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 Group from REEF Technology, where he was head of property strategy. Prior to REEF Technology, he held roles at BLG Capital Limited and The Carlyle Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Edmund. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a Master of Business Administration from the

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 of EMEA Sales, both of whom joined Actis’s Investor Development Group in late 2021.   Mays has more than 20 years’ experience in roles across investment management, fundraising, investor relations, and institutional advisory. Prior to joining Actis, she was a director in the Capital Markets Group at Hines, where she

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 search for a new CEO for the global investment firm. Lee has stepped down  with immediate effect but will be available as needed to assist in a transition during the months ahead. The Board has appointed William Conway, co-founder, current non-executive co-chairman of the Board, and former co-CEO, to serve

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 Frankfurt office. He will be accompanied by further team members, including experienced ECM expert Nico Feuerstein who will join the firm as special counsel. Klöckner and his team specialise in capital markets transactions and public takeovers, as well as general capital markets, securities and corporate law advice. They have extensive

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, will serve as venture advisors – Europe. Autret brings more than 15 years of financial and investment experience in the life sciences and biopharmaceutical industries, as well as scientific knowledge, to his new position. Before joining the Company, Arnaud was Investment Director in the biotechnology team of M Ventures in

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 of $7.5 billion, comprised of more than 200 portfolio projects.   Yi He will lead global strategy and the day-to-day operations at Binance Labs. Part of her focus will be on supporting infrastructure projects and improving utility in innovative crypto and blockchain projects.   Her vision is to drive the

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 teams. He advised investors and legal teams on an array of ambitious mergers, acquisitions, take-privates, minority and majority investments, fund formations, and led teams that advised on day-to-day management of Bain’s portfolio companies.   Prior to Bain, Hutchins worked at two global law firms and as a senior associate at

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 Spreng, Pritchard will primarily make investments in the broader technology industry, including in companies focused on sustainability. Additionally, he will target top venture capital firms and the management teams of leading late-stage technology companies. Before Runway, Pritchard was a managing director at BlackRock for more than eight years and led

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 finance portfolios.   Roesler is a former partner and portfolio manager at Apollo Global Management where he was responsible for synthetic structured credit investing, solutions and capital relief transactions, and secured financing. He was also a voting member of Apollo’s structured credit investment committee responsible for all CLO, ABS and