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Tower Arch Capital, a lower-middle market private equity fund that partners with entrepreneurs and family-owned companies to create long-term value for its management teams and investors, has promoted Aubrey Burnett from Vice President to Principal; Thomas Feveryear from Controller to Chief Financial Officer; and Kathy Mickelson from Executive Assistant to Office Manager.
“Each of these individuals has exhibited exceptional performance in their respective areas and has contributed greatly to the continuing success of the fund. We are thrilled to announce these well-deserved promotions and look forward to another outstanding year,” says Ryan Stratton, a Tower Arch partner.
Burnett joined
Stronghold Energy II Holdings, a newly formed oil and gas exploration and production company, has received a line of equity financing of up to USD150 million from funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.
Formed in December 2017 and headquartered in Midland, Texas, Stronghold Energy II is focused on the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin and intends to acquire meaningful acreage positions for oil and gas development. The team expects to capitalize on its recent success in the region and apply its highly technical geological approach to exploiting areas across the
Rand Capital Corporation’s portfolio company GiveGab has acquired substantially all of the assets of Kimbia.
Best known for its nation-wide giving day events, Kimbia has supported the fundraising efforts of thousands of nonprofits across the country through their everyday giving products and Giving Days.
“Kimbia is a pioneer and has been the leader in the giving day space, with more than USD1 billion raised online for tens of thousands of nonprofits around the world,” says GiveGab’s Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Mulligan. “We’re thrilled to add their legacy and experience to our modern, secure, and user-friendly platform, and to continue
Modern Energy Management (MEM), a specialist in delivering project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors, has appointed Marc Wright as Senior Resource Engineer.
With extensive international experience, Wright will lead project development from Bangkok, as the business expands its prospecting operations throughout key emerging markets.
As opportunities for renewable energy development across Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America proliferate, investors must ensure all project risk profiles remain low, to guarantee bankability. This, combined with continued market expansion anticipated in a series of fast-growth markets throughout Africa and Asia, provides specialist developers embedded in these territories with
Glennmont Partners has expanded its investment capacity in the clean energy infrastructure space and now has three funds under management – these are Fund I (2010) and Fund II (2013), which are fully invested, and now a new third Fund (2017).
Opportunities are being sought for a portfolio of clean energy infrastructure projects in Europe. Glennmont is one of Europe’s largest investors focusing exclusively on investment in clean energy infrastructure. This announcement follows the successful refinancing of Glennmont’s 245MW Italian wind portfolio in October and the refinancing of the Sleaford straw-fired biomass plant in September – amounting to around EUR340m
Centricus has completed the acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in Chalayan, a luxury fashion label which has a strong following within the film and music industries including Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and numerous other leading artists.
The investment is Centricus’ first in the fashion industry, and sees the firm launch a fourth investment vertical – fashion, entertainment, media and sports (FEMS) – to sit alongside existing portfolios in financial services, technology and infrastructure.
Hussein Chalayan is known as fashion’s storyteller, his multi-disciplinary approach bridging the gap between design, art and technology. From his future-gazing influential approach
Direct lender Beechbrook Capital has provided a mezzanine loan to funds managed by HIG Capital, to support its acquisition of a majority interest in Beinbauer Group. RM Secured Direct Lending PLC, a specialist in tailored debt solutions, acted as co-investor to Beechbrook.
Beinbauer Group is a leading provider of complex machined metal parts for the European on- and off-highway commercial vehicle industry, mainly serving leading original equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Büchlberg near Passau, Germany, it has four production sites across Germany and over 700 employees. With HIG’s investment, Beinbauer will look to grow organically within the
Business advisory firm FRP Advisory has strengthened its restructuring team with the appointment of Phil Reynolds as partner based in the firm’s London office.
Reynolds has 23 years’ restructuring experience gained within a number of ‘big four’ professional services firms both in London and internationally.
Reynolds has a focus on providing advisory and insolvency services to both corporates and their lenders principally within the mid-market and has deep experience in the retail, technology and leisure sectors. He has also more recently been closely involved with the charities and wider not-for-profit sector, having undertaken restructurings to resolve pensions issues, or
UK private equity-owned companies are driving growth against a backdrop of uncertainty as they boosted revenues by 12 per cent in the last year, according to research by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.
BDO reveals that the UK’s private equity-owned companies (from a sample of 902 portfolio companies where private equity firms together own between 50.01 per cent and 100 per cent) have seen revenues increase by 12 per cent from GBP37.4 billion to GBP42 billion in the last year.
These private equity-owned companies are also boosting the UK labour market. Now employing 311,833 people in the UK,
Maranon Capital, an alternative investment management firm focused on private credit investments in middle market companies, has appointed Laura Albrecht as Managing Director and Partner.
“Laura’s promotion reflects her increasing leadership roles within Maranon in addition to her outstanding contributions underwriting and managing investments and her overall dedication to Maranon’s success,” says Tom Gregory, Maranon’s Co-Founding Partner. “We are deeply committed to the development and advancement of experienced investment professionals and are excited to have Laura as our Partner in the continued growth of Maranon.”
Laura earned an MBA from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
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