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Haymaker Resources has closed its buy of mineral and royalty interests of Chesapeake Energy Corp. for $128 million. The deal includes producing and non-producing mineral and royalty interests associated with over 8,500 wells across 24 states and 324 counties. DLA Piper advised Haymaker, which is backed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and KKR.
2 min read · 23 February 2016
4moms, which is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, said Monday that Florian Hunziker will be joining the company as Chief Operating Officer and Amy Villeneuve has been appointed to the Board of Directors. 4moms is a robotics company that makes high-tech baby gear.
3 min read · 23 February 2016
Saban Capital Group Inc said Monday it promoted Philip Han to Executive Vice President. Han previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.
3 min read · 23 February 2016
ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman LLC, said Monday that four executives have joined. Barbara Ducat was named ABRA’s Senior Vice President of Acquisition Integrations, while David Kuhl has been appointed to Chief People Officer. Tony Pellegrin joined as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development and Chris Pudenz was named ABRA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
4 min read · 23 February 2016
Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc said Friday that it will change its name to Hercules Capital Inc effective Feb. 25. The company will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the HTGC ticker symbol.
4 min read · 22 February 2016
In First Read, a Yelp employee is fired after complaining on Medium to CEO that she can't afford food, the Kalamazoo shooting suspect was an Uber driver who took fares during rampage, and why normal people struggle with Twitter.
1 min read · 22 February 2016
Grant Olsen, Zynga’s former Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, has acquired Applr. Financial terms weren’t announced. San Diego-based Applr is an app discovery social network for mobile apps.
3 min read · 22 February 2016
Hybrid Tool Solutions LLC, a portfolio company of Hastings Equity Partners, said Friday that Chris Payson was named CEO. Payson was previously EVP and President of U.S. Completions at Nine Energy Service Inc. Hybrid, now based in Fort Worth, Texas, provides products and services to the oil and gas industry.
3 min read · 22 February 2016
Phenomenal Foods, LLC dba “Nomva” has raised $3 million in a Series A round led by Evolution Media Partners and Taylor Fresh Foods. Santa Monica, California-based Nomva is an organic food company that provides “healthy” snacks.
2 min read · 18 February 2016
HIG Capital said Wednesday that Stuart Aronson has joined HIG WhiteHorse as Group Head of its U.S. Direct Lending team. Aronson is the former Head of GE Capital’s Sponsor Finance Group. Also joining Whitehorse from GE are James Kenefick, Mark Bernier and Gina Provenzale.
4 min read · 18 February 2016
