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The Blackstone Group portfolio company Invitation Homes has hired John Schissel as chief financial officer and Leslie Fox as executive vice president and chief operating officer. The appointments fill Invitation Homes' management team. Schissel joins Blackstone from BRE Properties, where he worked as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Fox joins the firm from American Residential Housing Communities where she was COO.
Vista Equity Partners has held a first close for its fifth flagship fund on about $3.8 billion, already beating its $3.5 billion target and heading for its hard cap of $5.75 billion.
Palladium Equity Partners has held a final close on its fourth private equity fund, beating its original target and cap by collecting $1.14 billion, the firm confirmed.
Catterton Partners has agreed to sell portfolio company Van's Natural Foods to The Hillshire Brands Company. Hillshire will pay $165 million for Van's and the deal is expected to close in May.
Matrix Partners has closed its Matrix Partners China III on $350 million, bringing total capital under management in China to more than $1 billion. Matrix Partners was founded in 2008.
Parsons has acquired Secure Missions Solutions, which provides asset protection and cybersecurity services, from Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners. The acquisition will expand Parson's cybersecurity market. Houlihan Lokey worked as advisor to Secure Mission Solutions.
TreeHouse Foods will acquire Protenergy Natural Foods for about $150 million from Whitecastle Investments, Whitecap Venture Partners and other investors. William Blair is working as financial advisor to Protenergy and Whitecastle with respect to the transaction.
Foundation Capital has led a $70 million funding round in ad tech company AdRoll. New investors in the company include Institutional Venture Partners, Northgate Capital, Performance Equity and Glenmede. Existing investors in AdRoll include Merus Capital, Accel Partners and Peter Thiel. Eric Liaw of IVP will join AdRoll's board of directors as a board observer. The company formerly raised a total of $19 million prior to this funding round.
Francisco Partners-backed Cross Match Holdings has agreed to acquire DigitalPersona, a merger of two companies that will create a global biometrics technology company. Rich Agostinelli, chief executive of DigitalPersona, will take over as CEO of the combined companies, which will be headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Clearview Capital has acquired Northwest Cosmetic Laboratories, a maker of cosmetic and skin care products for branded cosmetic and personal care companies. Clearview made the acquisition in partnership with company management. Gary Voigt, Northwest Cosmetic's owner, will remain a significant investor. The deal marks Clearview's third platform investment from Fund III in the last six months.
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