Madrona Venture Group has added Karan Mehandru to the firm’s investment team as a managing director. With fifteen years of experience as a venture investor and board member for rapidly scaling private businesses, Mehandru brings a wealth of experience working closely with founders, their teams, and partners to build lasting

Building Industry Partners (BIP), a private equity investment firm focused on the US building industry, has appointed Steve Shaffer as an operating partner. Shaffer will help support BIP and Endeavor Fire Protection (Endeavor), BIP’s new fire and life safety platform. Shaffer brings nearly four decades of fire protection industry experience.

Specialist consultancy firm, GRAPH Strategy, has promoted Phil Craig to partner. Formerly an Associate Partner, Craig has been instrumental in GRAPH Strategy’s growth since he joined the firm in 2018. GRAPH Strategy, which has offices in London and Washington DC, supports global corporations and private equity firms to acquire and

Hazeltree, a specialist in treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Sonia Spicehandler as the firm’s first chief people officer.

JTC, a global professional services provider, has hired John Collins as senior director – Fund Services following the launch of its fund administration service in Ireland. Collins has over 20 years’ experience within financial services having previously worked at a number of fund administrators, global custodians and high profile institutions

Align Capital Partners (ACP) gas sold its interest in WilliamsMarston, a specialist in providing complex accounting, tax and valuation advisory services, to Kelso & Company (Kelso). Since ACP’s initial investment in July 2020, the Firm has achieved transformational growth under the leadership of WM’s Co-Founders, Landen Williams and Jon Marston.

Cole-Frieman & Mallon (CFM), an investment management law firm, has appointed Garret Filler as a partner. Filler comes to CFM after most recently serving as President of Allometrics, a startup at the intersection of gaming and finance.

Tonka Bay Equity Partners (Tonka Bay) has appointed Shawn Cappello as a director. In this role, Cappello will assist in the execution of the firm’s overall investment activities. Prior to joining Tonka Bay, Cappello was a senior director of corporate development at Albertsons Companies Inc, a national grocery retailer. Previously,

HCI Equity Partners (HCI), a leading lower middle market private equity firm that partners with founder-owned distribution, manufacturing and B2B service companies, has promoted Lisa Costello to tiger newly-created position of chief administrative officer (CAO), and Amy Stremmel to chief financial officer (CFO). Costello joined HCI in 2004 and will

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has expanded the footprint of its Corporate Private Equity business through a new team based in San Francisco – building on the firm’s existing strong presence in its San Francisco office across its other business units. Sachin Bavishi, a senior managing director, will relocate to San Francisco