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North Haven Capital (NHC), a private investment group based in Portland, Maine, has acquired New England-based Chamberlain Group (TCG), a designer, developer, and manufacturer of anatomical medical models.  NHC teamed up with BankProv, a future-ready commercial bank that offers adaptive and technology-first banking solutions to emerging markets and BDC Capital, recognised locally and nationally as a leader and innovator in business lending and capital investment. Upstream Capital assisted in originating the transaction. The Chamberlain Group’s products provide the best alternative to animals and cadavers for emerging medical device training and the associated procedures. NHC identified TCG as a scalable, high
The Marketing Practice, a B2B marketing specialist backed by private equity investor Horizon Capital, has extended its presence in the APC region with the acquisition of ABM, demand and media specialist Rombii.  The deal marks the company’s first acquisition in the region and its fifth in the last 18 months, making it one of the largest B2B tech marketing specialists in the world.   Rombii’s founder Sam Howell and its managing director Marcus Wilkinson will remain in their roles. Rombii joins US-based Campaign Stars and 90octane alongside Kingpin and Omobono, all of which were acquired in the last 18 months
Accordion, a private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm, has secured a majority growth investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank), a middle-market private investment firm, and Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on financial technology.  FFL Partners (FFL) meanwhile, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in healthcare and tech-enabled services, has exited its investment in the business by selling its minority stake to Charlesbank Capital Partners.  Nick Leopard, Founder and CEO, and the Accordion team will remain major shareholders alongside Charlesbank and Motive. The growth investment is intended to serve as an accelerant for Accordion’s
Bessemer Venture Partners has closed $4.6 billion in new capital across two funds – $3.85 billion for its twelfth flagship fund, BVP XII, and $780 million for its inaugural BVP Forge fund. These two new funds allow the firm to back entrepreneurs and management teams across all stages of growth, regardless of maturity or structure.  Bessemer Venture Partners focuses on early- and growth-stage venture capital investments through its current $2.475 billion BVP XI fund, $825 million Century II growth fund, and $220 million early-stage focused India fund that were raised in 2021. With BVP Forge and its dedicated Forge fund,
BayPine has closed its inaugural private equity fund, BayPine Capital Partners Fund, at approximately $2.2 billion, exceeding its $2.0 billion target. Including the invested capital of co-investors participating directly and indirectly alongside the fund, the fund’s capital totals approximately $3.0 billion.  The fund’s investor base is comprised of leading global institutions, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. BayPine was formed in 2019 by Managing Partners David Roux, Co-Founder and former Co-CEO and Chairman of Silver Lake, and Anjan Mukherjee, former Senior Managing Director at Blackstone
Ardian has held the final closing of its latest Americas infrastructure fund – Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund V (AAIF V) – with $2.1 bn in capital commitments.
Private equity fund Abac Sustainable Value II FCR (Abac), a fund specialised in sustainable value investments in the mid-market segment, has completed the acquisition of the industrial arm of Intermas Group (Intermas).  In parallel, Catral Garden & Home Depot (Catral), a gardening company owned by JPMorgan and Blackpearl, are acquiring the group’s gardening and DIY division. Abac plans to boost growth in Intermas’s industrial business, by promoting the company’s innovative material technology and sustainable product lifecycles.  Intermas, which is headquartered in Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona, Spain), was started by the founding family over six decades ago and currently generates annual
Tailwater Capital (Tailwater), a private equity firm that invests in energy and growth infrastructure solutions, is to sell NorTex Midstream, (NorTex) to Williams Field Services Group (Williams), a subsidiary of The Williams Companies for $423 million.
Francisco Partners (FP) has hired Ashley Evans as a Partner of the firm. At FP, Ashley will focus primarily on application software investments across a range of end-markets. Evans most recently served as a Managing Director at Carlyle Group, where she was a member of its technology investing team. Evans helped to establish Carlyle’s West Coast presence and was involved in many key investments for Carlyle’s technology team, most recently serving on the boards of HireVue, NEOGOV, Saama, TriNetX, Veritas, and ZoomInfo.  Prior to Carlyle, Ashley worked as an analyst at Morgan Stanley. She earned her AB in the Study
Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) and its private investor network have successfully exited an investment in threat intelligence platform Intelligence Fusion after the company y was acquired by Sigma7, providing a profitable return for all investors. GCV, based in North East England, has supported the Intelligence Fusion team, headquartered in Durham, since inception in 2015 on both an investment and technology basis.   Through GCV Labs, the company’s venture builder division, GCV worked closely with founder Michael McCabe on the concept from idea stage through to the launch of the core threat intelligence platform. GCV Labs provided a full-service software development

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