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Sovereign Capital Partners, a UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has appointed Emma Flin to its investment team. Flin, an Investment Director, will primarily be focused on the Business and Technology & Information services sectors, further deepening Sovereign’s capabilities in these areas. The early part of Flin’s career in M&A was with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and then UK Landsbanki Securities, the investment banking arm of Landsbankinn. She then spent the following 10 years with Capita plc as Corporate Development Director leading the Group’s acquisition and disposal activity. There she led large volumes of transactions across a wide range of sectors.
Coutts, the Private Banking arm of NatWest, together with BGF, are working on plans to launch The UK Enterprise Fund to bring additional funding and support to entrepreneurs across the UK.
The partnership will build on Coutts and BGF’s existing platforms, drawing on the significant scale and financial firepower of the two companies. It will identify and address equity gaps across the whole of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with specific initiatives and programmes for female-led businesses and aimed at increasing the diversity of management teams.
The launch of the partnership coincides with the one-year anniversary of the Alison Rose Review of Female
Global private equity firm OpenGate Capital’s portfolio company Duraco Specialty Tapes (Duraco), a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive tapes, has acquired Infinity Tapes, a manufacturer of customised adhesive products, from a private seller. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Infinity Tapes, headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is a manufacturer of double coated tapes, silicon coated liners and tamper evident products in the transit packaging and industrial end markets. Infinity Tapes has a workforce of approximately 45 employees and will continue to be led by President Craig Allard as a division of Duraco.
The addition of Infinity Tapes expands Duraco’s product offering in
Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity firm, has completed the final closing for Bregal Sagemount Fund III (Fund III) at the Fund’s hard cap of USD1.5 billion, exceeding its USD1.35 billion target.Fund III will continue the investment strategy Bregal Sagemount has pursued since its inception in 2012 and focus on providing flexible capital and strategic assistance to market-leading companies in high-growth sectors across a wide variety of transaction situations.
Gene Yoon, Founder and Managing Partner of Bregal Sagemount, says: “We are grateful for the support and trust from our existing investors and are pleased to welcome a select number of
Experienced Corporate lawyer James Fox has joined Ogier as a partner based in the firm’s Jersey office.Fox has over 20 years’ experience of corporate legal work in the UK and Jersey and has acted for clients in a large number of M&A and IPO transactions as well as having experience in real estate investment structuring, fund formation and finance work.
He has an extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory regime in Jersey and is known for taking a commercial approach to delivering legal advice and solving legal issues for clients.
Ogier’s Global Head of Corporate Nathan Powell says: “As
Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) has appointed Dan Pomerantz and Greg Carter as Senior Advisers in the firm’s Portfolio Value Creation team. In their roles, they will collaborate with portfolio product and technology leaders to build high performing teams, deliver outstanding products, and accelerate growth.
“We are thrilled to add two seasoned executives with unique management, product development and technology expertise in both established and growing companies to our Portfolio Value Creation team at SGE,” says David Badler, Head of Portfolio Value Creation. “Dan’s substantial experience and knowledge as a seasoned operating executive and Greg’s extensive background in logistics and software
Keystone Capital’s portfolio company, MERGE, has completed the acquisition of the Sandbox Group (Sandbox), an independent, full-service, strategic and digital agency based in Chicago. The combination forms one of the largest independent agencies in North America with more than 600 employees in seven locations across the United States and Canada.
Keystone initially acquired MERGE, a premium creative technology agency, in December 2018. The Company’s capabilities include business & digital strategy, marketing execution, analytics, experience design, technology development, and media services. MERGE delivers customer engagement solutions across market sectors with specific expertise in healthcare and financial services. MERGE is headquartered in Chicago
C5 Capital, a specialist investment firm that exclusively invests in the secure data ecosystem, including cybersecurity, AI, cloud and space has appointed James Coats as its Director of Fund Operations globally.He has more than 20 years’ experience in operational roles at private equity and hedge funds across Europe and will be focused on leading the administration of C5 funds and GP board management.
Among the firms he has worked for in a distinguished career are Bank of New York, Artemis Fund Managers, Thames River & Nevsky Capital and MSK Capital Partners.
Coats, whose most recent position was Head of Investment
Stone-Goff Partners has sold NAS Recruitment Innovation (NAS) to M3 USA, a leader in healthcare digital solutions for hospitals, health systems, and physicians.NAS is a leader in recruitment advertising, marketing, and digital services, offering a proprietary technology platform, ACTIVATE, which enhances candidate engagement, maximises SEO, and offers robust analytics for clients. In 2019, the ACTIVATE platform provided a superior experience to more than 25 million candidates in their job searches. NAS also provides Media Services including employment branding, programmatic buying, social outreach, and digital marketing. The Company is based in Cleveland, Ohio and serves hundreds of clients throughout the US
Graycliff Partners has sold NAL Group, a provider of last mile logistics and on-premise installation services, to CRST International, Inc. NAL Group primarily serves large ecommerce and omnichannel retailers, providing a full suite of final mile delivery, installation and assembly, and complementary support services across North America.
Graycliff first invested in NAL Group in October 2016. Graycliff teamed with management to identify and execute growth initiatives and in 2018 led the company through a transformative acquisition. Graycliff worked with the team to successfully integrate the businesses and drive customer, service offering and geographic expansion. The merger created a combined company capable
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