Flare Capital Partners, a healthcare technology venture capital firm, has appointed Dr. Gary Gottlieb One year since Flare Capital’s launch and initial fund closing, the firm continues to expand its broad network of specialised resources that are leading the transformation of the business of healthcare. Flare Capital’s new team members offer unrivalled

Mobile gaming entrepreneur and INSEAD-alumni Eyal Rabinovich has joined Octopus Ventures, the London-based venture capital investor best known for backing Zoopla Property Group, Secret Escapes, SwiftKey and graze.com. Eyal brings 13 years of technology industry experience to the role, having co-founded the Israeli-based data-driven games publisher PlayScape. Eyal’s appointment comes

NorthEdge Capital, the private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the North of England, has promoted George Potts and James Marshall to Investment Manager. Potts joined NorthEdge in 2011 and was part of the team to close the firm’s maiden fund at GBP225m in 2012. He has been

Mid-market private equity firm LDC is aiming to bolster its investment in Welsh businesses with the launch of an office in Cardiff, which will be led by experienced Welsh dealmaker, Dewi Hughes. LDC invests up to GBP100 million of equity capital to support the growth of SME and mid-sized businesses

Michael Weisser and Sarah Stasny have joined the New York office of Kirkland & Elliss as partners in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group with a focus on private equity. Weisser and Stasny represent many of the leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with investments, acquisitions, divestitures

Hamilton Lane, a global private markets asset management firm, has promoted Vesna Sipp and Richard Hope to Managing Director. Sipp joined Hamilton Lane 10 years ago and has been instrumental in developing strategic client relationships throughout the EMEA investor community. Previously a senior member of Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment team,

CDC International Capital has named Joanna Hislop as an independent administrator and member of the company’s investment committee. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Sciences Po in Paris, as well as a holder of an MBA from Harvard Business School, Hislop started her career in 1995

Boodle Hatfield has promoted Rahul Thakrar to Partner.  The promotion takes effect from 1 May 2016. Thakrar is a Partner in Boodle Hatfield’s Corporate team. His clients include investors, entrepreneurs and private businesses in a variety of sectors ranging from real estate to technology. He has a particularly strong practice

BGF (Business Growth Fund) continues to grow its investment team covering the North of England with the appointment of Ben Barker, who will be based across BGF’s offices in Manchester and Leeds. Barker has more than 13 years’ experience of equity funding gained, most recently, as a director at Caird