Global law firm White & Case has expanded its Nordic private equity capabilities with the addition of Johan Steen (pictured) as a new partner in Stockholm. “The Nordic private equity market has been consistently one of the most active in Europe and is home to some of the world’s most successful private equity firms,” says White & Case partner John Reiss, Global Head of the Firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. “The addition of Johan continues the development of our top tier Stockholm private equity practice and strengthens our wider private equity practice in the Nordic region.”   Steen, who

UK-based Loyalty Bay has raised USD1 million in a late seed funding round led by Talis Capital with Howzat Partners, NEON Adventures, Chris Mairs and Richard Verney all participating. Matus Maar has joined the board as Investor Director.  Loyalty Bay enables businesses to reward and incentivise any action (i.e. sale, signup, retention, referral, cross sell, up sell etc.) taken on the business's site through their smart white-labelled API, Super Users product (it identifies your super users from an email address) and Rewards Hub. Data analytics is used to offer the right reward or incentive to the right person at the

BerchWood Partners has appointed Jean-Marc Cuvilly as a principal of the firm in its New York office.  Cuvilly will be responsible for origination efforts and maintaining limited partner relationships throughout North America.  He has over 20 years of experience in private placements, fundraising and investment banking.   “Jean-Marc’s extensive experience and expertise in fundraising will be a significant asset to the firm,” says David Berchenbriter (pictured), founder and managing partner of BerchWood. “He is highly respected in the industry.”   Prior to joining BerchWood, Cuvilly was at global investment firm Autonomy Capital, where he raised capital and was responsible for

Pete Daffern, president of EMEA at NetSuite, has joined the Octopus Venture Partner Group. Daffern joins Octopus with nearly 25 years executive experience in world-class businesses across San Francisco and the UK, such as NetSuite, ClairMail and Purisma, where roles held included CEO, President and Vice President. In his role as Venture Partner, Daffern will be joining a collection of investors, consultants, entrepreneurs and global experts, who back Octopus portfolio with connections, advice, and hands-on support. Using his wealth of experience of developing and executing Go-To-Market and Product Development strategies, Daffern will support portfolio entrepreneurs and management teams, with the

IK Investment Partners (IK), a European private equity advisory group with Nordic roots, has appointed Alireza Etemad (pictured) as Partner as of October 2015. Etemad will be based in Stockholm and co-heading IK’s Stockholm office together with Kristian Carlsson Kemppinen. Etemad, 38, joins from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), where he has been Global Head of Corporate Finance. During his time at SEB, he has actively led and participated in numerous landmark transactions in the Nordic region, including private and public M&A situations as well as IPOs and rights issues. Prior to SEB, Etemad worked as a management consultant at Booz

McKesson Ventures, the venture capital arm of McKesson Corporation, today announced that Dave Schulte (pictured) has been appointed managing director of McKeeson Ventures, the venture capital arm of McKeeson Corporation, effective 8 September, 2015.   Schulte joins McKesson from Kaiser Permanente Ventures where he served as vice president and managing director. In his role at McKesson, Schulte will be responsible for co-leading the development and management of the McKesson Ventures portfolio alongside group leader Tom Rodgers.   McKesson Ventures, established in December 2014, has made minority investments in Carena, a telemedicine provider; Accolade, a concierge health care navigation and employee health engagement platform;