Crescent Cove Advisors Makes Growth Investment in Kingsley Gate Partners

Kingsley Gate Partners Acquires The Omerta Group

January 11, 2023

Staffing & HR

Kingsley Gate Partners, a global retained executive search firm backed by Crescent Cove Partners, has acquired The Omerta Group, a London-headquartered executive search specialist focused on financial services. The deal adds roughly 50 experienced financial-services search specialists and expands Kingsley Gate's geographic footprint and capabilities across key financial centers including London, New York and Hong Kong.

Grace Hill Acquires Kingsley Associates

January 21, 2020

Real Estate

Grace Hill announced the acquisition of Kingsley Associates on January 21, 2020, combining Grace Hill’s talent performance and training solutions with Kingsley’s customer insights, survey and benchmarking capabilities for the real estate industry. The deal is intended to connect resident and tenant insights to team performance, enhancing Grace Hill’s offerings for multifamily and commercial property managers, owners, and investors.

SolomonEdwards Acquires OpenGate Consulting

February 1, 2023

Consulting

SolomonEdwards, a Renovus Capital Partners–backed professional services firm, has acquired OpenGate Consulting, a Salesforce-focused business and technology consultancy. The acquisition expands SolomonEdwards' technology and Salesforce capabilities to better serve its financial services and healthcare clients as part of an aggressive growth and acquisition strategy.

Evoke Advisors Acquires Crescent Bay Advisors

October 30, 2024

Wealth Management

Evoke Advisors, a $25.3 billion registered investment advisory firm, has acquired the business of Crescent Bay Advisors, a multi-family office. The deal expands Evoke's service offering by adding in-house family office capabilities and brings Crescent Bay's founder Larry Abrahams into Evoke as a managing partner; terms were not disclosed.

Cove Hill Partners Acquires Kalkomey Enterprises

May 1, 2020

Education

Cove Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired Kalkomey Enterprises, a leading provider of online recreational safety education and cloud-based agency management solutions. The transaction follows prior ownership by Inverness Graham and Riveria Investment Group and is intended to support Kalkomey's continued product innovation and growth in the outdoor recreation and government agency markets.

Crasner Ventures Exits Stake in Kissoon Carr (rebrands to KC Partners)

April 11, 2022

Staffing & HR

Crasner Ventures has fully exited its stake in legal recruitment firm Kissoon Carr, realizing a reported 30x return on its initial investment after a five-year venture-debt arrangement. Following the exit the business will rebrand as KC Partners; the buyer/buyers were not disclosed in the announcement.