Tech-focused growth equity investment firm Edison Partners has appointed Ben Laufer as a Principal in the firm’s investment team. Laufer is the firm’s tenth new hire in the last 18 months following last week’s appointment of three investment and value creation professionals.
As Principal, Laufer will focus on investments in FinTech and Healthcare IT. He will also establish the sixth Center of Excellence under the Edison Edge, the firm’s value creation platform, focused on Corporate Development.
Over his career, Laufer has been involved with approximately $200bn of transaction volume across multiple sectors and deal structures.
Prior to Edison, he was a director at private equity firm PeakEquity Partners focused on enterprise software, and has also held positions at MRI Software, investment manager NISA, and software-focused investment bank Arbor Advisors.
Laufer earned a bachelor’s in science, Technology and Society from Stanford University and an MBA in both Finance and Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
