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Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has hired Vincent Vo as a Principal. As a key member of the Anacapa team, Vo will work closely with Anacapa’s entrepreneurs throughout the lead generation, deal analysis, and due diligence processes, as well as supporting portfolio companies to help drive operating performance. Anacapa focuses on investing in companies identified by entrepreneurs operating within the search fund business model.
“Vince’s experience in finance, marketing and sales will be of great value to Anacapa, the entrepreneurs we partner with, and the portfolio companies seeking our counsel,” says
Graycliff Partners has sold 901D Holdings (901D) to Curtiss-Wright Corporation for USD132 million. 901D is a leading designer and manufacturer of mission-critical integrated electronic systems, subsystems and ruggedised shipboard enclosure solutions supporting every major US Navy shipbuilding program.
Since being acquired in 2016, Graycliff has worked to carve out 901D as a fully independent company from its prior ownership within a conglomerate of related businesses. Through a combination of internal promotions and external recruitment, Graycliff worked with the company to build a world class management team. During Graycliff’s ownership, 901D substantially expanded its production capacity and added increasingly complex systems
21 Invest France has expanded its investment team over the past 12 months with the arrival of three new Associates.In this New Year, 21 Invest France welcomes a new Associate named Baptiste Gaud. Baptiste joins an already strengthened investment team of two Associates recruited in 2019 namely Mathilde Martel and Romain Demeunynck.
These newcomers will contribute to the value creation for Fund IV and V and also to the deployment of Fund V. The latter has already completed five acquisitions – DL Software, ProductLife Group, FMA Assurances, LV Overseas and Landanger – and four to five new investments should
Umbra Capital Partners, a modern merchant bank, has launched with a focus on ‘advising, improving and investing’ primarily in UK SMEs.
Sidley Austin has appointed Parthiv Rishi as a partner in its global M&A and Private Equity practice. Rishi was previously a partner at Linklaters LLP, where he led the firm’s financial sponsor and private equity practice in Southeast Asia.Rishi has extensive experience advising major corporates and large financial institutions on all forms of corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. In particular, he focuses his practice on advising private equity funds and financial sponsors, as well as their portfolio companies. Additionally, he is experienced in advising on renewables and infrastructure M&A. Rishi has an active cross-border client base
ARQIS has advised the listed Swiss technology group Oerlikon on the acquisition of D-Coat, a German supplier of diamond coating technologies. The Parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.The acquisition is a further step in Oerlikon’s strategy to strengthen its surface coating portfolio. Day-to-day operations at the existing D-Coat site as well as business and cooperation with D-Coat customers and partners will continue as before, but now with D-Coat as part of Oerlikon Balzers.
D-Coat GmbH was founded in 2006 and is one of the technology leaders in the field diamond coatings for cutting tools. This applies in
Augusta & Co (Augusta), a specialist financial adviser to the renewable energy industry, has overseen the sale of an 80 per cent stake in Finnish utility firm Fortum’s wind portfolio across Norway, Finland and Sweden, accounting for approximately 500MW of operational and construction projects, to funds advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners (CSEIP).
Altman Vilandrie & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has hired Don Sutherland as Principal. Sutherland advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector and private equity clients on a range of business strategy and investment issues.
“Don has a strong consulting, analytics, and management background that will allow him to deliver immediate value to our clients and team members,” says Altman Vilandrie & Company COO Steve Conway. “His experience with telecom and technology strategy, along with his deep understanding of analytics, make him a great fit for our firm and
Rothschild & Co has completed the fundraising for Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities V (FASO V) at EUR1.0 billion, which is now the 16th fund raised above its expected target by the company’s Merchant Banking business over the last 10 years. This brings the total assets under management to approximately EUR13 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund investing; and co-investments.
The Fund was oversubscribed receiving total capital commitments of EUR1.0 billion, materially above the initial target of EUR700 million. Investors in the Fund represent a globally diversified group of institutions, corporations, international family
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge is re-investing as a minority shareholder in Sykes Holiday Cottages (Sykes), a UK-basedindependent holiday home provider with over 25 years’ experience in the market.Livingbridge first invested in Sykes in January 2015, when the business managed 5,000 properties in the UK and Ireland. Livingbridge successfully sold Sykes to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners in October 2019, at which time it managed over 17,500 properties, having successfully delivered market leading organic growth and completed 12 acquisitions underpinned by a digital transformation strategy.
Livingbridge was offered the opportunity to re-invest in Sykes and following a full
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