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Social Native, a platform for branded content on demand, has closed a USD8 million seed round.
Social Native received extensive interest from investors in the wake of the company’s early success creating content for brands like Polaroid, Walgreens and General Motors.
In an oversubscribed round, Social Native attracted funds from a number of leading venture capital firms including SoftBank Capital.
The funding will enable Social Native to double down on its investment into the Content Optimisation Engine and further the company’s mission of using technology to reimagine the creative industry while investing in sales and marketing to
Dallas-based Preston Hollow Capital (PHC), an independent specialty finance company, has appointed Matthew Challis as executive director.
Challis brings an extensive public finance background to PHC, most recently as a Managing Director with RBC Capital Markets, and previously holding senior vice president roles with Jefferies’ Municipal Securities Group and Piper Jaffray’s Public Finance Group.
He joins the originations team at PHC, headed by managing director Ramiro Albarran.
“We’re excited and pleased to have Matt on board,” says Albarran. “Hiring a banker with his level of talent and capability in the public finance space is a win for PHC.
Nexxus Capital has completed its investment in Immuno Holding, (IMMUNOTEC), which, through its subsidiaries, is dedicated to the development and commercialisation of nutritional supplements through multi-level direct sales channels.
The investment was carried out by Nexus Capital Private Equity Fund VI and Nexxus Capital VI Trust in association with Mauricio Domenzain, who has industry experience in Mexico, the US and other countries as a former executive of a direct selling company.
Domenzain will assume the leadership of the team of executives and collaborators in Mexico, Canada and the US.
IMMUNOTEC’s products are commercialised through multi- level direct
Nautic Partners is to acquire, in partnership with the existing management team, Endries International and certain Endries related affiliates, from Ferguson Enterprises and its affiliates.
The transaction is expected to close within the next 45 days.
Endries is a distributor of fasteners and Class-C parts serving industrial Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. From its headquarters in Brillion, WI and eight US and international distribution centres, Endries provides over 500,000 SKUs to its customer base. Endries operates primarily through a vendor managed inventory model, managing C-part categories for its customers across diverse industrial end markets. Endries partners with OEM customers
Audax Private Equity has completed the sale of Aavid Thermalloy to Boyd Corporation, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital Management.
Aavid, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Laconia, New Hampshire, provides a broad range of technologically advanced thermal management solutions for aerospace and defence, telecommunications, LED lighting, server, data centre, consumer electronics, transportation, and industrial applications to customers globally.
Since 2012, Aavid has completed seven acquisitions, expanding its geographic footprint and diversifying into new technologies and end markets.
Geoffrey Rehnert, co-chief executive officer of Audax, says: “The Aavid team has executed on its thesis of accelerating organic
Ambit has appointed Vikrant Narang as head – NBFC/structured finance.
The business has additionally brought in Sunil Gulati as an external senior adviser.
Sanjay Sakhuja, CEO, Ambit Investments, says: “Ambit’s NBFC business, along with co-investors, will focus on providing Structured Lending solutions to our clients. I am delighted to welcome Vikrant to lead this initiative, and to welcome Sunil, whose counsel will significantly enhance our risk underwriting capabilities.”
Narang joins Ambit from KKR’s NBFC business, where he has led several transactions over the past four years. He has extensive experience across structured finance, acquisition financing, syndicated loans
Craig Goos has joined GPB Capital as managing partner and chief operating officer.
Goos, who has more than 20 years of experience in wealth management and financial services, will work closely with the GPB executive team to develop and implement plans for enhancing operations and meeting the organisation’s objectives for rapid growth.
“We recently surpassed USD1 billion in assets under management, and Craig’s extensive experience in this industry will prove to be a valuable asset to us as we continue to foster greater collaboration at every level of our organization to scale to achieve our next level of
European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has made four new hires to its investment team who will be based across the firm’s offices in London, Munich and Paris.
Johan Boork has joined Silverfleet in London as an associate and will also work closely with Karl Eidem (co-head of the Nordic region) based in Stockholm.
Jan Kux and Guntram Kieferle both join Silverfleet’s Munich office as an associate and analyst, respectively and Constance d’Avout joins the firm as an associate in Paris.
Boork, a Swedish national, previously worked within the Nordics coverage team of UBS Investment Bank in
HSBC Commercial Banking has appointed Sheldon Wong as the head of its expanding middle market financial sponsors (MMFS) team in Asia-Pacific, aiming to capitalise on the region’s growing level of mergers and acquisitions.
As head of MMFS Asia-Pacific, Wong will build on the success of HSBC’s MMFS South-East Asia unit, which he has led from Singapore since the six-strong team’s formation in January 2016.
In his new role he will manage and hire specialist bankers in leveraged and acquisition finance to support mid-size financial sponsors that raise local, regional or global private equity funds ranging from USD250 million
Redpoint Capital Group, an alternative investment company focused on providing financing solutions to companies in the specialty finance and fintech sectors, has appointed Alex Dunev as a managing partner.
Dunev will be responsible for driving Redpoint’s strategic priorities, including sourcing new investment opportunities and raising capital to deploy into Redpoint’s investment strategies.
He will also manage Redpoint’s office in Westport, Connecticut.
“We are excited to announce the addition of Alex to the Redpoint team and believe he will be able to contribute immediately to our strategy and continued evolution of the Redpoint brand in the institutional marketplace,”
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