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Waud Capital Partners has invested in Anovia Payments. Financial terms weren’t announced. Anovia, of Irving, Texas, provides payment processing and merchant relationship management software to small and medium-sized businesses.
3 min read · 21 September 2017
John A. Lederer has joined Sycamore Partners as a senior adviser. Lederer was previously the president and CEO of US Foods.
3 min read · 21 September 2017
Pantheon said Sept. 21 that Richard Sem was named a partner within its global infrastructure & real assets investment team, while Tatjana Van Vloten joins as vice president and Radhika Patel as an analyst.
2 min read · 21 September 2017
District 5 Investments LP said Sept. 21 that it has made a growth equity investment in Pathfinder Resources LLC. Financial terms weren’t announced. Pathfinder, of Dallas, was formed to acquire North American mineral and royalty interests.
2 min read · 21 September 2017
Mathew Feldman has joined the Carlyle Group as a managing director on its credit opportunities team within Carlyle’s global credit business. He joined Sept. 5 and reports to Alex Popov, head of credit opportunities. Feldman spent the past six years with Davidson Kempner, where he was a senior member of the special situations group.
2 min read · 20 September 2017
Anthem Inc said Sept. 20 that it has agreed to buy HealthSun. A group of investors led by Summit Partners are the sellers. Financial terms weren’t announced. HealthSun, of Coconut Grove, Florida is a medicare advantage health plan and healthcare delivery network in that state.
7 min read · 20 September 2017
Sabra Health Care REIT Inc has agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in senior housing joint ventures managed by Enlivant for $371 million. Enlivant, backed by TPG Real Estate, will retain 51 percent. The Enlivant joint ventures own 183 senior housing communities, totaling 8,280 units geographically diversified across 20 states.
9 min read · 20 September 2017
Menusifu has raised a $3 million Series A round. Jubilee Capital Management and Amino Capital participated in the round. Menusifu, of New York, provides software to restaurants that cater to mobile-first customers.
4 min read · 20 September 2017
Tim Whittard has joined WestBridge Capital as the firm’s investment director. Whittard spent the last five years at BGF plc.
2 min read · 20 September 2017
Financial Technology Partners said Sept. 20 that Melissa Wasser has joined the firm as a director & head of private capital markets. Wasser spent the last decade at Goldman Sachs where she most recently served as a senior banker in the global private placements group, helping source private capital across fintech/tech in Goldman’s investment banking division.
3 min read · 20 September 2017
