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April Underwood, Nearby

Ex-Slack exec April Underwood on fundraising virtually

In this week’s podcast, Private Equity Wire chats to former Slack Chief Product Officer April Underwood (pictured), whose ‘local retail’ ecommerce platform Nearby recently raised USD21 million in a Series A funding round, about the process of raising money in today’s virtual environment, her experience of conducting meetings and building

Earth Capital’s Avent Bezuidenhoudt

Earth Capital’s Avent Bezuidenhoudt on investing in water

In this podcast, Private Equity Wire speaks to global private equity group Earth Capital’s investment director Avent Bezuidenhoudt about why investors should care more about water related issues, what can be done to encourage sustainable water-related investments, and which geographies will need to invest in water to offset climate change

Priya Karkar, KHP

KHP’s Priya Karkar on fundraising in the new normal

In this week’s podcast, Priya Karkar, investor relations representative at secondaries-focused firm Kline Hill Partners, talks about fundraising in the ‘new business normal’ and how LP sentiment regarding committing to private funds has evolved since the onset of the global pandemic more than a year ago.

Anu Balasubramanian, Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings’ Anu Balasubramanian on cross-border M&A trends

In this week’s podcast, Anu Balasubramanian, partner at international law firm Paul Hastings, shares her views on whether US/European cross border M&A deal making will continue its upward trajectory, her outlook on the US economic recovery and what that will mean for European PE.

Sunaina Sinha, Cebile Capital

Cebile Capital’s Sunaina Sinha on shifts in LP sentiment

In this week’s podcast, Sunaina Sinha, managing partner at Cebile Capital, discusses the findings of the firm’s recent survey of 100 global LPs, including how LPs have shifted their modus operandi in 2020, who the winners are in terms of allocation flow during the pandemic, and the fact that 51

Mark Yakuso, Morgan Creek

Morgan Creek’s Mark Yusko on SPACs, VC & retail

In this week’s podcast, Mark Yusko – founder, chief investment officer and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management – discusses why, in his view, SPACs are now replacing the traditional Series C, D and E rounds, how retail investors could tap into previously ‘hard to access’ late-stage growth PE

Hugh Elwes, Stephens

Hugh Elwes, Stephens, on financial services M&A

With the financial services sector having experienced a lot of consolidation recently, Private Equity Wire sat down with Hugh Elwes (pictured), managing director of Stephens Europe, to talk about financial services M&A and why the sector is so busy at the moment.  

Andrew Bernstein Capital Dynamics

Capital Dynamics Andrew Bernstein on mid-market PE

​​​​​​​In this week’s podcast, Private Equity Wire hears from Andrew Bernstein, senior managing director and head of private equity at Capital Dynamics, on why some managers able to meet their fundraising targets despite the pandemic, while others are struggling to reach their targets, and why firms with proprietary sourcing capabilities

Sumit Mehta, Arrow Capital

Arrow Capital’s Managing Director Sumit Mehta on SPACs & EM

In this week’s podcast Private Equity Wire speaks to Sumit Mehta, Managing Director of Arrow Capital, about the growth of SPACs in emerging markets. The podcast looks into the differences between the US ecosystem versus emerging markets and forecasts the challenges that need to be resolved in order to fully

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