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Shore Capital Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing, has closed its second Food & Beverage fund, Shore Capital Partners Food and Beverage Fund II (F&B Fund II) with $291.75 million in Capital commitments.
Shore now manages a total committed capital base of approximately $3 billion.
F&B Fund II is led by Shore Founder and Managing Partner Justin Ishbia, Partner Richard Boos, and Principals Tom Smithburg, Jeff Smart and Jeff Smith. F&B Fund II will continue the successful investment strategy employed by Ishbia and Boos and will invest primarily in food & beverage manufacturing, distribution, packaging
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has named Josh Kaufman as head of Europe.
Kaufman, one of LLCP’s senior managing directors, will join LLCP’s Investment Committee and be responsible for managing the European Investment Team, as well as the origination of new investment opportunities, investment due diligence and portfolio management. Kaufman succeeds John O’Neill, who has transitioned to a new role as a senior advisor.
LLCP has successfully built its European business with significant expansion across four offices: London, Frankfurt, Stockholm and The Hague. The firm is currently investing from its second dedicated European
HIG Capital’s (HIG) portfolio company, Riveron Consulting (Riveron), a national business advisory firm, has acquired Clermont Partners (Clermont), a women-owned consultancy specialising in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) communications and strategy, investor relations, and transaction communications.
Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Elizabeth Saunders and Victoria Sivrais, Clermont has a team of 35 ESG and financial communications specialists in Chicago and Washington, DC.
The acquisition bolsters Riveron’s critically important ESG offering with a robust suite of services to support clients at every stage of their sustainability journey. It also introduces new investor relations and transaction communications capabilities to help clients
FTI Consulting has appointed Herman Klein Wassink as a senior advisor to the Global Insurance Services practice.
The hire expands the firm’s insurance M&A and strategic advisory services in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based in London, Klein Wassink will work closely with the firm’s insurance experts to provide sector-led advice to clients in the (re)insurance market.
Klein Wassink has more than 25 years’ experience as a C-suite advisor, financier, counterparty and investor in the financial services sector. In addition to serving in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Klein Wassink
Clearview Capital Fund IV, and its affiliates (Fund IV) have created The Barcode Group by rebranding the holding company formed in 2021 to merge Infinity Worlds, Belmont Partners and Portu-Sunberg (including wholly-owned subsidiaries Tana Sales and Marketing, Avenue C, and Retell).
The Barcode Group brings together three industry leaders with decades of combined expertise serving established and emerging national brands and private label suppliers across retail channels including Target, Walmart, Amazon, and Costco with a shared commitment to exceptional service.
The Barcode Group will serve as the holding company and umbrella organization for six divisions within the three merged
Cabot Square Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in Chartway Group, one of South-East England’s leading partnerships-based housebuilders.
The investment is being made by Cabot Square’s existing portfolio company Public Sector Plc (PSP) to create a new merged Group.
PSP is a specialist strategic asset manager that partners with public and private sector bodies to add value to land and property assets as well as deliver positive ESG outcomes for local communities.
The investment will support the strategic growth of the Chartway Group.
Acquisition debt funding was provided by Pricoa Private Capital.
BGF has expanded its Yorkshire and North East team with the appointment of Linda Nguyenova as an investor.
Nguyenova joins BGF from investor Endless LLP, where she spent more than three years as an investment manager. Prior to this, she worked at PwC across its Debt & Capital Advisory and Deals/Assurance teams. Nguyenova has built up an excellent reputation in the Yorkshire market and was recently nominated as an investment rising star at the Yorkshire Businessdesk Rainmaker Awards, having previously been named in the Real Deals Future 40 Diversity and Inclusion Leaders list.
At BGF, Nguyenova will be
Virtual event and communities platform SCOOCS has raised €1 million in investment from business angel Sebastian Loh.
The funding will be used to develop the platform further, simplifying the process of customising and building events/communities, and expanding the team.
Born from necessity in 2020 and a couple weeks before Covid lockdowns, SCOOCS (Smart Customizable, Online, Offline, Communities for Sustainability) was founded by Prof Dr René Bohnsack. He used the platform to host his own conference on the topic of Sustainability and Digitalisation to showcase those conferences can be more sustainable and inclusive. Market demand combined with years of experience in
TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset management firm TPG, is to acquire a majority interest in DOC Generici, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals in Italy, from ICG and Merieux Equity Partners.
Following the recent launch of £5 million Boost Fund 1, Capital Pilot has announced the first five startup businesses backed by the fund on the basis of an Investability Rating.
Boost Fund 1 is the UK’s first automated high-volume investment fund targeting UK-based startups. Its approach brings efficiency and transparency to the fundraising process for founders, and also helps investors build truly diverse portfolios of entrepreneurial businesses.
With plans to complete 100 equity investments in less than six months, Boost Fund 1 will be the leading UK startup investment fund by volume and is set to back a diverse range
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