inVentiv Health has named a senior executive in India's life sciences industry to lead its expanding operations in India. Anita Tripathy joins inVentiv Health from Capgemini, India, where she served on the leadership team of the global provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The company is privately owned by inVentiv Group Holdings, an organization sponsored by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, Liberty Lane Partners and members of the inVentiv management team.
5 min read · 26 November 2013
Shopko has announced that retail industry veteran Peter McMahon has been selected as its new chief executive officer. Shopko is owned by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners.
3 min read · 26 November 2013
Medical device company Tyber Medical has closed a successful initial funding round for an undisclosed amount. The company will use the capital to develop additional products for the spine and orthopedic markets.
2 min read · 26 November 2013
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Omnitracs, formerly a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Omnitracs has also signed a definitive agreement to acquire Roadnet Technologies, a provider of fleet management software solutions for private fleets.
4 min read · 26 November 2013
Partners Group has confirmed the divestment of its remaining interest in Asset Management Partners, an affiliated company with a focus on traditional asset management, to its management team as pre-announced in September 2013. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions and is consistent with the firm’s strategy to focus on private markets investment activities.
2 min read · 26 November 2013
Luxembourg-based venture capital fund GGM Venture Capital has invested though its sub-fund GGM High Growth IT Fund into Optimitive. The round was led by GGM Venture Capital and joined by SURGE Accelerator. Optimitive graduated from the SURGE Accelerator program in May 2013.
4 min read · 26 November 2013
Biopharmaceutical company Agalimmune has secured funding from an investment group comprising Loxbridge Research and Animatrix Capital. Agalimmune is based both in London and California.
5 min read · 26 November 2013
Gilde Healthcare has reached a final close of its 145 million euros ($200 million) transatlantic growth capital fund, Gilde Healthcare III. The new fund targets investment in innovative businesses in home and digital health, medical devices, diagnostics and therapeutics in the United States and in Europe.
2 min read · 26 November 2013
This Tuesday morning First Read brings you the latest Asian private equity update, an analysis of interim fund performance and fundraising in private equity and whether highly educated entrepreneurs really matter.
1 min read · 26 November 2013
This week peHUB has earmarked a senior health informatics analyst position at Blackstone, an investment analyst vacancy at Partners Group, a performance analyst associate job opening at State Street and an investment associate position at Luxury Brand Partners.
1 min read · 25 November 2013
