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.

Aaro Capital, a cryptoassets and DLT investment specialist, has appointed three senior alternative investments professionals – Dr Mattia Rattaggi, Tushar Patel and Eric Bissonnier – to its Advisory Board. Drawing on its members’ significant industry expertise, the Advisory Board will support Aaro Capital’s founders and senior management team in opening up the exciting and rapidly evolving cryptoasset and DLT space for institutional and other sophisticated investors as the market matures and becomes increasingly active. Their work will have a particular focus on investment and strategic matters. Rattaggi is the founder and managing partner of METI Advisory AG, a Swiss consultancy

Westwind Capital, a new European private equity real estate investment platform targeting Life Sciences & Innovation real estate and the Living sectors, has appointed Mark Terry as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. With Daniel Gorzawski as founding partner and CEO, Terry joins Tristan Capital Partners, bringing over 20 years of experience in finance and real estate investment management. He will play an active role in capital raising, debt origination, investor reporting and portfolio management, as well as governance and compliance.   Terry spent 11 years at Tristan Capital, having been one of the business’ early hires and the