Great Hill Partners

Here's a roundup of hires and promotions in the alternative investment industry for the week ending Sept. 29, including at KKR, Atlantic General and more.

Private Equity Madrona named three venture partners to its team: Loren Alhadeff, Mark Nelson and Ted Kummert. Alhadeff, who grew sales from $2.5 million to more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue during his more than 14 years leading the ...

Boston private equity firm Great Hill Partners opened a London office recently with an eye on business in both the UK and Europe. Managing Director Drew Loucks will lead the new office and is charged with growing the London team. ...

The following is a compilation of the private market deal activity for the week ending June 24. Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $28 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period. Private equity: $24.6 billion ...

The $202 billion Teachers’ Retirement System of Texas in Austin added two new fund commitments to two of its key alternative investment programs in recent weeks. The Greystar TT II fund received a $200 million investment from the system. Managed ...

Great Hill Partners closed its eighth growth buyout fund with $4.65 billion in investor commitments, including capital from the GP. Great Hill Equity Partners VIII was launched last September and exceeded its target of $3.5 billion, and the Boston-based firm ...

Blackstone has acquired a minority ownership interest in Nautic Partners, a $3.7 billion middle-market private equity firm focused on the healthcare, industrials and services sectors. This is the second recently announced deal for the Blackstone GP Stakes business, which invests ...

Blackstone closed its Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings II with $5.6 billion in commitments to allocate to GP stakes. The Blackstone GP Stakes unit of the $731 billion alternative investment firm is focused exclusively on value-added, long-term, minority investments in the ...

Blackstone GP Stakes, a unit of $731 billion Blackstone that acquires ownership stakes in asset managers, announced a new minority ownership interest in Great Hill Partners. Boston-based Great Hill over the past two decades has raised $8 billion in capital ...

The $181 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas has added 10 funds in private equity, real estate and infrastructure portfolios last month, including allocations to two new firms. Within the $29 billion private equity portfolio, venture/growth equity and small-to-mid-cap buyout ...