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Crestbridge, a provide of private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Anne Catherine Grave as country head of Luxembourg. Based in Luxembourg, Grave will be responsible for leading the business in the region and building on its reputation as a leading service provider for fund managers. Her appointment adds further weight to Crestbridge’s highly experienced Luxembourg team, which provides global, comprehensive support to fund managers. This includes managing the administrative, accounting, reporting, residency, and governance needs of a broad range of fund structures throughout their lifecycles. Prior to joining Crestbridge, Grave was the partner in charge of Corporate
Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Gus Harris, head of AD data & analytics, to its Group Executive Board (GEB) where he will continue to report to Doug Hart, chief executive officer.
IQ-EQ has appointed Stefan Rolf as global head of securitisation and private debt, a new leadership position signalling the extension of IQ-EQ’s service range in the securitisation and private debt space. Rolf is a seasoned senior leader with over 25 years’ experience in financial services and banking. He has worked in Germany, the Netherlands and Singapore holding a series of regional and global leadership roles, including Global Head of Securitisation for both Volkswagen Financial Services and ING Bank. Before joining IQ-EQ, Stefan was ING Bank’s Global Head of Balance Sheet Distribution.   In his new role, Rolf will drive the
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 Jeff Goldrich as managing director, Technology. Operating out of the Chicago office and reporting directly to Founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer, David Spreng, Goldrich will employ his sector expertise to originate top tier growth and late-stage investment opportunities. Goldrich’s goal is to support entrepreneurs and investors while expanding Runway’s footprint. Goldrich’s experience covers dozens of relationships across a range of company sizes, stages, industry verticals, ownership structures, and transaction types. Previously, Goldrich was
Hogan Lovells has expanded its M&A year based in Boston with the appointments of Joe Basile and Zohar Nevo. Both join from Foley Hoag, where Basile, who joins as a senior advisor, was a partner and co-chair of that firm’s M&A practice group. At Hogan Lovells, they reunite with their former Foley Hoag colleagues Alex Aber and Adrienne Ellman. Aber joined Hogan Lovells as an M&A partner in Boston in June, while Ellman joined the New York office of Hogan Lovells as an M&A partner in February. Both previously co-chaired the M&A practice at Foley Hoag with Basile.   Basile
Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm specialising in partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams through recapitalisations and management buyouts, has promoted Matt Halverson to principal and Ryan Revolinski to senior associate. Halverson joined Excellere in 2014 and has been a key deal team member on AIS Healthcare, SCA Pharma, and Mentis Neuro Health prior to its sale. In addition, he has helped lead Excellere’s origination efforts in the medical products sector as well as made significant contributions to the firm’s value creation tools and processes.  Revolinski joined Excellere in 2020 and is an active team member on portfolio companies
Vida Capital (Vida), a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, has appointed David Shapiro as a managing director. He will be based in New York and report to David Gussmann, senior managing director. In this role, Shapiro will be responsible for continuing to grow Vida’s alternative asset strategies across the capital spectrum and asset types.   Shapiro joins Vida from Monarch Alternative Capital, a special situations hedge fund, where he was a vice president focused on investments in financials, structured credit, and real estate across the capital structure in both the United States and Europe. At
Vista, a B2B independent insurance broker, has appointed Dan Blake the company’s new head of private equity. Blake is a chartered insurance broker and joins Vista from Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers, where he managed a portfolio of clients, mainly in manufacturing and contracting, paying premiums in excess of £4,000,000.   He began his career with technical specialist J K Lee (now part of the Howden Group) and brings a wealth of analytical expertise with him to this new role.  While Blake will add further strength to Vista construction team, recognised in the region as one of the few independent
Forge Global Holdings, a global private securities marketplace, hired Johnathan H Short as its chief legal officer and promoted Jose Cobos, Forge’s current chief operating officer, to president.
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, has closed new funds totalling $3.8 billion to continue backing innovative companies worldwide in a variety of sectors. The new funds—raised as Battery approaches 40 years of continuous operations—include Battery Ventures XIV and a companion fund, together capitalised at $3.3 billion, and the $530 million Battery Ventures Select Fund II, a vehicle intended to make additional investments primarily in portfolio companies of the firm’s other funds. Battery will use the new capital to continue investing in companies at all stages, from seed and early-stage venture to buyout, in areas such as business software,

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