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Moves & Appointments

Former Forward Partners VC to join Béa Fertility as Chief Medical Officer

Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, is stepping into the start-up world and taking up a new role as Chief Medical Officer at femtech start-up Béa Fertility.  Co-founded by femtech expert Tess Cosad, embryologist David O’Rourke and product engineer George Thomas, Béa Fertility is developing clinical-grade, at-home

Amadeus appoints deep tech partner with Oxford presence

Amadeus Capital Partners has expanded its deep tech investment team with the appointment of Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh as a Partner in its Early Stage Team.  Chandran-Ramesh will focus on investing in start-ups and spinouts centring on machine learning and quantum technologies, in the Oxford innovation cluster and other university centres

ShangBay Capital appoints Senior Advisor

ShangBay Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage healthcare companies, has appointed Robert Kamen PhD as a Senior Advisor.  ShangBay Capital’s team has a proven track record of identifying, financing, and building various healthcare companies over the last several years. The team brings deep operational experience from

Eight Advisory appoints new Partner to lead Transformation team

Eight Advisory has appointed Nick Neil-Boss as Partner to lead its Transformation team in London. Neil-Boss joins Eight Advisory UK from AlixPartners, where he was a Managing Director in their London Enterprise Improvement practice. He specialises in Value Creation pre- and post-transaction and Performance Improvement across the company lifecycle. Neil-Boss

DN Capital opens Berlin office

European venture capital managers DN Capital has expanded its presence in the German tech ecosystem with the opening of a new office in Berlin.  Founded by venture capital industry veterans Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker in 2000 the Venture Capital firm has been one of the most active investors in

Bridges appoints Investment Director

Bridges Fund Management (Bridges), a sustainable and impact investor, has appointed Eva Sarma as an Investment Director for Bridges Evergreen, its long-term capital vehicle. Sarma previously spent 11 years at 3i, latterly as a Director in the UK private equity team. More recently she was Chief Operating Officer and Company

Trilantic North America appoints new Partner

Trilantic North America, a growth-focused private equity firm, has promoted Ted Rosenwasser to Partner, bringing the firm’s leadership team to 15 Partners.  This follows the appointments of Giulianna Ruiz and Christopher Murphy to Partner and the addition of Kristin DePlatchett as Partner and Head of Investor Relations earlier this year.

JC Flowers & Co expands leadership team with appointment of two co-Presidents

JC Flowers & Co LLC (JC Flowers or the Firm), a private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry, have named Tim Hanford and Eric co-Presidents of the Firm effective immediately. Hanford, based in London, and Rahe, based in New York, are both currently Managing Directors

Former CIO at Schroders joins advisory board of Growthdeck

Kieron Launder, former Chief Investment Officer at Schroders & Co, the private banking arm of the global investment manager, has joined private equity firm Growthdeck, taking up a position on its advisory board.  Launder brings with him 25 years of investment industry experience, having worked across a number of leading

Griffin Global Asset Management expands senior management team

The Griffin Global Asset Management companies (Griffin) have expanded their Dublin office with the addition of Carolanne Cunningham as General Counsel, Eimear Konkoly as Vice President, and Bill O’Brien as Financial Controller. “Carolanne, Eimear, and Bill have incredibly strong backgrounds from several industries and each will lead different areas of

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