Private investment firm Comvest Partners hired David Gibson as a managing director. Gibson will be responsible for originating, structuring and managing debt investments for Comvest Credit Partners, Comvest Partners’ direct lending investment platform.
Private credit investment veteran Lee Landrum has joined Comvest Partners, an operationally-focused middle-market private investment firm, as a partner and head of investor relations.
B. Riley Securities served as an advisor in connection with a refinancing and junior capital raise for Oak Dental Partners. Comvest Partners was selected as the senior lender and Catalur Capital was selected as the primary equity partner.
Charles Asfour joined Comvest Partners, an operationally-focused middle-market private investment firm, as a partner. Asfour will assume a key leadership role within the Comvest special opportunities investment platform.
LBC Credit Partners provided senior secured credit facilities to support Comvest Partners’ investment in GAI Consultants in partnership with the leadership team and existing employee-owners.
Comvest Credit Partners completed the final close of its latest flagship fund, Comvest Credit Partners V, which closed with more than $1.3 billion of equity commitments and secured credit facilities to increase its available capital.
Comvest Partners made an investment in Leixir Dental Group, a technology-enabled provider of outsourced dental solutions serving both independent dentists and dental service organizations as well as technology and distribution companies.
DataLink Software raised a senior secured credit facility led by Varagon Capital Partners, with participation from Comvest Partners and BC Partners Credit. In addition, DataLink received a growth investment from an investor group led by DWS’s global private equity business.
Morgan Stanley Private Credit and Comvest Partners served as co-lead arrangers in providing $90.0 million in junior capital securities to von Drehle, a manufacturer of away-from-home paper products.
Renee Rempe joined Comvest Partners as a managing director in the firm’s direct lending group, Comvest Credit Partners. Rempe previously worked for CIBC, Heller Financial/GE Capital Commercial Finance and GE Antares Capital/Antares Capital.