23 Nov 2020

Procurement Advisors Announces Rebranding, Changes Name to Procure Analytics

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Procurement Advisors LLC announces its new name, logo, and website as part of comprehensive rebranding campaign. -- Procurement Advisors, North America’s leading and most data-forward group purchasing organization for Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) supplies, launches a comprehensive rebrand in response to significant investments and a rapid broadening of its analytical offerings. The change in company name to Procure Analytics reflects its high-touch, data-driven procurement solutions. Over the past several years, Procure Analytics (“PA” for

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23 Nov 2020

Sagemount and Truckstop Discuss Building “The Very Best Company That We Can”

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Sagemount partner Phil Yates recently participated in the FreightWaves Venture Summit along with Truckstop CEO Paris Cole. The title for the chat was “Growth Investments: a successful entry and exit with Paris Cole of Truckstop.com and Phil Yates of Bregal Sagemount.” The conversation centered on the founding and growth of Truckstop.com and what’s next for the 25-year-old company, the largest digital freight marketplace in North America. See the full interview

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1 Jul 2020

Hilltop Holdings Inc. Completes Sale of National Lloyds Corporation to Align Financial Holdings, LLC

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Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) (“Hilltop”) and Align Financial Holdings, LLC (“Align”) today announced the completion of the sale of Hilltop’s wholly owned subsidiary, National Lloyds Corporation (“National Lloyds”), to Align on June 30. The transaction, which was first announced in January 2020, closed following the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Gross proceeds (before transaction expenses) at closing to Hilltop from the transaction were approximately $154.1 million,

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30 Jun 2020

2020 Rising Stars of Private Equity: Coronavirus, racial inequality demand new standards for excellence

By sagemount

Mergers & Acquisitions is recognizing nine dealmakers as the 2020 Rising Stars of Private Equity: David Farsai, Principal, Mainsail Partners, who is the first at the firm to rise from associate to principal Andrea McGuirt, Senior Associate, Palladium Equity Partners, who established a strategy for sourcing and executing opportunities in the current deal environment Molly Fitzpatrick, Vice President, Rallyday Partners, who led three investments and a divestment for the new PE firm Jenny Zhang, Vice

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10 Jun 2020

Nebula Acquisition Corporation Completes Business Combination with Open Lending

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Combined Company Renamed Open Lending and Will Trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market -- Open Lending, LLC (“Open Lending”), a leading provider of lending enablement and risk analytics solutions to financial institutions, and Nebula Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: NEBU) ("Nebula"), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by True Wind Capital, L.P. (“True Wind Capital”), announced today that they have closed their previously announced business combination agreement under which Nebula acquired Open Lending. The business combination was

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6 May 2020

Corcentric Receives Strategic Investment Round to Support Global Expansion

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Corcentric, a leading provider of business spend management and revenue management software and services, announced today a significant minority growth equity investment from New York-based private equity firm, Bregal Sagemount. The $80 million capital raise will support Corcentric’s product innovation and solution integration efforts as the company continues its global expansion; helping businesses reduce costs and spend more efficiently. The investment comes on the heels of a busy 24 months for Corcentric, during which the

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7 Apr 2020

Accellion Secures $120 Million in Financing Led By Bregal Sagemount to Accelerate Adoption of the Enterprise Content Firewall

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Company Delivers Consolidated Solution to Secure 3rd Party Communications Across Email, File Sharing, Enterprise Apps, Web Forms, SFTP, MFT, and Mobile -- Accellion, Inc., provider of the enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third party communications, today announced a $120 million financing round led by Bregal Sagemount. Baring Private Equity, having led previous rounds, will retain a significant stake in the business. The Accellion enterprise content firewall protects the IP, PII, PHI,

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3 Mar 2020

Bregal Sagemount Closes Fund III At $1.5 Billion

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Fund was oversubscribed, surpassing $1.35 billion target -- Bregal Sagemount, a leading growth-focused private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the final closing for Bregal Sagemount Fund III (“Fund III” or the “Fund”) at the Fund’s hard cap of $1.5 billion, exceeding its $1.35 billion target. Fund III will continue the investment strategy Bregal Sagemount has pursued since its inception in 2012 and focus on providing flexible capital and strategic assistance to market-leading

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