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Long Ridge Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the financial and business technology sectors, has promoted Andrew Cedar and Jason Melton to partner, and Doug Nelson to principal.
Private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners is in advanced negotiations to sell US natural gas producer Rockcliff Energy to a unit of Japanese energy firm Tokyo Gas Co Ltd for around $4.6 billion, according to a report by Deal Street Asia.
An affiliate of Stellex Capital Management, a $2.6 billion multi sector investment firm with offices in New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh and London, is to acquire G2 Web Services, Lundquist Consulting, and Fintellix India Private Limited from Transunion for $176 million.
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of the Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund V with approximately $2.1 billion in total commitments from a wide range of global investors including public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments, foundations, high-net-worth individuals and other financial institutions.
The fund, the firm’s largest to-date, employs a strategy which Hamilton Lane says provides investors with diversified exposure to differentiated deals through an efficient fee structure.
Including Fund V, Hamilton Lane’s Direct Equity platform has raised approximately $3.7 billion since mid-2020.
Round Hill Music Royalty Partners, a private equity firm dedicated to investing in music copyrights, has acquired the producer royalties and related rights of music producer Steve Lillywhite. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Caplight has launched Caplight Data, a tool for tracking venture-backed private company stock prices, valuations, and trading activity, providing users with access to dataset of over 10,000 private company transactional data points.
Global law firm K&L Gates has opened a new office in Dublin, its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe. The launch includes the hiring of asset management and investment funds lawyers Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michelle Lloyd as the office’s founding partners.
In light of an ever-shifting regulatory environment and challenges around talent and technology, private equity firms are leaning more heavily on their service providers for support which will allow them to focus on their core capabilities.
With changing market conditions, companies have needed to shift their mindset to focus on generating profitable growth, and many are realizing that doing so in the public markets may prove difficult. In this context, the enterprise software sector represents significant investment opportunities for growth.
Blackstone Energy Partners is selling its 25% stake in Grand Prix NGL Pipeline to Targa Resources Corp for $1.05 billion in cash plus customary working capital adjustments. On closing, Targa will own 100% of Grand Prix.
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