Private Equity
Seattle-based Banyan Branch, a media agency that provides end-to-end marketing services for the leading brands, has secured $1.7 million in growth funding from a group of private investors. The company plans to use the capital to accelerate growth and continue investment in scalable social media processes, media buying and technology for its clients. A group of elite investors and entrepreneurs participated in the Series A growth round, including, among others, Bob Gay, CEO and co-founder of Huntsman Gay Global Capital; Bill Bryant, venture partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Geoff Entress, venture partner at Voyager Capital.
4 min read · 04 October 2011
Tim Main has joined Evercore Partners' investment banking business as a senior advisor. He will be based in New York and will focus on advising clients in the financial services industry. He most recently ran the North American Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at JPMorgan Chase and was co-head of the global FIG Group.
2 min read · 04 October 2011
Chanticleer Holdings has bought out SG Shaw Foods from all Hooters locations in South Africa giving the company and its limited partners majority ownership. Value of the transaction was undisclosed.
3 min read · 04 October 2011
Global contract research company Pharmaceutical Product Development has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.9 billion, after which PPD will be a private company.
7 min read · 03 October 2011
Global asset manager Pinebridge Investments has appointed John Baumann as head of institutional sales and client service for the Americas. Baumann will lead PineBridge’s institutional business development and client service efforts in the region, reporting directly to Sandra Norman, global head of institutional sales and client service for PineBridge.
1 min read · 03 October 2011
Julian Carreras has returned to European mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners as principal. The appointment marks the return to Palamon by Carreras, a Spanish national, who was a member of the firm between 2003 and 2006. He initially joined Palamon from Goldman Sachs and prior to that worked for McKinsey & Co. Between 2006 and 2011, he held positions with Cinven in London and Thesan Capital in Madrid.
2 min read · 03 October 2011
Walki Group, a producer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials has bought Meuwissen, a distributor of building and construction materials. Walki Group is a portfolio company of Nordic-based private equity investor CapMan.
3 min read · 03 October 2011
UK technology commercialisation and investment company Imperial Innovations is to appoint Nigel Pitchford as managing director of healthcare investments. The appointment will take effect from 4 January 2012. Pitchford joins in this non-Board role from DFJ Esprit, where as a partner he has been responsible for leading healthcare investment activities across Europe.
3 min read · 03 October 2011
UK-based mid-market private equity house LDC has exited its investment in claims management provider Davies Group through a management-led secondary buyout backed by Electra Partners. The business was sold for 60 million pounds.
3 min read · 03 October 2011
Global fund manager Partners Group has led the mezzanine investment in restaurant franchisor Australian Quick Service Restaurant Holdings, an operator of over 620 quick service restaurants under the Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat brands.
2 min read · 03 October 2011
