2024-08-15 By Ben Stupples (Bloomberg) An investment firm founded by Jeff Bezos’ younger brother and a US private equity veteran that focuses on consumer bets has raised its first venture fund. HIPstr, the venture arm of Mark Bezos and David Moross’ HighPost Capital, raised $100 million from investors including rich individuals and institutional firms for […]
Pioneering End-of-Life Technology Services Platform Will Use Proceeds to Enter into New Markets, Increase Marketing Efforts, and Further Build Team Business Wire 18 July 2024 PROVO, Utah & WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After.com, a world-class online platform that helps families navigate end-of-life services without ever needing to step foot inside a funeral home, today […]
Proceeds Will Help EverFence Expand into New Markets, Further Develop its Leading Tech-Enabled Platform, and Grow its Team NEWPORT BEACH, CA & WEST PALM BEACH, FL – May 29, 2024 – EverFence, an innovative digital platform connecting homeowners and contractors to simplify fencing transactions, today announced it has secured $7 million for its Series A […]
Seasoned Professional to Lead HighPost’s Fundraising and Investor Relations Activities WEST PALM BEACH, FL – February 28, 2024 – HighPost Capital, LLC (“HighPost”), a leading private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector, today announced that Jay Steinle has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations. Mr. Steinle will lead the […]
Dealmaking in this environment is hard enough as it is. But imagine being a new, upcoming private equity firm trying to make a name for yourself? That’s even harder. We spoke to a few emerging managers to get their insights on what it takes to get a PE firm off the ground. Mergers & Acquisitions […]
American Pacific Group, Sentintel and Audax were among the PE firms that took bets on an industry that rebounded after the Covid downturn. PE Hub By Iris Dorbian 8 December 2022 As the pandemic ebbed in 2022, the fitness and weight loss space saw a sizable infusion of private equity cash, as many people abandoned […]
HighPost was established in 2019 by David Moross, a veteran of PE investing in the consumer sector, and Mark Bezos, brother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a former consumer brand developer. Buyouts By Kirk Falconer 3 August 2022 Emerging manager HighPost Capital, well-known in the market for its starry founders and backers, raised […]
The consumer-focused PE shop — which recently acquired its first platform company, Chris Hemsworth’s fitness media brand Centr — plans more acquisitions in consumer niches with hyper brand loyalty and awareness. The Deal By Nikitha Sattiraju 7 April 2022 With its first official platform company under its belt and fundraising in the works, HighPost […]
Combined Company Poised to Benefit from Enhanced Scale, Synergies, and Long-Term Tailwinds due to Increased Focus on Personal Health and Wellbeing March 31, 2022 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HighPost Capital (“HighPost”), a leading private investment firm focused on the global consumer and consumer technology sectors, today announced the acquisitions of Centr, […]
