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Highview Capital (Highview) has acquired Jobbers Meat Packing Co, doing business as WilMar, a protein processor specialising in ground beef solutions. Highview plans to merge WilMar with portfolio company Randall Foods (Randall), to create one of the leading protein providers in the US.
Randall Foods partners with grocery customers to provide all types of processed and value-added case-ready meats, including a variety of fresh prepared meals and marinated, ready-to-cook offerings. Since Highview acquired Randall in February 2021, the company has maintained its strong customer-centric culture while also scaling for further growth through expanding its exceptional management team and investing in capital
DigitalBridge Investment Management (DigitalBridge), the investment management arm of DigitalBridge Group, and funds affiliated with Columbia Capital have formed Xenith Infrastructure Group (Xenith IG), a new fibre platform serving hyperscalers, data centre operators, carriers and enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region.
Xenith IG’s initial assets comprise conduit and fibre assets in Singapore and Hong Kong, which it acquired from Superloop (ASX: SLC).
Xenith IG will be led by Clement Goh, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 August, 2022. Goh brings more than 20 years of digital infrastructure and technology sector experience in the Asia-Pacific market to Xenith IG. He
Cornerstone VC, born out of black-led angel group Cornerstone Partners, has launched a new £20 million fund to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs in the UK from diverse backgrounds.
BGF, the UK’s most active investor of growth capital and The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity with a mission to remove barriers to education & skills in technology, both led the first round close, as well as others including Atomico, one of Europe’s leading VC funds focusing on Series A and beyond. Other investors include Nic Humphries and several senior partners from Hg, a leading software and services investor, as well
In an effort to recruit and retain new talent, PE firms of all sizes have prioritised talent management above everything aside from asset growth.
SYN Ventures has lead a $20 million Series A funding round in RegScale, a continuous compliance automation software company.
SineWave Ventures, VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners, SecureOctane and several strategic investors also participated in the round.
The funding will primarily be used to drive sales and marketing initiatives initially targeted in the company’s three primary markets — government, financial institutions, and energy and utilities — and accelerate product development to meet the needs of customers globally.
Since the company launched eight months ago, RegScale has recorded triple digit revenue growth with nearly 8,000 downloads of its freemium Community Edition platform and
Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a global investment platform focused on the transition to a sustainable energy future, has participated in Rheaply’s latest investment round through its Elevate Future Fund.
Rheaply is a cloud-based resource exchange platform that connects people and organizations with resources, improves reuse outcomes and catalyzes the circular economy.
Earlier this summer, Rheaply announced a $20 million raise focused on driving a revolutionary shift in enterprise resource management. This funding round makes Rheaply co-founder and CEO, Dr Garry Cooper Jr, the single highest-funded Black entrepreneur in climate tech in the city of Chicago. With this funding, Rheaply intends
David M Hutchins, who served as the general counsel of North America Private Investments at Bain Capital, has joined Ropes & Gray. He will be a partner in the firm’s private equity practice.
At Bain, Hutchins advised Bain’s North America Private Equity, Ventures, Life Sciences, Double Impact and Tech Opportunities teams. He advised investors and legal teams on an array of ambitious mergers, acquisitions, take-privates, minority and majority investments, fund formations, and led teams that advised on day-to-day management of Bain’s portfolio companies.
Prior to Bain, Hutchins worked at two global law firms and as a senior associate at
Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has hired Brad Pritchard as managing director, technology.
Operating out of the Silicon Valley office and reporting directly to founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer, David Spreng, Pritchard will primarily make investments in the broader technology industry, including in companies focused on sustainability. Additionally, he will target top venture capital firms and the management teams of leading late-stage technology companies.
Before Runway, Pritchard was a managing director at BlackRock for more than eight years and led
Palatine Private Equity has completed a significant investment into My Pension Expert following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
My Pension Expert is a UK at-retirement adviser, with its telephone and video-based services allowing the company to provide independent financial advice on a national scale.
Palatine’s investment will accelerate My Pension Expert’s growth plans as the business aims to ensure people of all wealth brackets can receive independent financial advice and achieve their desired retirement outcomes.
As part of the process, My Money Expert also completed a debt refinancing with Beechbrook Capital. The new package from Beechbrook
iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, has completed the acquisition of SIMON Markets. The transaction meaningfully broadens iCapital’s investment menu, technical capabilities, education offerings and support services for advisors and their clients.
Through this acquisition, iCapital will create a single source of alternative investment strategies from nearly 300 asset managers and product manufacturers, adding SIMON’s structured investments, annuities, digital assets and risk-managed products offerings to iCapital’s extensive menu of private offerings including equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, direct deals, hedge funds, and other alternative strategies.
The combination
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