Peakside Capital Advisors AG (Peakside) has added Nicolaus Bitter and Sebastian Junghans to its investment team in Frankfurt. Joining as principals, they will both drive deal sourcing and the execution of transactions for Peakside’s value-add, core-plus and core strategies. Before joining Peakside, Junghans (37) and Bitter (33) were both Associate Partners at REVCAP in Frankfurt, working on transactions across Germany. Junghans was previously employed at Tishman Speyer and UBS Real Estate and holds a Master in Real Estate from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, while Bitter worked for Morgan Stanley Real Estate in Frankfurt and also holds a Master

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has added Susan Fiesta to its team of Operating Partners. Working alongside One Rock Operating Partners Sally Cunningham and Andrea Greene, Fiesta will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies through strategic solutions focused on financial, accounting and tax services.   Fiesta has 20 years of experience advising on domestic and international tax matters. Prior to joining One Rock, she served as Principal and Global Tax Director at Avison Young (USA) Inc. Prior to her role at Avison Young, Fiesta led the international

Headless CMS Kontent.ai has secured a $40 million investment from Expedition Growth Capital (EGC). Powering over 2,000 projects including websites, apps and headless commerce experiences, Kontent.ai was originally started in 2015 as a business unit of 18-year old bootstrapped company Kentico. Today, Kontent.ai employs over 120 employees across five offices on four different continents. As a new independent company, it is ready to hire 100 employees in the next 12 months.    This new funding sees Kontent.ai become its own standalone company following seven years as a business unit within parent company Kentico. As a bootstrapped company Kentico has developed

Algebris Investments, a global asset manager specialising in financial credit and equity, has appointed Samuel Sibony as co-portfolio manager, managing $620 million in the Global Credit Opportunities strategies. James Friedman will continue to lead the team as lead portfolio manager.  The Global Credit Opportunities strategies are managed on the basis of a team approach with Sibony working alongside the members of the existing Global Credit Opportunities portfolio management team – Gabriele Foà (co-portfolio manager), Simone Mallardi (co-portfolio manager) and Lennart Lengeling (investment analyst). Sibony joins from DC Advisory, where he was a senior member of the London-based restructuring team, covering

Kirtland Capital Partners has appointed Ralph M Della Ratta as a partner. Dell Ratta’s formal relationship with Kirtland began nearly ten years ago when he invested in and provided assistance to Kirtland Capital Partners V. Della Ratta has over forty years of experience. He has built and shaped several different investment banks during his career, including McDonald Investments, Inc, Key Corporation, Western Reserve Partners and Citizens Bank. Della Ratta has also served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Kent State University, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Duke Alumni Association and is a long standing member of the

Hildred Capital Management (Hildred), a New York based private equity firm, has promoted Kevin Regan to vice president. Since joining the firm in 2020, Regan has been an instrumental member of the Investment Team, helping to identify, evaluate and execute high potential investments in healthcare and providing valuable operational and strategic support to the firm’s portfolio companies. Regan joined Hildred from Centre Lane Partners in September 2020 as a Senior Associate. At Centre Lane, he was responsible for investment across various sectors including healthcare, business services, consumer products, industrials, software, media and technology and worked closely with portfolio company board

finnCap Cavendish has promoted Chris Malcolm and Anthony Platt to co-heads of technology. finnCap Group is a provider of strategic advisory and capital raising services to growth companies. As an integral part of the firm’s full service offering, the 12 strong finnCap Cavendish Technology team offers technology expertise across the full suite of sell side and buy side M&A advisory, debt advisory, growth capital and public markets.   Since the start of 2021 the team has closed 15 technology deals including The Floow, Boku Identity, Wood Thilsted, Mail Manager, Intelling, Xexec, Systal and Redcentric / Piksel, with a strong and

Pryor Cashman has appointed Robert M Friedman and Richard C Leska as partners in the firm’s Corporate Group. Friedman was formerly a partner at Moses & Singer, while Leska was formerly a partner at Meister Seelig & Fein.   Friedman has extensive experience representing clients in the formation of private investment funds in venture capital, growth, buyout, mezzanine, infrastructure, secondary investment, special opportunities, real estate, hedge, debt, and art asset classes in the United States, Europe, India, Israel, and Japan. He also advises management of private investment funds in structuring general partners and management companies, and in the full range

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in healthcare, business services and education, has appointed W Preston Hutchings as Senior Advisor.