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Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising midmarket companies, has sold portfolio company Nekoosa, a manufacturer of specialty paper and film products used in the graphics and commercial print markets.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Nekoosa produces a comprehensive suite of specialty engineered materials in four key product areas: application and pressure sensitive tapes used to protect and transfer graphics onto surfaces such as store window and commercial vehicles; synthetic papers that offer a digitally printable tear-and-water-proof alternative to lamination; sheeted digital and offset grade carbonless paper; and
Global investment firm Sixth Street has held the final close of funds totaling $4.4 billion in fresh capital commitments to invest in fast-growing businesses through the firm’s Sixth Street Growth platform. The funds closed at their hard cap.
Ed Saunders has re-joined global law firm Goodwin as partner in the firm’s private equity practice in London. Saunders was previously a finance associate in Goodwin’s UK Private Equity practice for three years to 2019.
Saunders acts for managers, general partners, funds, banks, non-bank lenders and other market participants on a range of products across the fund finance sector. His extensive experience includes acting on subscription line, umbrella and managed account financings, net asset value (NAV) and hybrid fund facilities across various asset classes, preferred equity arrangements and management and co-investment liquidity lines, including advising on security packages in respect of
Star Mountain Capital, a private investment manager with over $3 billion in assets under management focused exclusively on investing in established, small and medium-sized businesses in the North American lower middle-market, has appointed T J Della Pietra as a senior advisor.
Cairn Capital has rebranded as Polus Capital Management (Polus), following its strategic combination with specialist credit manager Bybrook Capital in 2021.
The rebranding reflects the coming together of two successful European credit managers to create a cohesive firm with a shared vision and unified goals of delivering best-in-class performance and client service to institutional investors.
Polus says investors are already benefitting from the valuable synergies and investment insights covering performing through to distressed, enabling the firm to be more relevant to institutional investors’ needs as they naturally evolve through the cycle. The firm’s underlying investment strategies, teams and governance structure
The first priority for most newly launched funds is typically in the front office. In the back-office, new technology and outsourcing capabilities are providing comfort to them…
Though fundraising may be the greatest challenge facing a new or first-time fund manager, it is often back and middle-office considerations that make or break the business over the long-term.
At each stage, from debut fund to a fourth vehicle, about one-third of emerging managers don’t raise a subsequent fund. How their team is structured is usually a major factor.
In Private Equity Wire’s emerging manager survey conducted in September, the second greatest
There is an oversupply of first-time VC funds with a 2022 vintage. As they struggle, managers that deployed their first funds during the recent boom will face scrutiny from their LPs…
Venture capital has traditionally been a more accessible route for emerging managers seeking to launch a new private equity fund.
Entrepreneurial specialists, particularly in early-stage VC, can often pitch investment opportunities not usually on the radar of LPs, with fund sizes typically much lower than most new buyout funds and a higher valuation multiplier effect over the long-term.
“Venture, by its nature, is venture. This is not an asset
In a tightening fundraising environment, LPs are favouring emerging managers with an ESG angle and negotiating harder on terms…
Even in a buoyant fundraising environment, emerging managers have it tough. Last year, they accounted for only 11.7% of private equity capital raised globally, a 15- year low, according to PitchBook data, and the level is broadly similar in 2022.
As LP allocations to private equity tighten in H2, established GPs coming back to market more quickly are being prioritised over commitments to new funds.
“If you’re getting a solid return from a brand name firm, why take on the risk
Veteran dealmakers are increasingly spinning out from the large private equity houses to raise multi-billion-dollar funds. Will a more recessionary mood force some to reconsider?
ESG has gone from a ‘nice to have’ to a fundamental differentiator in a crowded fundraising market, according to a new survey.
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