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Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has sold Triton Digital (Triton), a technology provider to the audio streaming and podcast industry, to The E W Scripps Company for USD150 million.
Based in Los Angeles, Triton provides audio publishers with measurement, streaming, ad serving and audience engagement solutions in over 40 countries. Triton’s diverse blue chip customer base includes broadcast groups, such as iHeartMedia, Cumulus and Entercom, as well as digital audio pure-play companies, such as Spotify and Pandora.
Vector Capital acquired Triton in 2015 and supported management’s strategy of continued growth
Dallas-based Surge Private Equity (Surge) has closed an investment in Global Bakeries with The Firmament Group (Firmament), a provider of tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Founded in 1977 by Albert Boyajian, Global Bakeries is a specialty baked goods manufacturer headquartered in Pacoima, CA. The Company specialises in non-GMO bread products such as pita bread, pita chips, bagels, organic flatbread, and croissants for grocery stores such as Trader Joe’s, bakeries and restaurants.
Surge closed the transaction with a USD15,000,000 financing facility from Firmament and a portion of equity financing as part of the
The Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund (SEF), a growth capital fund managed by Stanhope Capital, has completed its first investment, acting as the lead investor in a circa USD90 million equity raise into S4 Capital (S4), a digital advertising and marketing services company established by Sir Martin Sorrell earlier this year.
The capital was raised by S4 to fund the acquisition of MightyHive for a total consideration of USD150 million. MightyHive is the San Francisco-based market-leading programmatic solutions provider for forward-thinking marketers and agencies. This transaction follows S4’s acquisition of MediaMonks in July and furthers the company’s strategy of combining award winning
L2 Capital Partners (L2) and Lakewood Capital (Lakewood) have acquired Orion ICS (Orion Talent) and its wholly owned subsidiary Novotus (Orion Novotus), a human capital management platform offering a unique combination of military, skilled professional, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions.
The Company is comprised of a core military hiring capability in Orion Talent and award-winning RPO services through Orion Novotus, thereby creating a unique end-to-end talent acquisition and recruitment process solution.
Founded in 1991, Orion Talent has found careers for over 43,000 veterans and operates from offices throughout the USA. In 2016, the company expanded its service offerings
JenCap Holdings has agreed to acquire privately held Special Risks Facilities, an MGA/contract binding authority and wholesale insurance brokerage firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan with another office in Peoria, Arizona.
Special Risks was formed in 1971 and is led by Jack Klebba and Randy Kaszeta.
JenCap Holdings (JCH) was formed in March 2016 by The Carlyle Group and JCH management to consolidate specialty insurance distribution businesses, including managing general agents, program managers and transactional wholesale brokers. The acquisition of Special Risks (SRF) is the fifth transaction by JCH and places the company amongst the largest wholesale brokers in the US.
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Alternative investment firm Värde Partners has held the final close of the Värde Asia Credit Fund with approximately USD400 million of committed capital. The fund, which exceeded its USD250 million target and closed after six months, is the firm’s first Asia-dedicated vehicle.
The fund has the flexibility to invest across corporate credit, special situations lending, and stressed and distressed real estate investments throughout Asia Pacific.
Värde expects the opportunity set to be driven by structural and cyclical factors in the region, including bank retrenchment and less developed capital markets, as well as sectors with high leverage and slowed growth
EQT has appointed Christian Sinding, Deputy Managing Partner and Head of EQT Equity, as Managing Partner and CEO.
Thomas von Koch, after five successful years as Managing Partner and CEO, has decided to step down and assume a new role within EQT. These changes are effective on 1 January 2019.
As EQT enters its next phase of development, the timing is right for handing over to the next generation of leaders. Christian Sinding joined EQT in 1998 and has led the EQT Equity investment advisory team since 2011. He was born in Norway, studied and worked in the US,
ZEDRA, a global provider of trust, corporate and fund services, has acquired the JP Integra Group (JP Integra), a Cayman-based provider of fund, corporate and trustee services.
JP Integra, which currently has in excess of USD6 billion in assets under administration, has particular expertise in assisting international private, institutional and sovereign clients with all aspects of structuring and operating structures for joint ventures, wealth management, asset protection and collective investments.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the first half of 2019, substantially increases ZEDRA’s capabilities in providing the most appropriate structuring
Some USD200 billion will be invested into Healthcare Infrastructure over the next five years, according to a new report published by Octopus Group based on a global survey of institutional investors.
The investment opportunity is driven by the current shortage of good quality housing to suit later life which is urgently needed to accommodate the growing numbers of retirees and elderly, as highlighted in the research.
The report is based on a survey of institutional investors which had a collective USD6.8 trillion of assets under management. It revealed that the respondents which are already invested in Healthcare Infrastructure plan
The introduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in the United States last December has been keeping tax specialists and accountants particularly busy, as hedge fund managers and family offices seek to best position themselves under this new tax regime.
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