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RELEX Solutions, a provider of in-memory-based supply chain software, has accepted a EUR20 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners.
The investment will support the technology company’s continued international expansion and a key push into the North American market later this year. RELEX’s founders, Mikko Kärkkäinen, Johanna Småros and Michael Falck, will continue in their senior management roles and remain majority owners of the company.
RELEX’s game-changing technology helps retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers automate and optimise their supply chains, cut spoilage, reduce inventory and boost on- shelf availability.
Leveraging the power of in-memory computing, the
RA Capital Management, the crossover fund manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in healthcare and life sciences companies, announces three strategic, back office appointments.
The appointments are Christopher Wolf as Chief Financial Officer, Derek Meisner as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, and Nick McGrath as Corporate Counsel and Compliance Officer.
The recent back-office hires join a growing team of 45 at the Boston-based firm, which includes an internal group of 18 PhD scientific researchers that help facilitate the firm’s technical and clinical research efforts.
“The hire of these top-tier team members is an important moment in the evolution
Inflexion Private Equity has appointed three new Investment Executives – George Collier, John Cordrey and Edward Lynch, adding depth to its 30-strong investment team.
Collier (pictured) joins from Deloitte’s M&A and debt advisory team where he specialised in business and financial services, working with numerous private equity backed companies such as JLA Group and JTC Group. Cordrey gained cross-sector experience at PwC within the Corporate Finance team; his track record includes working on mid-market deals, carve-outs and private equity transactions including restaurant operator Gondola Group and Constructionline. Lynch worked at Catalyst Corporate Finance where he helped to advise Foster +
Infrastructure investment in Japan has traditionally been dominated by government-related entities and infrastructure companies, with limited private capital participation. However, the investment climate for the asset class has seen some favourable changes in recent years with the revision of the PFI Law (Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiatives) in 2011 and the introduction of Abenomics in 2012, which included a sizeable stimulus package focused on critical infrastructure projects…
Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts tables and analysis of the Japanese infrastructure investor universe.
Monument Group, an independent alternative investment fund placement agent, has hired three professionals to join Managing Director Niklas K Amundsson (pictured) in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
The new additions to the Monument team are Albert Jun, Director, Sabrina Meng, Senior Associate and Kris Ho, Operations Manager.
The Hong Kong team will be based at Monument Group’s new permanent offices in Two Exchange Square, the hub of the local private equity community.
Amundsson joined Monument Group in January 2015 as a Managing Director to help the firm expand its Asia footprint. Before joining Monument Group, Niklas spent over
Praesidian Capital, a leading provider of debt capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has exited its USD17.4 million first lien debt investment in John’s Incredible Pizza Company.
“Praesidian was a terrific partner for John’s,” says John Parlet (pictured), John’s CEO and founder. “Their participation came at the right time to enable us to create a new financial foundation to support organic growth, as well as allow us to start building a new store in Las Vegas. Our combination of food on one side and entertainment on the other makes John’s a perfect addition to the Vegas dining environment. We are
Platte River Equity has added two investment professionals to its team with Eric Crawford (pictured) joining as a Vice President, and TJ Stone as an Associate.
Crawford is returning to Platte River where he served as an Associate for three years prior to pursuing his MBA. As a Vice President, he will focus on investments across all of the firm’s target sectors. Crawford was previously an investment banking Analyst at Jefferies in Charlotte, North Carolina. He holds an MBA with Distinction from the Kellogg School of Management and an AB in Economics and Engineering from Dartmouth College.
Prior to joining
Lancaster Pollard has hired Chad Elliott as managing director of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group. Elliott will lead the firm’s national efforts in sell-side and buy-side advisory services for seniors housing and care properties.
“We could not be more excited to have Chad as part of our team,” says Kass Matt, president of Lancaster Pollard. “He has an impressive background in investment banking and private equity, including significant experience in M&A, capital formation and deal structuring.”
Lancaster Pollard helps health care, senior living and housing providers expand and improve their services by delivering a full range of investment
Octopus Investments has completed an investment in Healthcare and Services Technology Group (HST), owners of Care Monitoring 2000 (CM2000) and Ezitracker, specialists in the provision of remote workforce management software solutions.
Founded in 1999, CM2000 has become a global supplier of patented, telephony based monitoring, scheduling and management information services to the health and social care sectors. CM2000’s innovative services are unique, monitoring both the time spent with Service Users and patient wellbeing. The company’s services are used extensively by homecare providers throughout the UK and in the United States, helping them to save money, improve quality of service and
PwC has strengthened its financial restructuring offering to corporates with the appointment of a new partner. Alistair Dick (pictured) joins PwC from Rothschild and will lead PwC’s corporate financial restructuring team.
Dick, who will be responsible for helping to grow PwC’s restructuring offering to corporates, was most recently head of Rothschild’s debt advisory and restructuring practice in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He also spent over six years in Rothschild’s European debt advisory and restructuring team based in London and has a background in natural resources project finance and acquisition finance.
Heather Swanston, head of PwC’s refinancing
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