Vestar Capital Partners overview
Stories about Vestar Capital Partners
PE-backed 360training.com acquires select assets from Electronic Medical Certification
Headquartered in Austin, 360training.com is a provider of online training solutions for individuals and businesses across various industries.
Quad-C-backed Flow Service Partners acquires Altman Air Conditioning in Florida
Altman Air Conditioning, founded in 1985, is a commercial HVAC and mechanical services provider serving South Florida.
PE-backed Tech24 snaps up Pacific Standard Service
Tech24 is a provider of commercial foodservice equipment repair and maintenance.
PE-backed 360training.com acquires select assets of Canadian Food Safety Group
Based in Calgary, Canadian Food Safety Group is a provider of online food handler certification and food safety training programs across Canada.
Fundraising woes knock GPs off the grid – what next?
LPs confront GPs’ creative – or some would say ‘desperate’ – efforts to stay in market without a new fund.
Snacks and confectionery attract PE investment: 5 deals
EagleTree Capital, Kharis Capital and Vestar Capital Partners are all firms making investments in the snack and confectionery sector.
Vestar sells better-for-you snacks brand Simple Mills to Flowers Foods for $795m
Vestar provided the first institutional investment into Simple Mills in October 2019, and was the company's largest shareholder.
Flower Foods to acquire Vestar Capital-backed snacks brand Simple Mills for $795m
Headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, Flowers Foods, Inc is a producer of packaged bakery foods.
Vestar Capital Partners contact information
Offices
437 Madison Avenue, New York, 10022, United StatesContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
Key Contact Mr. Norm Alpert | Job titleFounding Partner, President, and Head of Investments | LocationNew York, United States | Email  ------- |
| Key ContactMr. Ken O’Keefe | Job titleManaging Director, Investor Relations Head and Chief Operating Officer | LocationNew York, United States | Email -------- |
| Ms. Michelle Bergman | Job titleChief Compliance Officer and General Counsel | LocationNew York, United States | Email ------- |
| Mr. Dan O’Connell | Job titleFounder and Chief Executive Officer | LocationNew York, United States | Email --------- |
Vestar Capital Partners funds managed
Funds in market: 1
| Fund | Fund size | Open date | Strategy |
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Fund size ----------- | Open dateApr 2024 | Strategy --------- | |
Closed funds: 8
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Fund size ----- | Close dateApr 2024 | Strategy ----- | |
Fund size --------- | Close dateJan 2020 | Strategy ---------- | |
Fund size ----- | Close dateJul 2013 | Strategy ----- | |
Stories that mention Vestar Capital Partners
Will 2025 be the year of the emerging manager?
Or will fundraising woes cause the loss of 'an entire generation'?
Crestview pauses flagship fundraising to deploy around $1bn of recycle capital after exits
The firm also has been working on a two-asset continuation fund deal as a way to deliver liquidity to LPs in its older Fund III.
Constitution targets $1.6bn for new fund of funds, co-investment sidecar
In a tough capital-raising market, GPs are offering more incentives to LPs. This seems to be the approach taken by Constitution, which is offering a 50% fee discount to early investors in Ironsides VII.
KKR opts to trust the process
While markets lose their heads, KKR’s Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor ignore the noise and zealously embrace their ‘linear deployment’ strategy.
Centerbridge co-founder Aronson to give stake back at retirement
No timeline has been given for Aronson’s eventual departure.
Bansk, with JAB, Vestar, TPG pedigree, sets ambitious path for debut
First-timers successfully attracting capital generally are those formed by executives from larger shops, who have relationships with investors, and who have targeted strategies that fulfill a need in investors’ portfolios.
Churchill supports Vestar's buyout of Stratus
Churchill Asset Management has provided a credit facility to back Vestar Capital Partners' acquisition of Mentor, Ohio-based Stratus, a provider of asset-light facilities services.
PE-backed IRI acquires Intelligent Shopper Solutions
Chicago-based IRI, a provider of consumer purchase data, has acquired Intelligent Shopper Solutions, a retail consumer insight company.