Gryphon Investors

Gryphon Investors closed Gryphon IV on its $1.1bn hard-cap less than a week ago, but David Andrews, the firm’s founder and CEO, tells PEI that the firm has already been actively investing.

Approximately 80 percent of LPs from Gryphon's predecessor fund re-upped.

Private equity firm taps former portfolio company executives to lead acquisition effort in the fragmented dental services practice industry

Grady will serve as partner

The California-based private equity firm has sold Flagstone Foods to TreeHouse Foods for $860 million.

Gryphon Investors has partnered with management in its acquisition of Trinity Consultants from Sentinel Capital Partners.

The San Francisco-based firm purchased PRORehab PC and Therapy Services of Iowa as add-ons to its physical therapy platform company Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, which it acquired in April.

The middle market private equity firm has hired bottled water exec Dennis O’Brien.

Investments in relationship engineering and other human capital strategies are generating greater returns for evangelist firms, says FMG Leading's Matt Brubaker.

The global firm purchased the company from Gryphon Investors in 2012 for $500 million.

Miller will focus on the operational side for the firm in the US.

Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners’ $500m debut vehicle picked up a $100m commitment from the Oregon Investment Council at its meeting Wednesday.

The North American market was the setting for a late surge in deal activity, with a number of firms agreeing buyouts as the year drew to a close.

Ben Thorndike was hired from Bain Capital as managing director and head of investor relations. Thorndike was director of IR at Bain.

A sample of private equity-backed companies that have defaulted since the beginning of 2009 reveals two sectors being hit harder than most.

A portfolio company controlled by the Michigan-based private equity firm has purchased The Institute of Medical and Dental Technology.