Latham & Watkins Expands Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices in Los Angeles
Tana Ryan advises private equity funds and public and private companies on a variety of sophisticated corporate transactions. Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Tana Ryan has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. Ms. […]
General Atlantic leads USD100m investment in Fresha
Fresha, a beauty and wellness software platform, has secured USD100 million in a Series C investment round led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former Chairman Investments at Alibaba Group, […]
JM Financial Private Equity invests in Walko Food Company Pvt. Ltd.
JM Financial Private Equity (the “Fund”) has finalized an investment in a Pune based consumer packaged food company, Walko Food Company Private Limited (“Walko” or the “Company”), to fund the Company’s current expansion plans. Proceeds from the Series-A investment will support brand building activities and augmentation of the existing capacities of the Company. Walko Food […]
FTV Capital leads USD100m Series C investment in Embroker
Digital business insurance platform Embroker has secured USD100 million in a Series C funding round was led by FTV Capital with additional investment from HSCM Bermuda and Gaingels and follow on from Tola Capital, Canaan Partners, Bee Partners, and MassMutual Ventures. Embroker plans to utilise the new funding to expand the company into a full-stack […]
Palatine invests in tech firm Fournet
Mid-market investor Palatine Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in FourNet, the award-winning digital transformation and customer experience specialists with clients including 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and the Bank of England. Headquartered in Manchester, and with offices in London and Burton-on-Trent, FourNet has annual revenues of GBP38 million and employs […]
Private Equity Invests In MAS Medical Staffing
Private equity firm Periscope Equity announced an investment in per diem and travel nurse provider MAS Medical Staffing LLC — which SIA ranked as the 40th-largest US healthcare staffing firm last year — in a recapitalization in partnership with management. MAS Medical Staffing is now a portfolio company of Periscope. MAS Medical Staffing was founded […]
Private equity investments hit record high of $62 billion; Saudi’s PIF top investor
Despite Covid-19, the Indian private equity (PE) landscape witnessed a record high of $62.2 billion of investment in 2020, on account of Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail deals contributing $26.5 billion. This value is around 40% of the total deal value, said a report released by Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and […]
Ace Capital Partners launches Spain-focused aerospace and defence private equity fund
Ace Capital Partners, a private equity firm specialised in strategic industries and technologies and subsidiary of Tikehau Capital, announces today the launch of Ace Aerofondo IV FCR, with SEPI, Airbus, Indra and Tikehau Capital as investors. This new private equity fund will invest in lower and upper midmarket companies active in the Spanish aerospace and […]
Drawbridge launches new module for private equity funds
Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has launched a new module in Drawbridge’s flagship technology platform designed specifically for Private Equity (PE) funds. The new module gives PE funds a single view to monitor the complete cyber risk profiles of their portfolio companies in real-time. The first offering […]
Blackrock ETF Doubles in days to 2$ billion on commodities
Over six and a half years, a BlackRock Inc. commodity fund never came close to $1 billion in assets. Yet over two days in late May, the ETF more than doubled to $2 billion — and it’s already added another $120 million in June. The iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy exchange-traded fund (ticker COMT) […]
