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Vestar Capital's Roland Foods hires new CEORoland Foods, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, said Friday that it has named James Wagner as CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Previously, Wagner worked at The Chefs' Warehouse where he served as CEO. He replaces Charles E. Scheidt, chairman of Roland Foods, who will remain in this post. Based in New York City, Roland Foods is an importer of specialty food products from more than 40 countries.
- Wildflower Health nabs Series A funds
Wildflower Health has received an undisclosed amount of Series A financing. Investors included KMG Capital Partners, Cambia Health and HealthTech Capital. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used to expand the company's mobile health offering to health plans, self-insured employers and Medicaid clients. Based in San Francisco, Wildflower Health is a maker of mobile programs connected to the healthcare system.
- Centerview mulling new tech, consumer buyout funds
Centerview Partners, the New York investment bank co-founded by big ticket deal-maker Blair Effron, is quietly moving ahead with plans to raise sector-focused private equity funds aimed at the technology and consumer businesses, according to two people familiar with the firm.
- Perella Weinberg Partners hires former Goldman Sachs MD
Financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners has hired Jonathan Prather as a partner in its advisory business. Previously, Prather, who is based in New York, worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co's global industrials group where he served as a managing director.
Young sponsors get creative to win LP greenConner Searcy’s first fund at Trive Capital reached the finish line this summer, but not without acceding to at least one unusual demand from a limited partner that ended up investing in the $300 million buyout fund.
PE-backed Del Monte to sell canned foods business for $1.7 blnSingapore-listed Del Monte Pacific Ltd will buy the canned food business of private equity-backed Del Monte Foods Consumer Products Inc for $1.7 billion, gaining a direct presence in the key U.S. market and reuniting a substantial portion of the Del Monte brand family.
- New investment bank Hycroft looks to add staff, may open London office
A start-up boutique investment bank looking to advise limited and general partners on a variety of transactions plans to add junior people, and potentially partner-level staff if the right person materializes, a source familiar with its plans told Buyouts.
- Perella Weinberg Partners hires new managing director
Financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners has named Cem Koray as a managing director in its advisory business. Koray, who is based in New York, most recently served as an executive director in J.P. Morgan's consumer and retail investment banking group.
- Vestar acquires Roland Foods
Vestar Capital Partners has completed the acquisition by Vestar Capital Partners VI, L.P. of a majority interest in American Roland Food Corp including Bruno Scheidt, American Roland Food Corp, Pro Warehouse Corp and Costamar Corp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
- The incredible shrinking GP
As the global pool of capital available to private equity has dried up, some GPs are having to shrink their business. But what are the potential pitfalls of scaling back like this?