Los Angeles-based Lone View Capital, founded early last year by Managing Partner Rishi Chandna and Partner Doug Ceto, both ex-executives of Golden Gate Capital, has secured $466 million for a debut technology fund.
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Golden Gate Capital loses another managing director; maintains MD count
Josh Cohen has stepped down as managing director at San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital, continuing a string of senior departures, Private Equity Career News has learned. However, the buyout firm appears to have maintained a steady count of about a dozen managing directors–its highest rank–over the past year.
Cohen takes with him deal expertise in retail, restaurants and consumer products. Before joining the firm in 2009, he served as a vice president at turnaround specialist Sun Capital Partners. Before that he worked as an associate at buyout and credit firm Audax Group, according to his Linkedin profile.
Golden Gate hires ex-BlackRock exec as head of talent
Golden Gate Capital, which has lost a number of executives to spin-out groups over the past few years, has hired its first head of talent to take charge of internal human resources.
Expect Nichole Barcelon to get involved in portfolio company recruiting over time. Before joining San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital she served as human resources director at money manager BlackRock.
Ex-Golden Gate, KKR executives launch investment firm
Four ex-executives of buyout shops Golden Gate Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co have joined forces with others to co-found a San Francisco-based investment firm called Sea Cliff Partners.
Their Linkedin profiles suggest the firm will take a private equity-like approach to investing in North American publicly-traded small and mid-cap companies with market caps ranging from $1 billion to $10 billion.
Co-founders Arthur Baptist (partner at Sea Cliff Partners, pictured) and Marcello Pantuliano (senior partner) most recently served as vice president and managing director, respectively, at Golden Gate Capital.
Sophia Lee departs as head of investor relations at Golden Gate
Sophia Lee has stepped down as principal and head of investor relations at San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital, Private Equity Career News has learned.
Lee was promoted to the role in April after serving as a vice president for the past two and a half years. Prior to joining the firm as an associate in 2015, she served in the tech investment banking branch of J.P. Morgan.
Lee’s departure marks at least the sixth mid-level professional to leave the firm in the past year. Private Equity Career News recently published an article describing a new firm founded by four of the professionals that left last June.
Ex-Golden Gate foursome emerges on the fundraising trail
Last spring at least five investment professionals left San Francisco-based buyout shop Golden Gate Capital--a much-noted exodus covered in this exclusive story by Private Equity Career News. Only one of the five at the time had publicly revealed a next career move.
Now the other four have reappeared on the fundraising trail as part of a new firm called Percheron Capital. They are Co-Founders and Managing Directors Chris Collins and Chris Lawler, along with Principals Terence Kwan and Katie Misch.
Golden Gate Capital loses at least five mid-level investment pros
Golden Gate Capital, the 20-year-old firm known for its evergreen pool earmarked for investments in consumer products, financial services, industrials and technology, has lost at least five mid-level investment professionals in recent weeks.
No longer working at the San Francisco-based shop, which manages more than $15 billion in committed capital for investors: