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Perwyn has appointed James Gavey as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Gavey, who will be based in Perwyn’s London office, joins from Silverfleet Capital Partners where he has worked since 2001, most recently as director of finance. His expertise lies in UK and European lower and midmarket management buyouts with an enterprise value of between €25 million and €300 million.   This is Perwyn’s third hire this year, following the appointment of Gurinder Sunner as Partner in February, and Angus Duthie-Jackson as an Associate last month.   Gavey began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Assurance and Business Advisory
Quote.com, a portfolio company of Osceola Capital, has acquired Ring2Media, a direct response marketing agency specialising in Medicare enrolment. The acquisition will be consolidated under the Quote.com brand and accelerate the company’s penetration of the highly strategic Medicare segment. The Ring2Media acquisition further diversifies Quote.com’s core digital product offering by adding expertise in TV/OTT marketing, expanding the company’s reach and addressable audience.    McDermott Will & Emery served as legal advisor to Quote.com. MTS Health Partners and Bass Berry & Sims served as financial advisor and legal advisor to Ring2Media, respectively. Capital Southwest Corporation and Plexus Capital provided financing for
After less than five years, Moonfare has become one of the world’s leading digital private equity investing platforms, its AUM now totalling over €2 billion. The Berlin-based FinTech is disrupting private market investing by opening access to leading private equity funds for qualified investors and their advisors at low minimums (starting at around $125.000).  Moonfare’s rapid growth underlines the rising trend of “Private Equity goes Retail”. This phenomenon continues to gain momentum as investors are looking to alternative assets for portfolio diversification and to benefit from PE’s record returns. Fund managers too are looking to tap into the private capital
Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) owned by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Harrison & Company Wealth Management,(HCO). HCO serves approximately 120 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $150 million. HCO was founded by Bruce Harrison CFP®, Senior Partner. HCO’s team will also be joining Mercer Advisors.
King & Spalding has appointed Kathleen “Katie” Blaszak as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. She is based in the Northern Virginia office. Blaszak’s practice covers M&A, joint ventures and new venture formations, investments, strategic partnerships, and complex commercial transactions, as well as the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and general corporate matters. She represents clients across multiple sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications and automotive. Blaszak received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her JD from Washington & Lee School of Law. She was most recently a partner at Winston & Strawn.
Zyscovich, one of the largest architecture, interior and urban design, and consulting services firms in the State of Florida specialising in K-12 education and transportation projects for both public and private clients, has received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP (Godspeed), a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Through this investment, Godspeed will partner with Zyscovich leadership to establish the Company as a signature brand within its existing multi-disciplinary growth platform Prime ABA, further expanding Prime ABA’s expertise across the
Tebra, a healthcare technology specialist, has secured more than $72 million in funding at a valuation greater than $1 billion.
Tandym Group (Tandym), a national recruitment, contract staffing, consulting, and workforce solutions company, has acquired Metro Systems, a Virginia-based technology staffing firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  Tandym is backed by Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations oriented private investment firm that invests in well-positioned industrial businesses in North America. Metro Systems provides nationwide technology staffing and direct hire services to clients spanning a broad range of end markets. The company’s central value proposition is predicated on providing a complete employment and services solution to each client, while matching technology candidates to the best possible technology
WiseWorks AI, a communications intelligence platform, has secured a $1.2 million investment to build a one-stop solution for financial institutions to analyse surging virtual communications for compliance and to automate everyday tasks. The heavily oversubscribed round was led by Veridian Ventures, with investment from funds including Silicon Valley-based R42, SyndicateRoom’s Super Angel fund, and Istcapital, joining initial investors Founders Factory. The funding will be used to expand the team and accelerate product development. WiseWorks is backed by serial entrepreneur and AI veteran Dr Ronjon Nag, founder of R42, who has founded and advised speech recognition companies sold to Motorola, RIM/Blackberry,
Maven Capital Partners’ (Maven) Maven VCTs have invested £1 million in ORCHA Health Limited (ORCHA). Cheshire based ORCHA is a global leader in assessing and distributing digital health, enabling private, local, and national health systems to adopt digital solutions, supporting healthcare professionals to prescribe digital health apps to patients. The company’s products are used in 12 countries, including the UK, Canada and parts of Europe. Customers include Public Health England, MHRA, NHS Digital, Mental Health Commission of Canada, and the American Telemedicine Association. The business is led by CEO Liz Ashall-Payne, a former NHS speech therapist, who recently won the

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