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The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Michael Collins as public affairs director.
Collins (pictured) will direct the EVCA’s political advocacy and regulatory affairs strategy, taking responsibility for all policy areas affecting the European private equity and venture capital industry and heading up the association’s policy department.
He will develop the EVCA’s long-term public affairs vision, coordinate advocacy work with associated organisations and ensure that the EVCA maintains its effective engagement with EU and national stakeholders in high-level policy discussions.
EVCA secretary-general Dörte Höppner says: "The EVCA was founded 30 years ago to promote and sustain
David A Sussman has joined Duane Morris’s corporate practice group as a partner in its Newark office.
Sussman (pictured) further strengthens Duane Morris’ corporate practice, particularly in the area of private equity transactions.
He joins Duane Morris from Day Pitney, where he was co-chair of that firm’s private equity and investment funds practice group.
Sussman regularly advises investment advisers and others in connection with launching investment partnerships, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds. He regularly advises middle market investment banking firms in connection with private placement matters for middle market companies. He advises
Kidd & Company (KCO), a private investment firm focused on the middle market, has teamed up with Centerfield Capital Partners to acquire Imaginetics, a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies for the aerospace industry.
Located in Auburn, Washington, Imaginetics has begun to benefit from substantial growing demand in the airframe and aerostructures supply chain, as original equipment manufacturers struggle to secure capacity to allow them to meet aircraft delivery forecasts.
The company’s current customer base includes Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Defense Services, Hexcel Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems, and Zodiac Aerospace, among others.
"We are impressed by the breadth of the
Praesidian Capital, a provider of senior and subordinated capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has invested second lien debt capital in Etransmedia Technology to replace existing debt and provide capital to fund growth.
Etransmedia is a fast-growing information technology company that provides software and services for financial and clinical management. Based in Troy, New York, the 12-year-old company provides revenue cycle management services to streamline claims and billing process along with integrated practice management and electronic health record systems for healthcare providers.
Etransmedia’s software solutions include patient identity management, discreet clinical data repository, orders and results portal for providers, patient
Larsen MacColl Partners (LMP), a private equity fund based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, has sold a majority stake in its portfolio company, S&S Worldwide, to Sansei Yusoki (SY).
LMP made its original investment in S&S in 2009 and supported S&S’s subsequent growth with additional financial resources and strategic guidance as S&S rapidly expanded its customer base and product offering in Europe and Asia.
Sansei Yusoki is an Osaka Stock Exchange-listed company operating globally across the elevation equipment, stage equipment and amusement ride sectors. SY says its acquisition of S&S will broaden its customer base and product offering and position its amusement
The North West Fund for Digital & Creative, managed by AXM Venture Capital, has made an equity investment of GBP150,000 into Liverpool-based Med ePad, alongside a personal investment from new management.
A sister fund, The North West Fund for Biomedical managed by Spark Impact, had previously backed the company, and AXM and Spark will-co-manage the investment.
The North West Fund for Digital & Creative is part of The North West Fund and is financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank.
The investment will fund the company’s ongoing trials of the Med ePad system with customers
Apex Fund Services, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies, has continued its expansion into the LatAm markets with the opening of a new office in Montevideo, Uruguay.
This latest office opening re-affirms Apex’s commitment to LatAm where the hedge fund sector is expanding rapidly in line with the growth of the region’s economies.
Similarly to the Apex Miami office, which opened in June 2012 and is linking US managers to LatAm, Apex Uruguay will now play a key role in opening up the territory to the world’s fund managers. With operating costs for asset managers lower in
Gresham Private Equity has exited 7city Learning through the sale of the business to Fitch Group.
Fitch is combining 7city with its Fitch Training unit to form Fitch 7city Learning.
Headquartered in London with operations in New York, Singapore and Dubai, 7city is a global training provider primarily servicing the financial services industry. The company provides training and learning solutions to over 800 blue chip clients, including the global top 10 investment banks and nine of the global top 10 fund managers.
Gresham has supported the company’s management and facilitated growth through the roll-out of an international expansion
Hamilton Lane, a private equity asset management firm, is expanding its Europe-based presence with the addition of Paul Waller to the newly-created role of partner in its London office.
Waller (pictured) will focus primarily on client development and overall firm marketing initiatives. He will also draw upon his extensive experience and background in private equity investment and alternative assets to provide strategic support to the firm.
Waller, who recently retired from 3i after 35 years, brings a wealth of investment knowledge and a broad network throughout Europe and the Middle East, as well as Asia and North America. At
Bacchus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private equity firm providing capital in the wine industry, has provided growth capital to Maritime Wine Trading Collective, a boutique wine import, production, and distribution company based in San Francisco.
Concurrent with the Bacchus investment, Maritime is adding Nine North Brands to its portfolio. Nine North is a Stag’s Leap District-based collection of handcrafted Napa and North Coast red wines.
"The Bacchus growth capital provides Maritime with the platform to build infrastructure and to continue to grow our portfolio brands’ distribution and volume in the US," says Chris Nickolopoulos, Maritime chief executive, who co-founded
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