Jump Capital, Chicago-based VC for data-driven tech companies,  has made two new appointments – Trisha Degg, VP of talent platform, and Ola Jewusiak, director of marketing.

Bridge Investment Group Holdings has launched its newest strategy, Bridge Ventures, which will focus on proptech investments, and appointed Jeremy Ford as its chief investment officer. Bridge Ventures will focus on both early- and later-stage proptech companies and expects to pursue investments in industry-leading proptech funds. Ford joins Bridge Investment

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has appointed Lynnette Mays as director, Americas within its Investor Development Group. Mays joins the Actis IDG Americas team bolstering Actis’ presence in the region. Her appointment follows that of Neda Vakilian, Managing Director of Global Relationships and Charles Daulon du Laurens, Head

The Carlyle Group Inc is making changes in its executive leadership team. Chief executive officer Kewsong Lee’s five-year employment agreement is coming to a close at the end of 2022 and both the company’s board of directors and Lee have mutually agreed that the time is right to initiate a

Milbank LLP is expanding its Capital Markets practice with the addition of equity capital markets (ECM) expert Philipp Klöckner and his team, strengthening the firm’s transactional practice in equity capital markets/initial public offerings (IPOs) and public takeovers. Klöckner joins the firm as a partner and will be resident in the

Illumina Ventures, an independently-managed, healthcare-focused venture firm in a strategic partnership with Illumina, has added four new members to its European team. Arnaud Autret, PhD, MSc, will be principal and head of European operations, William Byrne, PhD, be an associate – Europe, and Ronan Byrne and Ivan Coulter, PhD, BSc,

Binance has appointed its co-founder Yi He as the new head of its venture capital (VC) arm and incubator, Binance Labs. Binance Labs is the largest crypto VC in the industry by assets under management (AUM) with a multiple on invested capital (MOIC) of 21.0x. Binance Labs manages total assets

David M Hutchins, who served as the general counsel of North America Private Investments at Bain Capital, has joined Ropes & Gray. He will be a partner in the firm’s private equity practice. At Bain, Hutchins advised Bain’s North America Private Equity, Ventures, Life Sciences, Double Impact and Tech Opportunities

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has hired Brad Pritchard as managing director, technology. Operating out of the Silicon Valley office and reporting directly to founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer, David

Vida Capital (Vida), a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, has appointed Matthew Roesler as managing director, structured credit. Roesler will be based in New York and report to Peter Polanskyj, head of structured credit. Roesler will work alongside Polanskyj in support of the firm’s structured