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Machine Solutions, a Flagstaff, Ariz.-based maker of catheter, balloon, and stent devices, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Forsyth Capital, a St. Louis-based middle market investor. The deal that gives Forsyth a majority stake in Machine Solutions. PRESS RELEASE: Machine Solutions Inc. (MSI) today announced that it has partnered with Forsyth Capital Investors, […]
Morgan Stanley Credit Partners today announced it provided a $46 million mezzanine loan to help finance the acquisition of BarrierSafe Solutions International (BarrierSafe) by Odyssey Investment Partners. As part of the transaction, Morgan Stanley Credit Partners also completed an equity co-investment in BarrierSafe. BarrierSafe is a Reno, Nevada-based disposable glove maker that was previously owned […]
Capstone Partners, a Chertsey, U.K. Boston-based investment banking firm, is announcing it advised BOB Trailers on its sale to Britax Group Limited, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital Fund VII. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. The Capstone M&A team of John Ferrara, Jacob Voorhees, and Sophea Chau managed the transaction on behalf of […]
Chicago-based Monroe Capital, which provides senior and junior debt and equity co-investments to middle-market companies, today announced a $26 million senior secured unitranche credit facility to support one Chicago Growth Partners, a provider of on-demand software and services. PRESS RELEASE: Monroe Capital LLC announced the funding of a senior secured unitranche credit facility to support the […]
Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the healthcare and life science industries, has brought aboard Chris Kolber as an operating partner. Kolber was previously the president of global devices at Hospira and division vice president of licensing and new business development at Abbott Laboratories, where he spent 25 years in various […]
New York-based investment firm Lyrical Partners has hired Michael Flaherman as a managing director. Flaherman was formerly chairman of the investment committee of CalPERS. Lyrical Partners and its affiliates manage value-centric funds of hedge funds, multi-family housing real estate funds, and value equity portfolios. PRESS RELEASE: Lyrical Partners, L.P., (“Lyrical”), the multi-capability investment boutique, today […]
Deal room software isn’t new. Companies and investors have long had online places to securely manage their due diligence, update investors, and bring in other interested parties. IntraLinks, a publicly traded New York company that is used by one million people every day, charges subscribers thousands of dollars each month to host their most critical […]
Ernst & Young has just released its fifth annual study of how PE investors create value, based on 233 of the largest exits in North America over the last five years. The idea, of course: to better understand the best practices of the industry’s leaders. The study is a little squishy – you won’t find […]
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the nearly $7 billion government agency that supports research in science and engineering, may be dramatically changing the way that university research geeks approach their projects, as well as what gets funded by venture capitalists. It’s kicking off Innovation Corps, a program that aims to transform the most promising […]
The San Mateo-based venture firm Emergence Capital is in the process of raising its third fund with a target of $200 million, according to a regulatory filing. The form says that the first sale has yet to occur. VentureBeat first reported on the filing earlier this afternoon. Emergence raised its first, $125 million, fund in 2004, […]