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European venture capital company Truffle Capital has appointed Olga Koulechova as partner and head of business development.
Koulechova is taking over the business development and will manage institutional fund raising campaigns in life sciences and fintech – Truffle Capital's main areas of expertise.
Prior to joining Truffle Capital, Koulechova had been head of business development and partner at Idinvest Partners since 2011.
As VP senior sales international, head of Nordics at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management since 2007, Koulechova had previously participated in the marketing and promotion of the group in the Nordic area. She also held the
IK Investment Partners and Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) have acquired I@D Holding, a services platform dedicated to the first network of independent real estate agents in France.
The founders Malik Benrejdal, Jade Benrejdal and Jerome Chabin as well as NAXICAP Partners, shareholder since 2012, are reinvesting 37 per cent alongside IK and FAPI.
Founded in 2008 with the ambition to offer an alternative way of buying and selling residential property, I@D is a fast-growing digital platform offering a large range of value-added support services to independent real estate agents. The company has grown to become the largest network
New York-based alternative investment firm Angelo Gordon has appointed Damien Loveday as managing director, investor relations.
Loveday will be responsible for enhancing and expanding the firm’s institutional relationships in the EMEA region.
Previously, he was global head of diversifying strategies for Willis Towers Watson.
Loveday will be based in London and report to Gareth Henry, managing director and global head of investor relations.
“Damien is a highly accomplished executive and we look forward to leveraging his deep relationships and alternative investment expertise as we further strengthen and expand Angelo Gordon’s global investor base,” says Henry. “We are
The Riverside Company has completed fundraising for Riverside Micro-Cap Fund IV (RMCF IV).
The international investment firm’s latest buyout fund closed at its hard cap with USD650 million in capital commitments.
RMCF IV invests in fast-growing North American companies with up to USD7 million of EBITDA.
RMCF fund manager Loren Schlachet says his team uses a time-tested approach.
“We work hard to harness the potential in companies by improving their systems, processes and leadership, with the goal of significant growth during the investment period,” says Schlachet.
The RMCF team has invested in over 50 platforms since
Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Robert Goldstein as partner and head of private equity for the firm’s New York office.
Goldstein joins McDermott after leading the private equity group of another Am Law 100 firm, and he will be accompanied by partner Frank Steinherr.
“McDermott’s global platform and broad industry expertise will be a great advantage for Frank and me as we continue to expand and cultivate our longstanding client relationships in the private equity arena,” says Goldstein. “I expect our years of experience in middle market private equity to provide the perfect complement to McDermott’s existing
TrueFacet has held the close of a USD6 million Series A funding round led by Maveron.
Participation included Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Founders' Co-op, Trilogy and Liquid2 Ventures, owned by famed football legend Joe Montana, and global marketplace investors Rahul Mehta and John Lindfors.
The company recently appointed Francois Kress, current CEO of Carolina Herrera and former CEO and managing director of Bulgari, to join its board of directors.
“We created TrueFacet to enable the luxury consumer to buy, sell or trade any item in their jewellery collection in a trusted manner and at a fair price,” says Tirath
Private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) has made a substantial investment in domiciliary care business Routes Healthcare, which provides NHS-funded intensive home care.
The investment is the first to be made following the launch of KCP’s new GBP80 million growth fund last November.
Routes Healthcare was established in 2005 by current managing director Andrew Healing. Over the last 11 years, the business has grown to encompass nine offices, serving public sector bodies, blue chip organisations, SMEs and private individuals. The business acts as a fully integrated, high acuity domiciliary care provider and is CQC registered.
The branch network,
One year on from the launch of its first venture debt fund for UK technology firms and innovative companies, Barclays is extending its High Growth fund to GBP200 million as part of its commitment to fund innovative scale-ups.
Barclays has seen huge take up from businesses and since launching in May last year has provided GBP100 million in earlier stage financing support to nearly 40 companies.
Barclays remains the only mainstream UK bank to offer high growth businesses and their founders debt funding solutions at this early stage.
The fund is designed to provide access to debt finance;
Abalena Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, is to establish and operate exclusive seven star, invitation-only premier private members clubs for ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWI) in London, UAE, Pakistan and New York.
The facilities will include fleet of private business jets, access to VIP airport lounges around the world and VIP Concierge services, in addition to housing five dining areas, offering a wide range of culinary options from Subcontinent to Chinese, Thai, Sea Food and Japanese dishes.
All clubs will have two business lounges (Executive and Cigar), salon, spa and laser centre, gym, library, private offices, meeting
FinanceFox, an independent service platform for insurance brokers and consumers, has raised USD28 million – the largest “InsurTech” round in Europe to date – in a Series A funding round led by Target Global and Horizons Ventures.
The funding will be used to further expand its product, marketing and sales activities in Switzerland and Germany, as well as enter new markets – for example Austria in Q4/2016.
The existing investors Idinvest, Salesforce Ventures, Speedinvest, Seedcamp, AngelList, Victory Park Capital and lead-angel Samuel Skoblo remain on board.
FinanceFox is based in Zurich, Vienna, Berlin and Barcelona with over 80
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