Opened Silicon Valley office at beginning of year Target companies for lending include tech ‘unicorns’ Firm trying to raise $5 bln for debut tech BDC Owl Rock Capital Partners, which recently led the financing for Vista Equity’s acquisition of Mindbody, has opened a Silicon Valley office as it works to deploy its debut tech-lending fund, […]
Childs is retiring from firm and Fund IV portfolio company KeyImpact Not clear if departure triggers key-man provisions in funds Firm said Childs had not been part of daily management J.W. Childs Associates announced that Chairman John W. Childs is retiring from the firm he founded in 1995 in the wake of police charging the private equity […]
This week’s jobs include a fundraising head at Invesco and associates at HarbourVest and Z Capital.
Arrest warrant issued for John W. Childs Charged with solicitation Part of six-month investigation into prostitution at massage parlors John W. Childs, founder and chairman of J.W. Childs Associates, has been charged with solicitation of a prostitute as part of a sting operation in Florida, a Vero Beach Police Department spokesman confirmed for Buyouts. An arrest […]
This week’s jobs include a PE funds SVP at Prudential and associates at Carlyle and BlackRock.
Matt Melymuka co-founded PeakSpan Capital in 2015 with Phil Dur and Brian Mulvey. The firm, focused on growth investments in B2B software, in January closed its sophomore fund on $265 million, exceeding the $225 million target. How do you differentiate as a firm in a market like software? We do that through focus and specialization within […]
Jeff Sheu, on tech team, promoted to managing director Angela Zhang, tech team member, to principal Patrick Lawler, on real estate acquisitions, to principal GI Partners this month promoted Jeff Sheu, Angela Zhang, both dealmakers on the technology side, and Patrick Lawler, on real estate, according to the firm’s website. Sheu, Zhang, and Lawler confirmed their new […]
Firm sees record activity in tech M&A despite valuations AI, fintech, cybersecurity, face more regulatory uncertainty Growth equity needs adaptability from new sponsors Scott Joachim is a lawyer at Goodwin, where he leads technology deals and advises clients in New York and Silicon Valley. He joined Goodwin in April 2018 after he founded and chaired […]
This week’s jobs include a vice president at Center Gate and associates at Goldman Sachs, Highland and Blackstone.
Abbasi, Elop and Tarr to join the firm Advisers to help identify, source and close deals New hires will focus on data, DevOps, digital transformation TPG named three veteran tech executives to its board of advisers to help identify and lead investments in data, development and operations and digital transformation. TPG added Sohaib Abbasi, Stephen Elop, and Jeffrey […]