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Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, middle-market companies in the technology, technology-enabled, and other related industries, has promoted Harish Belur, Joaquim Lima, and Scott Ransenberg to Partner.“During the past decade, Harish, Joaquim, and Scott have significantly contributed to building the Riverwood platform, not only as great technology investors but also as experienced operators who have helped our portfolio companies scale their operations,” says Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Co-Founding Partner and Managing Partner at Riverwood Capital. “These promotions are not only a recognition of their hard work, but also reflect their leadership and ability to continue expanding our franchise.
Trivest Partners (Trivest) has held the final closings of the Trivest Growth Investment Fund II (TGIF II) and the Trivest Discovery Fund with USD435 million and USD235 million of total capital commitments, respectively. Raised concurrently, TGIF II and the Trivest Discovery Fund represent Trivest’s sixth and seventh funds focused exclusively on founder/family-owned investments. Significant support from both Trivest’s existing investor base and select new investors contributed to a streamlined and efficient fundraise. TGIF II and the Trivest Discovery Fund include a diversified mix of limited partners including endowments, corporate and public pensions, insurance companies, funds of funds, family offices and individuals,
Ironwood Capital has exited its debt and minority equity investment in American Residuals Group, the holding company of Denali Water Solutions (Denali), to TPG Growth, a middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. Denali is a provider of specialty waste and environmental recycling and disposal services in the United States, performing daily organic waste collection, processing, recycling, and disposal for municipal, industrial food processing and downstream industrial customers.
“The Denali management team did an excellent job executing on its investment thesis and growing its network,” says Ironwood Capital Managing Director Dickson Suit. “Denali provides important recycling solutions that contribute to
The day of the UK’s departure from the EU might seem like the end of a long process, but it is now that crucial negotiations on the UK’s future economic relationship with the EU will begin.
Until December 2020, when its transition period will come to an end, the UK will remain a member of the EU customs union and the single market, and the cross-border provision of financial services with the EU will be guaranteed. Meaning that until the end of this year, the UK/Europe split will have no direct regulatory impact.
It’s easy to get caught up in
Sovereign Capital Partners, a private equity Buy & Build specialist, has exited its investment in Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), a commercial insurance brokerage in Ireland to certain funds controlled and managed by Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and HPS Investment Partners (HPS). The exit, which follows three years of Sovereign’s partnership with Arachas, delivers a 5.5-times money return to investors.
Sovereign originally backed the MBO of Arachas in early 2017. During the period of Sovereign’s investment Arachas made four acquisitions: Capital Cover Group, Kidd Insurances, Covercentre and most recently Murray & Spelman. The acquisitions brought substantial additional scale to the Group, further
Avignon Capital, a European property investment firm and asset manager has completed the sale of the Ampere asset in Berlin to RFR Holding for a purchase price in excess of EUR80 million.The Ampere building is a unique listed property built in 1926 and is a former electricity transformer station (Umspannwerk), which was converted into offices in 2010. The 11,678 sqm building is located in Prenzlauer Berg, an area widely regarded as a ‘tech-cluster’ in Berlin, and increasingly popular with young creative companies.
Avignon acquired the building on behalf of a private client in Q3 2016 and this sale marks the
Oak Intranet has announced a GBP2.1 million additional seed funding round led by existing investors Maven Capital Partners. The funding follows a restructure of the company’s leadership team led by the new CEO, Will Murray and the appointment of a new non-executive chairman, Mark Quartermaine which will enable the business to expand adoption across the UK.
Created in 2016 Oak Intranet is aimed at enterprise and medium sized businesses, it organises departments, news, teams, projects and internal communication through its mobile app and SaaS platform. This makes it perfect for large organisations that may have multiple locations and deskless workers.
American Healthcare Investors completed the acquisition of four medical office buildings, one integrated senior health campus and one land parcel for an aggregate contract purchase price of approximately USD44 million, and completed developments for approximately USD15 million during the fourth quarter of 2019, for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV.The firm completed nearly USD262 million in aggregate acquisitions and developments based on contract purchase price on behalf of the REITs during the entirety of 2019.
“It was another active year of acquisitions on behalf of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, which acquired an excess of USD201 million of
Praesidian Capital, a provider of capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has promoted Bill Johnston from Senior Associate to Vice President.Johnston joined Praesidian in 2016 with three years of investment banking experience. In his time with the firm, he has undertaken financial analysis, due diligence, execution of new investments, and investor communications, along with monitoring Praesidian’s portfolio. In the past year, he has made significant contributions to the firm’s recently launched private equity strategy.
“Bill has continued to prove himself at Praesidian and we look forward to his continued contributions to our success,” says Jason Drattell, Founder and Managing Partner
Centaur Fund Services, a provider of fund administration and regulatory services for the alternative investment fund industry, has secured a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm. Centuar says the capital will position the company for continued expansion into new geographies and further investment into talent, product development and technology. As fund managers increasingly look to outsource their regulatory and back- and middle-office functions, Centaur has experienced rising demand for solutions as a tech-enabled independent fund administrator.
Ronan Daly, Karen Malone and Eric Bertrand, Centaur’s co-founders, will continue their leadership roles and remain significant shareholders
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