Searchlight Capital Partners

Searchlight Capital Partners is a private investment firm operating in North America and Europe. They have the ability to invest across the capital structure in both equity and debt. They seek to invest in attractive companies across a wide range of industries and are comfortable investing in complex situations. There objective is to work in partnership with company management by providing patient, long-term capital as well as the strategic and operational support to enhance value creation for all stakeholders. Searchlight Capital Partners was founded in 2010 by senior partners from industry-leading investment management firms (Apollo, KKR, Ontario Teachers’) with significant investment experience in a wide range of industries in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Ralf Ackermann

Partner - London

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Riju Agrawal

Principal - New York

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Alexander Ardies

Associate - London

Timothy Austin

MD - New York

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Phil Bacal

MD - Toronto

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Ole Bick

Associate - London

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Keith Brandner

Associate - New York

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Thomas de Canniere

Principal - London

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Stephen Carroll

Principal - New York

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Owen Cartier

MD - London

Andrew J. Claerhout

Partner - Toronto

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Steven Colder

MD - New York

Chris Cruz

MD - New York

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Chris Dederick

Associate - New York

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François Dekker

Partner - London

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Heber Ramos de Freitas

MD - London

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Andrew Frey

Partner - New York

Darren Glatt

Partner - New York

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Joel Graydon

Assistant VP

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David Groban

MD - New York

Oliver Haarmann

Founding Partner - London

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Ana Castro Henckel

Principal - London

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Tom Hendrick

Partner - New York

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Lucas Joynt

MD - New York

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Jonathan Laloum

Principal - London

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Richard Maass

Associate, Investor Relations

Giles Marshall

MD - London

Emily Melchior

Head of Investor Relations

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Jake Nowack

Principal - Toronto

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Ajit Pai

Partner - New York

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Prateek Puri

Principal - London

James Redmayne

Partner - London

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Adam Reiss

MD - New York

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Meghan Roach

MD, Portfolio Management

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Ben Ryan

Principal - New York

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Michele Scheggia

Principal - London

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Albert Shin

Partner - New York

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Erol Uzumeri

Founding Partner - Toronto

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Elliott Weinstein

MD - New York

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Catherine Xu

Principal - New York

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John Yantsulis

CFO and Partner

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Ryan Yaraghi

Principal - New York

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Nicolo Zanotto

MD - London

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William Zhang

Principal - New York

Eric Zinterhofer

Founding Partner - New York

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Global Risk Partners Limited

Acquisition in 2020
Global Risk Partners Limited (GRP) is an investment vehicle aimed at insurance brokers and managing general agents trading in the UK retail and global, specialty insurance markets.

EasyMile SAS

Series B in 2021
EasyMile is a high-tech startup specialized in providing both software powering autonomous vehicles and the last mile smart mobility solutions. The company is headquartered in Toulouse (France) with offices in Singapore and Denver (USA). It also operates through value added resellers notably in Japan and the Middle East. EasyMile, with its workforce of 70 passionate employees, is a privately held company that is currently growing organically at a sustained pace.

NRT Sightline

Private Equity Round in 2021
Sightline Payments is the way to building the first truly cashless ecosystem for the gaming environment with its flagship solution, Play+. Named "Most Innovative Gaming Technology Product of the Year", Play+ allows consumers a cashless and seamless mobile commerce experience for hospitality and gaming, including online, mobile, on-premise slots, table games, and sports. The Play+ digital platform is embraced by integrated casino resorts, sports betting and lottery platforms, including the largest and most well-recognized casino resort and sports betting brands in the world.

Care Advantage, Inc.

Acquisition in 2021
Founded in 1988 by Deborah J. Johnston, RN, Care Advantage Inc. provides honest, compassionate, quality care in a variety of personal and health care settings. The entire Care Advantage team is focused on personal and skilled care services for individuals and other health care providers. It’s all about the best people with the right skills caring for the friends, families, and neighbors with whom we share our community.
Technical Airborne Components Industries As one of the leading suppliers in this industry, TAC is based in Belgium and supplies rods for more than 30 years on almost every commercial aircraft, regional and business jet, helicopter, military and space program. Its expertise in design, development and manufacturing of structural and flight control rods is complemented by related machined parts (e.g cranks, brackets,…) by special tubular links, telescopic rods, torque shafts and special rod ends. By acting in this sector only, TAC is able to improve and deliver its competitiveness and global solution including the design, production and delivering.

Adams Outdoor Advertising

Private Equity Round in 2021
Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. provides outdoor billboard advertising services.

All Points Broadband

Private Equity Round in 2021
All Points Broadband is an operator and provider of hybrid fiber wireless broadband networks and services. It builds hybrid-fiber-wireless networks that provide a wireless broadband internet connection to its customers. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia.

M&M Food Market

Acquisition in 2014
M&M Food Market is a retailer of specialty frozen food offering fast, easy-to-prepare products including hors d'oeuvres, gourmet meals, family favorites and desserts.
Consolidated Communications, Inc. (CCI) offers residential digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice service in the greater Sacramento, California and Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri areas. Bundled residential/home offers provide additional savings for the most competitive rates. Our fiber-optic networks allow us to deliver extremely fast Internet access, crystal clear high definition cable television (HDTV), digital telephone and long distance services. All SureWest services include local, best-in-class customer service and 24/7 technical support.
Bezeq is the largest communications group and leading. Business in the Bezeq Group range of telecom services: local and international telephony, wireless and high-speed Internet, transmission, and more. The Group has a strong balance sheet and cash flow from operations of over 4 billion (as of 2012), which is used to create a sophisticated network, to provide advanced services to customers and creating shareholder value.
GCI (NASDAQ: GNCMA) is an Alaska-based company providing voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial and government customers. Founded in 1979, GCI introduced long-distance competition to Alaska and has since grown to be one of the nation’s premier integrated telecommunication providers.

Hunter Boot Limited

Acquisition in 2012
Hunter Boot Limited manufactures footwear and outerwear for men, women, and kids. The company offers footwear, such as boots, shoes, and sandals; coats, jackets, and ponchos and capes; and boot socks, bags, umbrellas, and boot care and insoles. It sells its products online, as well as through stockists and its own stores. Hunter Boot Limited was founded in 1856 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom with additional offices in London, New York, and Düsseldorf. Hunter Boot Limited is a former subsidiary of Interfloor Limited.
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. is the leading full service platform offering both content and connectivity for the worldwide airline industry. Through its combined content, distribution and technology platforms, Global Eagle provides airlines and the millions of travelers they serve with the industry's most complete offering of in-flight video content, e-commerce and information services. Through its Row 44 subsidiary, Global Eagle utilizes Ku-band satellite technology to provide airline passengers with Internet access, live television, shopping and travel-related information. Currently installed on more than 480 aircraft, Row 44 has the largest fleet of connected entertainment platforms operating over land and sea globally. In addition, through its AIA division, Global Eagle provides film and television content, games and applications to more than 130 airlines worldwide. Global Eagle is headquartered in Westlake Village, California and maintains offices and support personnel around the world.

NRT Sightline

Private Equity Round in 2020
Sightline Payments is the way to building the first truly cashless ecosystem for the gaming environment with its flagship solution, Play+. Named "Most Innovative Gaming Technology Product of the Year", Play+ allows consumers a cashless and seamless mobile commerce experience for hospitality and gaming, including online, mobile, on-premise slots, table games, and sports. The Play+ digital platform is embraced by integrated casino resorts, sports betting and lottery platforms, including the largest and most well-recognized casino resort and sports betting brands in the world.

Ardent Hire Solutions

Acquisition in 2015
Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd offers plant hire equipment services. It provides telehandlers, excavators, scissor lifts, dumpers, gators, diggers, and fork lift vehicles. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Enfield, United Kingdom.

160over90

Acquisition in 2016
160over90 is a branding and creative services agency with offices in Philadelphia, Newport Beach, Calif. And Gainesville, Florida
TouchTunes Music Corporation provides interactive, music-on-demand, digital downloading jukeboxes to the coin operated machine industry across the United States. It is also involved in the digital distribution of music content to interactive, music-on-demand applications. The company’s music-on-demand application, ‘digital jukeboxes’, utilizes digitally compressed audio technology to distribute music titles through a distribution network. It is also developing technology for other music on demand applications. The company offers its digital jukeboxes to the jukebox operators, as well as provides additional music services. As of September 30, 2005, it played approximately 30 million songs to 5 million people, and delivered approximately 13,920 digital jukeboxes. TouchTunes Music Corporation was founded in 1990 and is based in New York, New York.

PatientPoint

Private Equity Round in 2017
PatientPoint has been the leader and innovator of patient and physician engagement solutions at the point of care. PatientPoint award-winning health information drives meaningful outcomes for patients, providers and sponsors. From primary care to specialty practices, from urgent care clinics to hospitals, PatientPoint programs provide an integrated patient-engagement experience across care settings. PatientPoint specializes in point-of-care education by custom-making content to meet the unique needs of patients in the physician’s office or hospital. This content has been recognized for the last 12 years by the National Health Information Awards for excellence in consumer-facing health information. This seal of quality helps healthcare professionals recognize exemplary patient education that is easy-to-understand, visually compelling and actionable.
Univision Communications Inc. is the media company serving the Hispanic community in the United States. Its assets include Univision Network, one of the five major US television networks, irrespective of language, television and Spanish-speaking dovetailing the US reaching 96% of US Hispanic households. UU .; TeleFutura Network, a television channel in Spanish general interest, reaching 88% of US Hispanic households .; and Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, a leading cable television in Spanish in the country, and Univision Tlnovelas a cable television network devoted to soap operas broadcast 24 hours a day, plus a suite of six cable De Película, De Pelicula Clasico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clásico TV; Univision Studios, which produces and co-producer of "reality shows", dramatic series and other programming formats for the Company's platforms; Univision Television Group, which owns and / or operates 62 television stations in major US Hispanic markets and in Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Hispanic radio group which owns and / or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 US Hispanic markets and five stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Interactive Media, a network of national and local online sites and mobile phones, including Univision.com, the online portal in Spanish most visited by US Hispanics, Univision Movil, the industry leader in mobile telephony from For years, offering services and unique, relevant mobile products and Univision Partner Group, a specialized advertising and publisher network. Headquartered in New York City, UCI television network operations in Miami and has television and radio stations, plus sales offices in major US cities.

Mitel Networks Corporation

Acquisition in 2018
Mitel is a global provider of business communications and collaboration software and services. Mitel’s innovations make it easier to connect and collaborate, while reducing costs and implementation headaches. Market leaders like VMware and Research in Motion partner with Mitel to seamlessly integrate their solutions – increasing value to customers. Mitel’s Freedom Architecture provides the flexibility and simplicity required for today's dynamic work environment. Through a single cloud-ready software stream, Mitel delivers a powerful suite of advanced communications and collaboration capabilities that: (1)provides freedom from walled garden architectures; (2)enables organizations to implement best-of-breed solutions; (3)extends the "in-office" experience anywhere, on any device; and (4)offers a choice of commercial options to fit business needs. Mitel’s solutions fit companies across the spectrum – from single-location businesses to multinationals – servicing customers through a network of over 1,600 value-added resellers and partners.

Roots

Acquisition in 2015
Established in 1973, Roots is Canada’s leading lifestyle brand known around the world for its quality leather goods, athletic wear, yoga wear, accessories and home furnishings. Starting with a tiny store in Toronto, Roots now has more than 120 retail locations in Canada and the United States, and more than 100 in Asia. In addition, Roots has a state­-of-­the-­art leather goods factory and design centre in Torontowhere all genuine leather goods are made. Under the leadership of co-­founders Michael Budman and Don Green, the Roots style and values are based on quality, integrity and longevity. An iconic Canadian company, Roots evolved from producing footwear to include genuine leather bags, jackets, accessories, natural fiber clothing and home furnishings.

Harbortouch Payments, LLC

Acquisition in 2016
Harbortouch (formerly United Bank Card) is a leading national supplier of point of sale (POS) systems, credit card processing equipment and a full range of merchant services. Ranked by the Nilson Report as one of the largest payment processors in the United States, Harbortouch currently handles the merchant accounts for over 110,000 merchant locations and processes in excess of $9 billion annually, with those numbers continually increasing. Consistently recognized as a leader in innovation, Harbortouch is a five-time consecutive Inc. 500/5000 honoree and was ranked on Deloitte’s 2008 “Fast 50” list of fastest growing technology companies. In 2011, the company launched an industry-first "free" POS system program which allows merchants to obtain a Harbortouch POS system with no up-front costs. There is a monthly service fee and quarterly software support fee required.

Latecoere

Post in 2019
Latecoere specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of structures for the aeronautics sector. Latecoere develops, manufactures and offers product support activities (repair, replacement, etc.) in the field of both Aerostructures and Interconnection Systems. Latécoère works closely with the major aircraft manufacturers and airlines.

Ziply Fiber

Acquisition in 2020
Ziply Fiber simplify and elevate the connected lives of our communities by combining the most advanced network.

Ocean Outdoor Limited

Acquisition in 2014
Ocean Outdoor UK Limited provides outdoor advertising services. It offers large-format digital, landmark, and banner advertising services; canvases for inspirational advertising; development services; and digital content management and project management consultancy services. The company operates in a multi-media channel market, such as out of home, digital, mobile, online, and screen media. It offers its services in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle, and Bristol. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Ocean Outdoor UK Limited operates as a subsidiary of Ocean Outdoor Limited.

GetYourGuide

Convertible Note in 2020
GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH operates an online platform for booking tours, attractions, and activities worldwide. The company offers tourist services online via the Internet and mobile applications. GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH was founded in 2009 and is based in Berlin, Germany with additional offices in North America and Europe.

MediaMath

Private Equity Round in 2018
MediaMath, Inc. develops and delivers digital advertising media and data management technology solutions to advertisers worldwide. The company’s TerminalOne platform activates data, automates execution, and optimizes advertising interactions across addressable media. Its Omnichannel programmatic marketing platform activates predictive audience to enhance one-to-one customer conversations; accesses Omnichannel media at scale to deliver relevance of context and message; closes the loop between measurement and optimization with machine learning; and leverages people in the business. The company also provides professional services in the areas of programmatic strategy and optimization, analytics, technology support, and advertising operations; and training and certification programs focusing on digital marketing. MediaMath, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in San Francisco and Santa Monica, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; Durham, North Carolina; London, United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain; Berlin; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; and Bengaluru, India.