Comcast Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, has hired Dinesh Moorjani as managing director based in Santa Monica. A serial entrepreneur, senior operating executive and successful seed investor, Moorjani will lead investments across various sectors, including data and business intelligence, marketplaces and social networks. “I am delighted
Lawson Conner, a provider of fund launch services, a regulatory hosting platform and capital introductions, has appointed Michael Denoon-Slater as head of capital introductions. He assumed responsibilities on 3 October 2016 and will be responsible for developing this new business across Europe, Asia and North America. Prior to joining Lawson Conner, Denoon-Slater founded Strathspey Partners,
Prairie Crest Capital, a venture capital firm focused on early to mid-stage investments in breakthrough agriculture and technology firms, has launched in Des Moines, Iowa. Principals Barry Adams and Mark White formed Prairie Crest Capital to address the underserved investment opportunities in the agriculture and technology sectors, particularly in the
Former NVCA chairman Dixon Doll has teamed up with Eric Ball and Jack Crawford to launch a venture capital firm named Impact Venture Capital, with investment offices in Burlingame and Sacramento, California. Impact Venture Capital will host a large-scale global venture summit event this year in California at the new
Crestline Investors, a credit-focused institutional alternative asset manager, has created a private equity credit and fund restructuring team to actively pursue niche financing opportunities in the private equity markets. The group will focus on providing bespoke capital solutions, including preferred equity and flexible debt structures, to mature private equity funds
Adams Street Partners has appointed Jeff Akers, who joined the firm in 2006, as head of secondary investments. In this role, Akers will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the secondary business, including strategy, investments, fundraising and portfolio construction. Akers will succeed Jason Gull, who recently announced that he
Maples Fund Services, a division of MaplesFS, has invested in its technology and personnel to support an enhanced private equity fund services offering. This includes the implementation of Investran, a portfolio and partnership accounting system, and the appointment of industry veteran Robert Wolfe as head of private equity solutions.
GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has appointed Joe Knight to spearhead the expansion of the firm’s direct lending platform. Knight will have responsibility for business development and developing strategic relationships with GLAS’ existing direct lending client base. The move comes as funds increasingly replace banks in
Jamie Grant has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn’s real estate and infrastructure practice as a partner. Grant joins the firm’s Glasgow office from MacRoberts where, for the last 23 years, he has been a partner. Grant has decades of experience and in-depth expertise in property and environmental law (in particular
Seacoast Capital has added Tom Ley as a principal in the firm’s investment team. Ley has more than 20 years of experience in private equity headlined with his time leading the West Coast offices of Lincolnshire Management, HIG Capital and Guggenheim Partners. “We’ve known Tom for many years and
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