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Private equity expert William Lehr has joined PSMJ’s M&A consulting team. Lehr joins PSMJ with more than a decade of private investment experience, including serving as a Vice President with Blue Point Capital Partners where he was closely involved with Blue Point’s investment in 600-person Callison Architecture.
"We are thrilled to have Bill on the team. Around the United States and around the world, we have taken great care in building the most respected and sought-after brand when it comes to the business of architecture and engineering," says PSMJ President and CEO Frank Stasiowski, FAIA. "Our merger and acquisition practice
Capital Dynamics has held the final closing of Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII, a US-based venture program targeting top-tier US venture managers or pre-eminent international venture firms with strong US ties.
The final closing of Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII ends a successful fundraising for CapitalDynamics’ US-based venture capital program with a total of USD 111 million in committed capital. The program has already made several venture fund commitments. Many of these funds have commenced investing andsome of the funds have already experienced IPOs of underlying portfolio companies.
Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII builds on Capital Dynamics’ established network of
July Systems, a cloud-based mobile application platform provider, has closed a USD15 million growth equity investment led by Updata Partners with participation from Intel Capital and WestBridge Capital.
The latest round of funding will provide capital to accelerate the product roadmap, boost sales momentum and increase market reach.
"Our investment in July Systems represents our belief in the platform, the management team, and the mobile market," says Carter Griffin of Updata Partners, a leading technology-focused growth equity firm. "July Systems has a seasoned and highly experienced team, a market-leading product, and a top-tier, global customer base. We look forward to
Private equity investors in the middle market are paying significantly higher multiples to acquire larger firms, while the premium investors place on above-average financial performance is diminishing, GF Data reports.
GF Data’s 2011 year-end report includes valuation, volume, leverage and key deal-term data on 1,332 private equity backed transactions in the USD10-250 million value range completed since 2003. The data reflects deal activity by 185 private equity firms, including 166 active contributors.
The "size premium" conferred on larger deals within this value range reached record levels in 2011. Firms valued in the USD50 to 250 million range commanded an average
A new Growth Loan Fund is to be launched this month by Cockpit Arts in partnership with Ingenious, an investment and advisory group renowned for their work in Media & Entertainment.
Cockpit Arts is an award winning Social Enterprise and the fund aims to support the growth of independent craft businesses based at its London incubators.
The Cockpit Arts & Ingenious Growth Loan Fund will provide low interest loans, coupled with intensive one to one business support to studio holders at Cockpit Arts, the UKs only creative incubator for designer makers. Talented, ambitious designers and artisans from a broad
Bain Capital Ventures has appointed Matt Harris as Managing Director. In this role, Harris will focus on early and growth stage investments in the financial services sector and will lead the firm’s New York City office.
"Matt is one of the best investors in the financial technologies sector and we couldn’t be more pleased to have him join the Bain Capital Ventures team," says Mike Krupka, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures. "This represents a further commitment to New York City, where we already have over 20 portfolio companies, and where we see tremendous opportunity going forward."
Harris was
Vistra Fund Services has launched Vistra Fund Services Asia Limited, to complement the group’s fund administration operations in Jersey and Luxembourg. The new operation, which is based in Hong Kong, will provide fund administration and associated services to fund managers throughout Asia.
Rapid growth and acquisitions in this region by fund management clients of Vistra’s Jersey and Luxembourg offices have been behind the strategic decision to broaden operations into Asia with a specific fund services offering designed to meet the individual requirements of the Hong Kong and Asian markets.
Vistra has assembled a highly experienced team to spearhead growth
JH Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of Australian skin care company Jurlique International to Pola Orbis for an enterprise value of AUD335m (USD358m), which represents approximately 3.8x Jurlique’s annual sales.
JH Partners acquired Jurlique in mid-2006. JH Partners manages approximately USD1 billion in private equity commitments across three funds.
JH Partners’ Managing Partner John Hansen, says: "JH Partners was honoured to be invited in 2006 to participate in the business development of Jurlique, which was a direct result of our long-standing success in beauty. We are enthusiastic supporters of this important global skin care
Middle market private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners has held the final closing of Parthenon Investors IV (PCP IV) with USD700 million in commitments. PCP IV exceeded its initial fund target of USD600 million and hit its “hard cap” of USD700 million.
“We appreciate the support we received from our existing limited partners and are also excited about the relationships we’ve developed with an outstanding group of new investors,” says Brian Golson (pictured), Managing Partner and San Francisco Office Head.
“We’re pleased that investors recognised our differentiated strategy, significant focus on proactive research, and strong track record,” says David Ament,
CS Strategic Partners, the exclusive dedicated secondary private equity arm of Credit Suisse, has announced the final close of its most recent fund, CS Strategic Partners V, with total capital commitments of over USS2.9 billion. Consistent with regulation, this capital includes over USS87 million committed by Credit Suisse and the Strategic Partner investment team.
SPV LBO Centric, SPV Real Estate and SPV Venture Secondary Funds began investing in the second half of 2011 and have to date already collectively invested or committed to invest approximately USD500 million to over 170 underlying funds in over 30 transactions. Strategic Partner’s pipeline is
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