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Finquest, a fintech company that helps private equity and corporate mergers & acquisitions teams source proprietary mid-market deals, has expanded its private company database by 100% alongside headcount growth to 250 global employees.
Finquest now makes over 100 million mid-market companies discoverable to potential investors and corporate buyers. The data it collects on these companies is uniquely gathered, organised, augmented by AI, and moderated by humans, making it unrivalled in breadth and searchability.
Thanks to this, Finquest addresses the biggest question facing Private Equity and Corporate M&A teams when it comes to deal sourcing: is this the best target
AE Industrial Partners , a specialist in space investing and a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has completed its majority stake investment in York Space Systems, an independent provider of small satellites, satellite components and turnkey mission operations.
Isara, a new specialist investor in the food sector, has launched its debut £300 million fund, which will focus on improving the efficiency, quality and sustainability of food supply systems across the UK, Ireland and Western Europe.
Isara will invest in food production and distribution businesses, helping to stabilise and transform the existing food ecosystem which is undergoing structural shifts caused by rising inflation, the Covid-19 pandemic, labour supply scarcity, and a growing commitment to sustainability.
Led by Michael Rice, Isara’s team has extensive expertise working with businesses and management teams across the food sector, including Eight Fifty Food Group,
European software investment firm Round2 Capital has held the first close of its second software lending fund with €62 million, expanding its total assets-under-management to €115 million.
Round2 Capital is a pan-European software lending firm applying an actively managed revenue-based credit strategy and has invested in more than 25 companies throughout eight European jurisdictions.
Luxembourg-based Round2 Capital Fund II continues to apply the same successful strategy as Round2 Capital’s fully invested first software lending fund and has a target of €100 million. The second vehicle will finance up to 40 small- and mid-cap software companies all over Europe, with a
M&A and capital markets lawyer John Johnston has returned to Vinson & Elkins as as counsel in New York. Johnston rejoins the firm where he began his career, having spent the past five years at Baker Botts.
Johnston represents businesses in a wide range of corporate transactions, including initial public offerings, registered and unregistered offerings of equity and debt securities, and M&A transactions. In addition, Johnston advises companies on shareholder activism and corporate governance matters, Exchange Act reporting, beneficial ownership reporting, stock exchange compliance and other securities law matters.
Johnston has represented public and private companies and investment funds based
Monomoy Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm focused on operational value creation, has added Nordic Tubs to its pool and spa platform. The platform now consists of Artesian Spas, Marquis Hot Tubs and Nordic Hot Tubs.
Nordic manufactures hot tubs and related accessories for the residential market in North America and Europe. The Nordic acquisition will enhance the platform’s existing product portfolio by adding the leading manufacturer of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) hot tubs in the value category.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC provided legal counsel to Monomoy on the acquisitions. Calder Capital, LLC served as financial
CalPERS made commitments of up to $15.2 billion to new and existing alternative investment strategies in Q3 2022, including a $1.5 billion commitment to Tower Bridge Infrastructure Partners, a private equity infrastructure fund managed by Global Infrastructure Partners, according to a report by Pension & Investments Online.
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital have formed a strategic partnership to co-invest across structured credit opportunities while leveraging the complementary investment expertise across both platforms.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, made a total of $2.9 billion in commitments to alternative investments during the third quarter of the year.
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, software, and industrials industries, has made a significant investment in Jet Support Services, an independent provider of aircraft maintenance support and financial tools for the business aviation industry.
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