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Palatine appoints Crowley as IR director
Crowley joins from placement agent Probitas Partners, where he was responsible for UK investor relationships
Blue Horizon hires Köktentürk
Sedef Köktentürk joins as a managing partner and chief operating officer and will focus on areas including impact
BGF invests more than £380m in 2020
BGF exited 20 businesses in 2020 with an average money multiple of 1.9x and an aggregate IRR of 26%
ArchiMed chair Ribon moves to New York office
ArchiMed also makes five new hires, including the appointment of BC Partners' Justin Bateman as partner
LDC appoints Scales as investment director
Prior to joining LDC, he spent eight years at Rothschild & Co, as a member of its corporate finance team
GP Profile: Clessidra
CEO Andrea Ottaviano discusses the launch of the firm's last buyout fund, as well as dealflow and market perspectives in the wake of Covid-19
Eurazeo raises €2.8bn in 2020
Amount includes the capital raised by Eurazeo Growth III, which has now collected more than €500m
ICG hires Bridge Valley's life sciences investment team
Allan Marchington, who will become head of ICG life sciences, says the team has a strong pipeline
Eight Roads promotes Cornet to partner
Principal Lucile Cornet joined Eight Roads Ventures as an associate in 2016
CapMan boosts wealth advisory team
Nordic firm has appointed four people across wealth advisory, alternative investment and marketing
Gresham House Ventures hires Rupesh Patel
Patel most recently worked at Praesidian Capital, a transatlantic private equity and debt fund
Foresight opens office in Luxembourg
Luxembourg office will be led by Adela Baho and Jasper Jansen, who have each joined as directors
Dawn hires Kainz as vice-president
During 2020, Dawn Capital welcomed nine new joiners to its team and raised its fourth flagship fund
Capza appoints Zavattaro as head of Italy
In his new role, Stefano Zavattaro will be responsible for Capza's investments in Italian SMEs
Maven appoints Brighty as investment manager
Brighty will be responsible for identifying and backing new local businesses via Maven's MEIF Debt Funds
Redalpine promotes Laska to partner
Aleksandra Laska joined the Swiss venture capital firm in 2020 as an investment director
Arbour leaves Palamon for ICG
Philippe Arbour was made partner in early 2019, having joined Palamon in 2013 from Lloyds
Keyhaven promotes Mouawad to partner
Specialist private equity secondaries firm focuses on the lower-mid-market
Cipio hires new venture partner
Firm also promoted David Kreppel to principal and Dennis Koerner to senior associate
Tikehau appoints de la Chevardière to PE advisory board
Prior to his retirement in 2019, de la Chevardière acted as the CFO at French company Total
Livingbridge promotes Titmuss to partner
James Titmuss has previously worked in corporate finance at Oriel Securities and HSBC Investment Bank
Edge hires Andrews as CIO
Simon Andrews joins from BGF where he was an early-stage investor; prior to that, he worked at Octopus Ventures
WestBridge promotes three
WestBridge has promoted Minton and MacLeay to the position of senior investment manager, and Sinclair to investment manager
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Nordic 2020 Review
Katharine Hidalgo welcomes Unquote Nordic reporter Eliza Punshi to discuss how dealflow and fundraising prospects are faring as 2021 rolls on