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Balance Point Capital, in conjunction with one of its affiliated funds, Balance Point Capital Partners II, has provided debt and an equity co-investment to Apex Learning in support of Education Growth Partners' (EGP) acquisition of the company.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Seattle, WA, Apex provides a SaaS-based digital curriculum for secondary education.
Apex offers a rigorous, standard-based curriculum to schools and districts nationwide to meet the needs of all students from those who are struggling to those who are capable of accelerating through two product offerings, Comprehensive Courses and Adaptive Tutorials.
Comprehensive Courses provide a proven
Surgery Partners is to merge with National Surgical Healthcare (NSH) after acquiring the company from Irving Place Capital for approximately USD760 million.
Funding for Surgery Partners’ acquisition of NSH will be provided in part by Bain Capital Private Equity, who as part of the transaction, is injecting capital in exchange for a preferred security in the company.
In conjunction with this transaction, Bain Capital Private Equity will acquire HIG Capital’s existing equity stake in Surgery Partners.
The transaction builds upon each company’s physician-centric services model. It creates a diversified inpatient and outpatient surgical provider with a portfolio of
K&L Gates has appointed Giovanni Meschia as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice in the firm’s Milan office.
He joins K&L Gates from Jones Day.
Meschia advises domestic and international fund managers on the structuring, establishment, and operation of alternative investment schemes across a wide range of asset classes, including private equity and debt, real estate, and venture capital.
He also assists sponsors and institutional investors in connection with their investments in those alternative investment schemes, both in primary and secondary markets.
His experience includes domestic and other European Union funds, corporate
LLamasoft, a specialist in supply chain modelling and design software, has secured an investment from TPG Capital, the global private equity fund of alternative asset firm TPG.
With over 700 customers around the world, LLamasoft provides software solutions that help companies think more clearly about their supply chain operations and make better decisions to improve service, reduce cost and mitigate risk.
LLamasoft’s technology includes Supply Chain Guru, the global standard for supply chain design, and this year LLamasoft is rolling out multiple new disruptive applications in the areas of supply chain visibility, planning, and demand modelling. The innovation behind
Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Volkmar Bruckner as a partner in the firm’s Munich office in the corporate practice group.
Bruckner focuses his practice on private equity and M&A.
Bruckner joins Kirkland from the Munich office of Weil Gotshal & Manges where he has been a partner since 2015. Prior to Weil, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins for eight years. He is admitted to practice both in Germany and in New York.
Bruckner advises private equity investors, management teams and corporations on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. His particular focus is on leveraged
Apex Fund Services has agreed a recapitalisation deal with middle-market private equity firm Genstar Capital and is also to acquire Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services.
Headquartered in Bermuda, Apex was founded in 2003 by Peter Hughes (pictured) and today provides back office, middle office, regulatory reporting and other administrative services to a global customer base of asset managers across all asset classes.
With the addition of Equinoxe, Apex will increase its suite of middle office solutions and will administer close to USD80 billion in assets.
With enhanced capabilities, global reach and capital support from Genstar, Apex has a goal
Finance platform Lendable has secured a USD550,000 debt financing for Raj Ushanga House (RUH), the Kenya distributor for Azuri Technologies, a provider of pay-as-you-go (PayGo) solar energy solutions.
Using a data driven “receivables financing” solution, capital is secured by future customer revenues from a portfolio of over 7,000 RUH PayGo solar customer contracts, and is the first such financing by Lendable for a PayGo energy company.
Raju Haria, CEO of Raj Ushanga House, says: “The debt financing from Lendable marks an exciting chapter for RUH. It enables us to reach more customers and finance their ownership of these assets.
Music streaming service Pandora has secured a USD150 million investment from KKR.
The deal will see Richard Sarnoff, KKR’s head of media and communications private equity investing in the Americas, join Pandora’s board of directors.
"We are happy to be partnering with KKR on this investment," says Naveen Chopra, chief financial officer at Pandora. "A strong balance sheet gives us the ability to accelerate growth investments when appropriate and to compete aggressively in a rapidly changing, complex market."
“We are excited to support the long-term growth of Pandora with this investment,” says Sarnoff. “A true pioneer in digital
Data security specialist Vera has secured a USD15 million investment led by Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP-Ventures), the venture capital firm founded by SAP co-founder and chairman, Hasso Plattner.
HP-Ventures is joined by existing investors Battery Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Clear Venture Partners, Amplify Partners, Capital One Ventures and Leslie Ventures who all participated in this strategic financing.
This latest investment brings Vera's total capital raised to over USD50 million.
Vera has also appointed Clear Venture Partners' co-founder and general partner Chris Rust to its board of directors.
"Hasso Plattner Ventures has a highly curated, global portfolio of
Star Tech NG, the UK’s first portfolio company focussed on pre-IPO US tech giants, will shortly commence a second round of funding to raise in excess of USD50 million through a listed Guernsey fund.
Accredited investors are still able to participate in its first funding round up to a total of USD5 million.
The new funds will be invested in an expanded portfolio of pre-IPO disruptive technology companies and next generation scale-up stage businesses.
Star Tech NG is the UK’s first investment vehicle to focus directly on privately held US technology companies and has already invested USD1 million
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