C5 appoints Cooke as managing partner

In his new role, Cooke will take responsibility for all aspects of fundraising and investor relations, working closely with the head of fund operations and the C5 investment team. He will also be joining the board of C5 Capital.

Prior to joining the team, he worked as managing director at Hycroft, HSBC and Greenhill & Company, where he established the London desk for private equity fundraising. Cooke also worked for a number of years at Lehman Brothers in London as a managing director, and Goldman Sachs as an executive director of fixed income.

C5 is a specialist investor in cybersecurity, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Headquartered in London, C5 also has offices in Washington, Munich, Luxembourg and Bahrain.

C5 Cyber Partners, Europe's first cybersecurity-focused fund, was launched in June 2014 targeting $125m, according to Unquote Data. The fund will make investments in EMEA-based cybersecurity companies, and will also make minority investments in data analytics companies. Typical investments will be between $5-15m.

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