This
#AAPIHeritageMonth
, hear from Kathy Fang, VP of our Tech team in Palo Alto, on how our Advent Asian Alliance Group encourages support and allyship around our Advent community 🤝
Introducing: The Hot Take 🔥
In our new series, hear from leaders across our Advent Community on the big trends in their sector. In the first episode, Alek talks software supply chain 💻🔗
Little Things Big Difference is here! Enjoy our latest video series, in which we ask Advent teams around the world what makes a difference to THEIR office culture every day, starting with the team in our Palo Alto office in sunny California ☀️
We’re pleased to announce an exciting addition to our beauty portfolio today, as we’ll be partnering with Julien Sprecher, founder of the group behind the two luxury niche perfume brands Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés, to accelerate the global growth of these brands:
🌟 Top 23 in ’23 Women Leaders in ESG! 🌟
Celebrating our Global Head of ESG, Jarlyth Gibson, on being recognized by Kayo Conference Series for driving the conversation around PE and sustainability 👏
Advent Leadership Academy class of 2023! 🥳🎓
Huge congratulations to the 40 North American and LatAm participants from 23 portfolio companies on completing our executive leadership program with
@HBSExecEd
.
We can’t wait to see how they apply their experience going forward 🚀
🤝 Transformation in talent management
🌐 A technology supercycle
👩💻 The lasting impact of the pandemic
In this episode of The Hot Take, Jasmine Azizi, VP in our Business and Financial Services team, lifts the lid on some of the biggest trends impacting the BFS space:
📣 Meet some of our Advent interns for 2023! 📣
Over the past few weeks, we’ve welcomed this talented group to our Boston, New York and London offices, for a summer of developing skills and gaining industry experience.
Hear from some of the class on their experience so far 🎙️
Already an award-winning and renowned fashion brand, we’re thrilled to welcome
@ZIMMERMANN_
into the Advent Community, working in partnership to help it expand into new markets and realize its vision for future expansion 🌎
“The ESG commitments that companies are making now will result in seismic shifts” - in the latest edition of The Hot Take 🔥, James Smith underlines the importance of ESG management in the supply chain and how our e-commerce logistics portfolio is helping to deliver that 🚛
The team at
@Coralogix
certainly have a winning formula - with better insights meaning better business decisions 🧪 Advent's Alek Ferro and Jay Mehta give us the download on how for Coralogix, the possibilities for data are endless 🤯
Tackling unconscious bias ➕ showcasing success 🟰 more women in senior leadership 🙌
Hear from Priscila, Tax & Finance Director based in São Paulo, about the supportive environment we create for working parents, encouraging a greater diversity of leaders across our business 🚀
.
@ebanxbr
is already one of Latin America’s leading unicorns - and we’re delighted to welcome them to the Advent Community so we can help them further expand and cement their leadership in the region. Find out more:
Advent’s Managing Partner Ronald Ayles unpacks why partnership is the most important bond when it comes to the chemicals industry ⚗️🧪 – and the significant opportunity Advent has found within the sector for driving sustained, long-term growth:
Welcome to the Advent Community,
@PlanetPayment
🎉 A game-changer in integrated payments, its unique all-in-one platform helps businesses simplify complex payments and meet customer needs. We’re excited to partner with the team and help them grow even faster - find out more:
Sharing insight into life at Advent 🤗
Hear from Juliana Zapata, Vice President in our Bogotá 🇨🇴 office, about the mentorship opportunities creating a greater diversity of leaders in LatAm 👇
Why has Advent launched AdventUNITE, an affinity group for the LGBTQ+ community? 🏳️🌈 Find out from our London-based Director Christina in the next edition of We are Advent:
Gaël Gibert, Digital Director of our Portfolio Support Group, takes a deep dive into
#digitalization
– explaining how innovative companies like
@InPostUK
are leveraging new solutions to revolutionize their operations and keep putting the customer first.
We're excited to partner with
@EbanxBR
- the leading cross-border commerce platform in Latin America 💵 💻 Through one of the largest-ever Brazilian fintech investments, we’ll be helping this unicorn to continue its aggressive expansion and reinforce its leadership in the region.
Digital business accelerator
@NEORIS_eng
is growing at full pace, helping businesses meet tomorrow's challenges 🚀🤖
Alongside our partners
@CEMEX
we can't wait to help them reach even greater heights!
Through 8 years of partnership and with over €1.5bn invested in growth, we've seen
@allnexResins
rise to become a global market leader. 📈With a sale to
@GC___Official
agreed for €4bn we're excited to see to company continue to go from strength to strength in this next chapter.
👏Let's hear it for Johanna Barr👏 who's been named one of 20 trailblazing women by
@PrivateEquityN1
! From helping raise our record-breaking GPE X fund to taking investor relationships from strength to strength, you're a true inspiration 🔥
Shonnel Malani unpacks Advent’s exciting investment in the space sector - and how we’re driving trailblazing innovation with our portfolio company
@Maxar
.
Watch the full
@ITNBusiness
news-style program "Space: Advancing The Future", which launched this week at
@ukspaceconf
🚀
"It's a marathon, not a sprint" 🏃♀️
As we mark
#IWD2023
, hear from our Global Head of LP Services Johanna Barr on Aspire - Advent's sponsorship program that's championing our female colleagues to accelerate their careers.
Advent Manager Partner Shweta Jalan has worked on some majors deals over the past two decades 🙌 Her interview with
@PrivateEquityN1
looks at the standout moments from the early stages of her career, and the subsequent lessons she’s learned along the way 📈
Today we’re excited to tell you all that we’ve completed the acquisition of Maxar, working to help this bold, innovative company continue to innovate in the space sector and beyond.
Welcome to the Advent Community,
@Maxar
! 🛰
We're making our first investment in India's banking sector with
@YESBANK
🏦 - and we can't wait to help further develop their digital and transaction capabilities, and support the team in their next chapter of growth 📱
More technology, more digitization, more automation 👏🔥
In this episode of The Hot Take 🔥 Douglas Hallstrom explains the power in being a trusted software partner like
@gozenoti
– and how this can create exciting growth opportunities through new avenues.
This
#EarthDay
and every day, we will continue to work with our portcos on climate strategies, to drive long-term value 📈and long-term benefits ✅for our planet.
We love to partner with innovative businesses that are making groundbreaking changes in their sectors. That’s why we’re delighted that not 1️⃣, but 2️⃣ of the companies we’ve invested in -
@thrasio
and
@nubank
- have been named among
@CNBC
’s most disruptive companies 🏆
We’re proud to collaborate with
@SPGlobal
#Sustainable1
as the first global PE firm to benchmark our own and a group of our portfolio companies’ ESG practices using its Corporate Sustainability Assessment - helping us drive positive change going forward 🌎 Find out more:
Congratulations to Douglas Hallstrom, who has been named a Rising Star by
@PrivateEquityN1
! 🌟
From leading investments in exciting tech companies, to accelerating value creation across software organizations – this is a brilliant recognition 🙌
Improving customer health is a strong route towards profitability for many tech firms, but how is it best achieved?
Our sector-leading Advent Tech team offers up its expert insight in the latest from our Scale
@Scale
series:
.
@Roehm_En
has agreed to acquire
@SABIC
's Functional Forms business 🧪 - building a globally leading player in the transparent films and sheets segment and empowering Röhm to become an even better business partner for customers.
We’ve agreed to sell
@HeyCulligan
- the leading global consumer water services provider - to BDT Capital Partners. Since 2016, we’ve worked with management to realize our shared vision of creating a worldwide leader at the forefront of health and sustainability 💧 Find out more:
It’s been a big month for our portfolio company
@SaltSecurity
- featuring in
@DeloitteTMT
's
#Fast500
list and being crowned winner in the API Security Category of
#CISOChoiceAwards
.
Proud of our partnership with this amazing team 👏
We're excited to have completed the acquisition of
@baxter_intl
's BioPharma Solutions business to create a new member of the Advent Community,
@simtrabps
! We'll support the newly established company to accelerate its growth and ultimately benefit more patients across the globe.
Introducing our brand new series - Asked and Answered! CEOs from our portfolio companies around the world will be asking each other a chain of questions - top-level insight from top-level CEOs. Our Co-Chairman David Mussafer kicks the series off:
The competition is fierce in the latest edition of Little Things, Big Difference, as our London office reveals what makes them such a great team - including battling over the annual Advent pub quiz! 🤔 🥊
With API security incidents on the rise worldwide, we’re excited for
@SaltSecurity
to join the Advent Community 🎉 Salt’s powerful machine learning technology identifies and protects APIs - and has won the trust of Fortune 500 companies and market disruptors alike. Find out more:
What are the biggest mistakes a young entrepreneur is likely to make when setting up a new business?
Excellent advice from
@RxBenefits
CEO Bryan Statham for any business leader in episode 3 of our CEO chain of questions Asked and Answered:
Hot right now: Brazil’s financial services revolution🔥
Jordan Katz unpacks why consumers in Brazil are increasingly embracing digital banking - and how Advent’s global investment platform, Advent Global Opportunities, is unlocking growth potential in this exciting new market 🎥
Advent Tech has a new home! Today we’re launching the brand-new Advent Tech website to show you how our approach grows the businesses of the future by helping to scale some of the world’s most exciting tech innovators and disruptors. Check it out:
Advent Director Christina Drakos recently spoke to
@PEI_news
about our belief that a diverse culture creates better teams, and also positively impacts investment decisions 👇
Strengthening a legacy brand 💪
Great to hear
@pratikpota
, CEO of our portfolio company
@EurekaForbes
, reflect on the history of our partnership and how it continues to drive transformation for this market-leading business.
Listen to his thoughts below 📢
🇧🇷 Deep local knowledge
🤝 Vast network of relationships
🌎 International reach
Advent Managing Partner Patrice Etlin reflects on our longevity in LatAm – and unpacks the region’s top trends, from new opportunities with the US to the impact of digitalization in Brazil.
It’s time for episode two of our chain of CEO-to-CEO questions, Asked and Answered!
In this week’s edition, Grupo CRM CEO Renata Moraes Vichi asks BioDuro-Sundia CEO Dr. Dong to tell us all about his business role models from the world of science:
👾 Super-fast bug fixes
🤝Trusted by the coding community
🌍 70 million developers worldwide
Our portfolio company
@SonarSource
is changing the game for clean code analysis - read more from Alek Farro and Bryan Taylor on the future of this exciting partnership:
Congratulations to Advent VP Janki Chudgar for being recognised by
@Kayo_Conference
's 22 in 22 Women In Leveraged Finance this year! 🏆
A great achievement and well deserved for all your fantastic work! 💪
In data we trust 💻
@TredenceInc
is helping businesses translate data, AI solutions and insights into value creation - and we're excited to help this newest member of the Advent Community level up in the data science space! 👾
A recipe for success 🧁
Advent Managing Director Francesco Casiraghi sat down with
@PEHUB
, to discuss our ambition to create a global speciality ingredients platform and the exciting consolidation opportunities that lie ahead 🚀
Congratulations to Douglas Hallstrom for being named in
@GrowthCapCo
’s prestigious Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023 – a well-deserved recognition for his fantastic work in the investment space 👏
Working hand-in-hand to help companies reach their full potential.
Tune in to our Senior Director Alejandro Alcalde Rasch’s conversation with Fund Shack to find out more about our dedicated approach to value creation:
Celebrating Shweta Jalan, named in
@WSJPE
’s ‘Women to Watch’ list! 👏
Honored in the Senior Deal Makers category, Shweta has been recognised for her depth of experience and dedication to empowering future generations of investment professionals.
We’re excited to welcome Heather Kennedy Miner as Managing Director today, and as our new COO in January 🎉 With 20+ years of industry experience across asset management, investor relations and more, Heather is perfectly placed to help drive our next exciting stage of growth!
🤝 6 years of partnership
📈 Fifty-fold growth in earnings
🚀 Impressive growth momentum
That’s the story of our partnership with InPost so far - and we’re excited to reach this new agreement with
@PPFGroup
to support the company through its next chapter of growth.
The secret ingredients for long-term success 🍽️
Neha Mathur breaks down how we’re navigating the food and beverage landscape to drive lasting impact for our consumer investments:
The UK is facing inward investment challenges - but private capital can be the key to reversing this trend.
Ahead of the Global Investment Summit, James Brocklebank wrote in
@PrivateEquityN1
on how private equity can supercharge the economy:
People are at the heart of our Advent Community. That’s why we’re helping our portfolio companies unlock growth by investing in their future leaders 🤝
Hear from some of the 2023 European graduates of the Advent Leadership Academy, a collaboration with
@HBSExecEd
.
Hear from Adventer of 15 years Richard Kane as he talks all things Boston, baseball, and how at Advent collegiality and teamwork is lived from the top down🤝⚾
In our latest We Are Advent, Johanna in our German office talks seizing new opportunities, the great relationship she has with her team, and reveals her favorite things about living and working in Frankfurt🇩🇪
How can private equity navigate the relentless winds facing the consumer market? 🌬️
Reflecting on our recent retail acquisitions, our Managing Director Nicolas Chavanne unpacks the elements of a strong investment:
We’re excited to expand our presence in the fast-growing payments sector 🧾🧑💻 by investing in
@gps_processor
with Viking. We’re looking forward to helping the business expand its product offering and innovative use cases as well as continue to grow internationally:
Sharing the ❤️ and 💪 in our local communities.
Our Boston team recently spent a Service day supporting
@CityYear
, working to enhance the facilities at Marr Clubhouse & providing packs of school supplies for
@BGCDorchester
✏️📚
Congratulations to Advent COO Heather Kennedy Miner as she joins the Board of Directors at
@GirlsWhoInvest
.
Excited to see her help pave the way for future generations and champion greater diversity in our sector 🎉
We’re excited to welcome Amanda McGrady Morrison as Managing Director and Advent’s incoming Chief Legal Officer – she will bring with her more than two decades of experience and an industry-wide reputation as a trusted advisor. Welcome Amanda! 🎉
Hot (LatAm) Take incoming! 🔥
Watch Advent Director Marcelo Penna 🎥 explain why the rapid decentralization of banks in Brazil is having a long-term impact on the region – and how our teams are embracing this opportunity by investing in innovative companies like
@Nubank
:
We’ve agreed to acquire leading specialty chemicals solutions provider
@Caldic
– and will be merging them with our Latin American portfolio company Grupo Transmerquim S.A. to create a new global market leader.
Raising the bar in sustainable investment 💪
Congratulations to our Global Head of ESG, Jarlyth Hancock Gibson, who has been recognized by
@NewPrivateMkts
for her exceptional work in shaping the future of sustainable private capital.
📚 25 years of experience
📍Operations in 30 cities
📈 Exciting growth opportunities
Welcome to the Advent community, LBS Group! 🎉 We're looking forward to helping this major player in the PCO industry grow and expand their footprint across the Greater China region.
Congratulations are in order! 🎉
We’re delighted to welcome
@TriciaRothschi1
as a new Operating Partner. With over 25 years of industry experience, Tricia is a renowned leader in financial services - we can’t wait to see her help take Advent’s portfolio to new heights 💪
Big careers start with big dreams ✨📚 We’re proud to partner with
@MyBigCareer
to champion young talent from disadvantaged backgrounds and open doors to new career opportunities and further education.
Find out more about the
#MBCFutureMakers
initiative:
⚠️ Announcement! ⚠️ Our global investment platform Sunley House has a new name! It’s now known as Advent Global Opportunities, better reflecting its close integration and partnership with Advent as a whole 🌎 🙌
Get the full story about this exciting new chapter for the team:
For the second year running we've topped
@equalitygroupgl
's Inclusive Top 20 PE & VC Index! Read more in
@PEI_news
on how we remain focused on nurturing an inclusive and empowering environment where everyone can thrive 🌱
Diversity of perspective makes for better business decisions. At Advent, we celebrate differences of opinion and encourage new approaches to problem solving. Zinab explains how we empower our people to make their voices heard 👇
We’re delighted to announce that fundraising has been completed for our 10th global fund, GPE X 🎉 – we're grateful for the trust and support placed in us by our investors, so we can keep building great management teams and grow even more fantastic businesses all over the world:
🌎Investing in public & private markets
🔎Laser-focused on high-quality companies
💡Plugged into our global network of resources
Hear from the team at Advent Global Opportunities on how being part of the Advent ecosystem leads to a stronger partnership and drives real impact👇
We're delighted to welcome global security leader
@McAfee
to the Advent Community! 🔒 Together with our investment partners, we can't wait to build on McAfee’s years of success and support the next phase in the company’s growth.
We’re proud to continue investing in education in Brazil with a R$1 bn investment in Inspira Rede de Educadores, one of the country’s biggest education networks.
We can’t wait to watch them change even more young people’s lives!
Our professional services automation portfolio company FinancialForce has a new name to match its status as the most trusted
#PSA
solution on the market - it's
@CertiniaInc
! Find out more:
Ready to deep dive into Brazil’s investment landscape?
Our Managing Partner Patrice Etlin recently spoke to the former Governor of Brazil’s Central Bank
@gustavohbfranco
about the outlook for the region.
Swipe for some key takeaways 👉
We’re proud that our portfolio company Grupo Cataratas has won the
@lavca_org
2021 Environmental Responsibility Award 🇧🇷 From supporting indigenous cultures to protecting endangered species, it has driven some truly remarkable sustainability initiatives - find out more:
A Hot Take on a hot topic! 🔥
Jaimee Michaud, Director of our Portfolio Support Group, shares her Hot Take on
#generativeAI
– from its transformative impact across the Advent Community, to whether or not this new technology has staying power:
“Together with Advent we are very proud of what we are building.”
Family-founded Grupo Tigre has a clear vision and bold mission. Hear from the team on how our partnership is accelerating their ambitions to become the waste and water treatment leader across the Americas 🌎
Introducing - Cohance Lifesciences! 🧬 We’ve brought together three of our pharmaceutical portfolio companies under one banner as a new brand for our API and CDMO platform in India, meaning we can do even better work for customers right across the sector.
We’ve been working in Latin America for 25 years, helping businesses grow and thrive across sectors. Today we’re excited to announce that we co-led the largest Series B round ever raised in Latin America, with a $225 million financing of e-commerce brand-builder Merama:
We’re excited to be nominated in
@PEI_news
2023 Awards 🎉 – shortlisted for Large-Cap Firm of the Year in Asia, and Deal of the Year in Europe for
@aareal
.
A privilege to be acknowledged alongside other industry-leading firms 👏
“I’m most proud of how much I’ve grown and how much I’ve learned.”
Hear from Stephanie Walker, one of our Senior Managers, about the friends she’s made and the experiences she values most from the 13 years she’s spent with us 🤗
To celebrate
#IWD2024
, we heard from some of Advent’s top female talent. From the importance of a supportive culture to championing senior female leadership, hear from this exceptional group of women on their experiences:
The secret to organic growth 🌱
Advent's Managing Director Nick Rose shared his insight with
@RealDealsEU
on the key elements behind our portfolio company InPost's continued growth. Get the full story 👇
Tough environments bring about some of the best opportunities 💪
Our Chairman David Mussafer spoke to
@CNBCOvertime
’s
@MorganLBrennan
about how even in the current climate, great investments are out there – we just have to know where to look.
"Empowering myself has been one of the most important outcomes from these 13 weeks."
The Advent Leadership Academy is a collaboration with
@HBSExecEd
. Our 2023 European graduates sat down together to share their experiences, stories and learnings 📽️:
Unlocking opportunities, together 🤝
Our Managing Director Nicolas Chavanne sat down with
@UnquoteNews
to discuss the consumer investment landscape, and how two of our latest investments,
@ZIMMERMANN_
and
@ParfumsdeMarly
, attest to the strength of our partnership-led approach.
Happy holidays from the Advent Community! ☃️ Though 2021 has had its challenges, we’ve come together to support those in need, donating to food banks around the world to have a real impact in our local neighborhoods this winter. We wish you all a peaceful holiday season.