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 […]
HIPstr Has Made Six Investments Across Food & Beverage, Household & Home Living, Disruptive Consumer-Facing Technologies, and Selective Apparel Led by Seasoned Early-Stage Investment Team with Deep Expertise in Consumer and Consumer Technology Investing Leverages HighPost’s Proven Investment Platform and Established Infrastructure to Source Unique Opportunities Business Wire 15 August 2024 WEST PALM BEACH, […]
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 […]
Award Winning Agave Spirits Company Wild Common Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding from HIPstr, the Early-Stage Investment Arm of HighPost Capital, LLC New Capital Will Help Wild Common Continue to Scale, Capitalize on Strong Growth of Overall Tequila Market, and Expand Team Business Wire 11 June 2024 JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. & WEST […]
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 […]
