Latest News
Professor Janice H Hammond of Harvard Business School has joined the advisory board of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF).
Hammond (pictured) is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing at Harvard Business School. She currently teaches Technology and Operations Management in the HBS MBA programme.
During her long tenure at Harvard Business School, Professor Hammond has taught a wide range of management and businesses courses in the MBA programme as well as several HBS Executive Education courses for general managers.
Currently Hammond serves as programme chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s
Private equity investment firm Zoyi Capital has invested in Pink Mary, a manufacturer and distributor of high-end women’s fashion in China.
The investment represents the first deal for Zoyi Capital’s Fund I and will see the firm take a controlling interest in Pink Mary with the company’s founders retaining significant stake.
“Zoyi Capotal has identified strong momentum in the high-end segment of the lady apparel market in China and we believe Pink Mary is uniquely positioned in terms of design and style to capture this growth,” says Andrew Kuo, founding partner and CEO of Zoyi Capital.
Invenias, a provider of software solutions to the executive search and recruitment sector, has completed a follow-on funding round led by MMC Ventures, bringing the total raised in this round to USD2m.
In addition, Mark Farmer, the UK tech veteran who co-founded Cramer and Eden Ventures, joins the company as chairman and continues to invest privately in the business.
Invenias has recently been listed in the British Venture Capital Association’s ‘Britain's Hot Talent’ – the 100 most inventive, exciting and fastest-growing companies in the UK today.
This investment follows a previous MMC Ventures-led USD1.5m funding round in July
Private equity firm Roark Capital Group has acquired Central Jersey Waste and Recycling and its sister entities, Premier Food Waste Recycling and Central Repairs (collectively CJW).
CJW is a provider of waste and recycling services to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania markets.
Headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey, CJW provides non-hazardous solid waste collection, hauling and processing services to nearly 30 municipalities and approximately 1,000 commercial customers. The company also collects and transports organic and food waste products for commercial and residential customers.
Roark formed Synergy to serve as a growth platform with the goal of building a scalable
The geopolitical tensions surrounding the situation in Crimea, the Russian response and the consequent sanctions imposed by Western nations present an increasing source of risk within the global economy, says Andrew Cole (pictured), Investment Director of the Global Multi Asset Group at Baring Asset Management…
The latest developments have seen Russia move to incorporate Crimea, which formally applied to become part of the Russian Federation after the 16 March referendum showed strong voter support for breaking away from Ukraine.
Alongside the government of Ukraine, the US and EU dispute the constitutionality of the referendum. Diplomatic efforts to defuse the
Rockpool Investments has appointed two investment professionals to head up new operations in the South West of England.
The move marks Rockpool's first major step outside London and is part of a wider plan to open offices in Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds and Edinburgh within the next year.
Rockpool's two new partners, Jerry Davison and John Holden, will be based in Exeter and Bristol respectively.
Matt Taylor, founder and managing partner of Rockpool Investments, says: "For more than 20 years, the company 3i had a similar UK-wide model, backing hundreds of small and medium sized businesses, and now we have
High Road Capital Partners has appointed Steven Siwinski as partner and Scott Rubino as vice president.
Siwinski will serve as a finance operating partner, responsible for implementing financial best practices, value creation initiatives, and add-on acquisition integration plans across High Road’s portfolio companies.
Siwinski was most recently a finance operating partner at Marlin Equity Partners. He began his career at Ernst & Young, where he rose to partner in the transaction advisory services practice, and subsequently held positions at The Hain Celestial Group and FTI Consulting.
Rubino will be responsible for new platform acquisitions and portfolio company add-ons,
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire TravelClick, a provider of revenue generating cloud-based solutions for the USD500bn global hospitality industry.
Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire TravelClick from Genstar Capital for USD930m. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.
“The acquisition of TravelClick is consistent with Thoma Bravo’s strategy of investing in market leading companies with significant recurring revenue streams,” says Holden Spaht, managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “Larry Kutscher and his team have established an impressive track record of growing TravelClick rapidly and expanding the company’s services to its customers. We
An affiliate of Austin, Texas-based Peak Rock Capital has acquired the industrial products division of RJF International Corporation, creating ProFusion Industries.
Based in Marietta, Ohio, ProFusion Industries has established a long-standing customer base of Fortune 1,000 companies through manufacturing capabilities that provide engineered solutions under a wide range of demanding environments and conditions.
In particular, the company's product portfolio includes transit matting, protective linings, custom design specialty film products and various printing services.
Anthony DiSimone, CEO of Peak Rock Capital, says: "We are pleased to support ProFusion Industries and its employees in building a leading manufacturer and distributor
Fine foods company Labeyrie, backed by LBO France, has issued EUR275m of senior secured notes due 2021, priced at par with a 5.625 per cent coupon.
The proceeds, combined with cash on hand, will be used to repay in full the company’s financing arrangements – EUR160.6m of term loans, EUR35.2m of senior mezzanine bonds and EUR28.5m of junior mezzanine bonds.
They will also be used to repay subordinated shareholder convertible bonds (EUR52.1m and EUR7.4m, leaving roughly EUR21m outstanding), and to redeem senior mezzanine warrants (EUR1.1m).
The firm will also enter into a EUR80m three-year factoring facility agreement and
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
