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 […]
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 […]
