the team as the company’s first chief executive officer. Neil has the leadership track record and breadth of business experience we believe are critical to lead Marquee,”
International law firm Proskauer has appointed Christopher C Robinson as a partner in the firm’s Private Funds Group in New York.“Chris is an outstanding lawyer with a depth of experience in the Private Funds arena. His joining marks the eleventh lateral partner we have welcomed this year and continues our strategy of growing in our core practices, building on the depth of talent within our Firm,” says Steven M Ellis, Chairman of Proskauer.
“I am thrilled to be joining Proskauer. The firm is known for having a world-class Private Funds practice that is widely respected in the industry. Proskauer recognises
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