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Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners has appointed Sam Brooks a Principal in the firm’s European team. Brooks was previously with Insight Venture Partners where he led and was involved in several key investments including PhotoBox, OverDrive, Groupalia, Mentez, Studio Moderna, 3P Learning, Privalia, Beatport, PerTrac, Netsmart Technologies (sold to Genstar Capital) and Primavera Systems (sold to Oracle).
Having spent over six years in the growth technology market Brooks’ recent move to Europe provides a unique opportunity for Highland Capital Partners to add to their team. Brooks will be based in London and will work across Europe alongside Fergal Mullen,
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 20% equity stake in leading Facebook marketing agency, KRDS. Through its Innovation & Growth funds, AXA Private Equity’s investment will enable KRDS to reinforce its leading position in the French social networking market, hire new talent and grow internationally.
KRDS, founded in 2008 by four internet and social network enthusiasts, creates and develops successful social media applications. It has rapidly become a French leader in the Facebook application market and is a member of Facebook’s “Preferred Developer Consultant” program. This is a network composed of 85 agencies which are directly recommended by Facebook to
AFS Technologies, Inc.(AFS), a portfolio company of Argentum Capital Partners II, LP (Argentum), Garvin Hill Capital Fund LLC (Garvin), Ticonderoga SBIC, LP, and other institutional shareholders, have completed an equity financing led by Goldman Sachs & Co.
AFS is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the food and beverage market.
Kurien Jacob, Chief Executive Officer, and the senior management team will continue to lead the company following the investment by Goldman Sachs & Co. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to AFS. The transaction was led by Jeff Bistrong, Derek Swaim, Sam Hendler and
Beringea, manager of the ProVen VCTs, has invested GBP750,000 into PolyTherics Limited, a solution provider to biopharmaceutical companies, for the improvement of protein and peptide based drugs, alongside existing investors Imperial Innovation and The Capital Fund.
The total round was GBP2.15 million. The funds will be used to apply the company’s proprietary polymer-protein conjugation technologies to an expanding range of proteins and peptides and to pursue new applications of these technologies.
Commenting on the deal, Stephane Mery, Beringea Investment Director, says: “PolyTherics Limited is one of the leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry and this is an exciting opportunity to
Alternative Asset Risk Management (AARM) Corporation has released extended functionality to support investors in private equity with their cash management needs.
The Capital Call Trends feature will enable investors to understand the distribution of potential draw down rates for a private equity fund and forecast capital calls to effectively manage commitments within a private equity investment portfolio. The Capital Call Trends functionality is included within the Industry Insights module, which also contains the AARM FOIA Performance Benchmark, AARM Dry Powder Percentage and AARM Dry Powder Years©features that help analyse private equity market trends for meaningful decision-making insight.
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Harris Williams & Co has appointed Michael Wilkins as a managing director leading the firm’s Technology, Telecom & Digital Media (TTDM) Group’s efforts on the West Coast in the US.
Wilkins joins the firm with a wide range of experience and industry knowledge as well as strong relationships with strategic buyers and leading private equity and venture capital groups worldwide.
Prior to joining Harris Williams & Co, Wilkins was a managing director at Sagent Advisors where he co-founded the firm’s technology practice. During his time at Sagent, Wilkins headed the internet and digital media practice covering the online
Monroe Capital has provided a USD22 million unitranche facility to Links Global LLC. Monroe Capital’s facility was used to refinance existing debt and provide growth capital through an acquisition facility.
Links Global, based in Walnut, California, is a third party logistics business providing freight hauling services, warehouse storage space and related equipment from facilities located in California, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Oregon. Customers include leading companies in the beverage, construction, corrugated materials, food and mining industries, among others.
Tom Aronson, Managing Director at Monroe Capital, says: “We are excited to provide Links Global with a one-stop financing solution that will
It is very hard to know where to start. The last month has been a chaotic mix of extreme market volatility, contradictory but generally poor economic data, baffling politics and bizarre actions from governments around the world, says Thomas Becket, Chief Investment Officer of PSigma Investment Management…
It has all made for a horribly potent cocktail that created a miserable month for global asset prices and has impacted badly upon investor and consumer confidence around the world. At times there were strong echoes of the misery that we suffered in 2008, as intraday market volatility spiked and indices and individual
Private funds lawyer Udi Grofman has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a corporate partner in the New York office.
"Udi is one of the top lawyers in the alternative investment management field," says Paul, Weiss chair Brad S Karp. "We are thrilled to welcome a partner of his caliber and stature."
Grofman’s experience includes structuring a wide variety of alternative investment products, including hedge funds and private equity funds as well as structuring seed and strategic relationships. Grofman regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on risk management and regulatory compliance, as well as on operational
IK Investment Partners is to sell Etanco, the French market leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of building fasteners and fixing systems to 3i and funds managed by 3i.
The management team remains committed to the business, with CEO Ronan Lebraut re-investing alongside 3i and retaining a 25% stake in the company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered near Paris with 600 employees, Etanco is the leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of building fasteners and fixing systems in France. The company also has a strong presence in Belgium, Italy and Eastern Europe through its subsidiary
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