Author: Chandler France

Houston-based private equity firm Platform Partners initially sought to raise $150 million, CEO and co-founder Fred Brazelton said.

Risk advisory and insurance firm Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates is a repeat Best Places to Work honoree.

Ivan Wolkind — whom Holocaust Museum Houston had chosen as CEO in May 2024 — died unexpectedly of natural causes before taking on the role.

Houston-based Sallyport, a new private equity firm led by former El Paso Corp. CEO Doug Foshee, plans to be patient in its investment strategy.

The deal adds about $300 million in assets to Captrust, which has made three Houston-area deals in the past two years.

Funds were approved in December 2024 for a design study for the Daikin Park seating project, which would take place after the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

LOVB Houston, part of the new six-team LOVB professional volleyball league, will host its matches at the new Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg.

Design studies approved by the Harris County Sports and Convention Corp. show conceptual plans for NRG Arena, which is more than 50 years old.

Main Street Capital Corp., Houston’s second-largest private equity firm, exited an investment in a company it initially partnered with in April 2020.

More Houston-area public companies saw their stock prices increase throughout the year than decrease — some of which had triple-digit gains.