Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company (HKW) has acquired Fresh Direct Produce, a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Fresh Direct distributes more than 1,000 fruit and vegetable items to the Western Canadian market. The company’s value-added services include ripening, grading, machine packaging, and bagging. Fresh Direct is led…...
Archives for December 11, 2018
EQT Acquires Cast & Crew
Private equity firm EQT, through its eighth fund, has agreed to acquire Cast & Crew Entertainment Services from Silver Lake. Silver Lake acquired Cast & Crew in July 2015 from ZM Capital, Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Emigrant Capital. Cast & Crew is a provider of payroll and human resources, accounting and financial, workflow and productivity…...
Odyssey Adds to Staffing Firm
Addison Group, a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners since December 2016, has acquired Mondo, a professional staffing firm specializing in information technology and digital marketing. Mondo specializes in high-end, niche IT, tech, and digital marketing placements at midsize to enterprise-level companies, along with recently VC-funded startups. The company, led by CEO Tim Johnson, is…...
JMI Hits Hard Cap
JMI Equity has closed JMI Equity Fund IX LP at its $1.2 billion hard cap. The new fund received support from both existing and new investors. JMI Equity invests from $15 million to $125 million of minority and control equity in software companies that have from $10 million to $200 million in revenue. JMI is…...
