Peakside Capital Advisors AG (Peakside) has added Nicolaus Bitter and Sebastian Junghans to its investment team in Frankfurt. Joining as principals, they will both drive deal sourcing and the execution of transactions for Peakside’s value-add, core-plus and core strategies. Before joining Peakside, Junghans (37) and Bitter (33) were both Associate

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has added Susan Fiesta to its team of Operating Partners. Working alongside One Rock Operating Partners Sally Cunningham and Andrea Greene, Fiesta will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies through strategic solutions

Headless CMS Kontent.ai has secured a $40 million investment from Expedition Growth Capital (EGC). Powering over 2,000 projects including websites, apps and headless commerce experiences, Kontent.ai was originally started in 2015 as a business unit of 18-year old bootstrapped company Kentico. Today, Kontent.ai employs over 120 employees across five offices

Algebris Investments, a global asset manager specialising in financial credit and equity, has appointed Samuel Sibony as co-portfolio manager, managing $620 million in the Global Credit Opportunities strategies. James Friedman will continue to lead the team as lead portfolio manager.  The Global Credit Opportunities strategies are managed on the basis

Kirtland Capital Partners has appointed Ralph M Della Ratta as a partner. Dell Ratta’s formal relationship with Kirtland began nearly ten years ago when he invested in and provided assistance to Kirtland Capital Partners V. Della Ratta has over forty years of experience. He has built and shaped several different investment

Hildred Capital Management (Hildred), a New York based private equity firm, has promoted Kevin Regan to vice president. Since joining the firm in 2020, Regan has been an instrumental member of the Investment Team, helping to identify, evaluate and execute high potential investments in healthcare and providing valuable operational and

finnCap Cavendish has promoted Chris Malcolm and Anthony Platt to co-heads of technology. finnCap Group is a provider of strategic advisory and capital raising services to growth companies. As an integral part of the firm’s full service offering, the 12 strong finnCap Cavendish Technology team offers technology expertise across the

Pryor Cashman has appointed Robert M Friedman and Richard C Leska as partners in the firm’s Corporate Group. Friedman was formerly a partner at Moses & Singer, while Leska was formerly a partner at Meister Seelig & Fein.   Friedman has extensive experience representing clients in the formation of private

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in healthcare, business services and education, has appointed W Preston Hutchings as Senior Advisor.