Crossbeam, a venture capital firm that invests in Pre-Seed and Series A startups, has made two additions to its team – Sana Godhwani who join as Vice President, and Mili Raina who joins as a Senior Associate. Godhwani, who was previously an Associate Director within the Investment Bank at UBS, covering the Global Industrials Group in New York, will be esponsible for providing support & guidance on the Operations & Finance functions within the firm. She has an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, and a BSc in Mathematics with

Genesis Global, a low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organisations, has appointed Jason Jhonson as Chief Marketing Officer CMO. Jhonson reports to CEO, Stephen Murphy. Jhonson has more than 20 years of experience building brands for pioneering technology companies like Improbable, GitHub, PayPal and Yahoo. He joins Genesis from Improbable, tahe metaverse technology company. As Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, he built marketing and sales teams from ground up and helped Improbable scale during five years of growth.    He earned his MBA and undergraduate degree from the University of Florida.  

Royal Park Partners, a specialist financial advisor to the fintech industry, is expanding its leadership team with the hire of ex-Barclays dealmaker Niccolò Gamaleri as senior director. In his new role Gamaleri will focus on supporting fintech founders and private equity-backed companies through capital raises, M&A transactions, and IPOs. His background in financial institutions M&A brings a new dimension to Royal Park Partners’ advisory offering. As the fintech sector becomes increasingly regulated, and its funding base evolves, knowledge of regulatory requirements, financing solutions, and industry standards is crucial.    Gamaleri bolsters the team’s capabilities and expertise, bringing extensive experience from Barclays

Innova Capital, a Central European private equity firm, has promoted Michał Wojdyła to the position of partner, strengthening the firm’s position in the technology sector ahead of deployment of its new Innova/7 investment vehicle. Wojdyła, previously managing director, has been with Innova Capital since 2008. Over the years, he has gained extensive experience in the private equity industry, working on numerous investments and portfolio companies. Following his involvement in multiple manufacturing and consumer deals (eg Libet, Marmite, Bakalland, Profim and Prime Label). Recently, he has been co-developing the Innova technology practice, focusing primarily on IT services sector where he led

IQ-EQ has appointed Shaun Geils as global head of insurance, a newly created position supporting IQ-EQ’s extended service offering.

Kainos Capital (Kainos), a Dallas-based food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has promoted Mike Perloski and Jacob Spitz to Senior Associate.  Perloski joined Kainos in 2020 from Credit Suisse, where he was an analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group. He graduated from Princeton University with a BA in economics and a certificate in finance, where he was also a member of the varsity football team.   Spitz joined Kainos in 2020 from Wells Fargo Securities, where he was an analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He graduated summa cum laude from Babson College with a BS in business administration

IMMO, a tech-driven residential investment platform, has appointed Him Mandali as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) following a record-breaking $75 million Series B round. Mandali, who joins from Solarisbank AG, Europe’s leading banking-as-a-service platform, will be responsible for further developing and enhancing IMMO’s in-house technology-driven investment platform.   Mandali’s appointment, which will see him take up a newly created role, follows a year of rapid growth for IMMO. In April, the company raised $75 million in what remains Europe’s largest-ever proptech Series B round, and recently announced plans to spend £2.5 billion acquiring and retrofitting over 10,000 homes across the

Vestar Capital Partners, a US private equity firm, has promoted several investment professionals, including Neil Merchant, Mark Dirzulaitis, and Angela Yun to principal, and Alex Veronneau to vice president. Merchant, a member of the Firm’s Business & Technology Services group, joined Vestar in 2018. He previously worked at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe focusing on healthcare and technology investments. Merchant holds both a BS in Economics, cum laude, and an MBA in Finance and Management, with Honours, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dirzulaitis, a member of the Firm’s Business & Technology Services group, joined Vestar in

PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies, has appointed private capital veteran and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Head of Technology, Media & Telecom, Financial Services and Healthcare, Bogdan Bo Cenanovic, as a Managing Director. Cenanovic will aim to bolster PSG’s Canadian deal flow pipeline. To date, PSG has completed four platform investments in Canada – DigitalEd, Introhive, Penny AI and Wagepoint – and 28 add-on acquisitions.   In addition, Cenanovic will lead underwriting for PSG’s Encore strategy (Encore), which is primarily focused on making investments in select PSG portfolio companies upon their complete or partial

Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), a fast growing and purpose led alternative asset manager, has appointed William Tice as Partner. He will lead Business Development and expand the firm’s presence in North America.  Tice will be based in Austin, Texas.   Tice brings over 30 years’ experience in financial services with extensive experience in credit, specialty finance, and private equity. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Tice was President of Vida Capital, where he led business development and investments in specialty finance and special situation opportunities. Before that he held senior business development and investor relations roles at Siguler Guff, Q