Quadrille Capital, an independent French investment company, based in Paris and San Francisco, has made six new hires in its investment team.
In line with Quadrille Capital’s investment strategy in technology, all the new joiners have a financial background. The new appointments bring Quadrille’s team to 15, including 11 investors connected to the deployment of Quadrille Technologies fund IV, which held a first closing above EUR200 million in October 2018.
Edouard Brunet – Vice-President – was the Executive Director within the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, since 2016 where he advised corporate clients and private equity funds. Previously, he was Vice-President at Messier Maris & Associés for eight years. He graduated from ESSEC.
Alejandra Duran Gil – Senior Associate – specialised in M&As at Messier Maris and Associates since 2015, she advised large corporate companies and international private equity funds in the TMT sector. She graduated from ESCP Europe and the University Panthéon Sorbonne.
Benoît Tesch – Associate – while working at the Saphir Capital fund, he made investments in software and media since 2015. Previously, Benoît was in Corporate Finance at PwC and he advised their Accelerator start-ups. He started his career at BNY Mellon and Steven Winter Associates in New York and graduated from the University of Montreal.
Vianney Barre – Associate – advised PE funds at Nomura’s Investment Banking division, particularly in the Infrastructure and Energy sector, since 2015, in Paris. He graduated from ESCP Europe and studied at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
Augustin Palle – Analyst – worked for two years at the consulting firm Estin & Co and graduated from ESCP Europe.
Guillaume Escolier – Analyst – worked at Far Ventures Global in Cape Town, South Africa in 2017 and at Natixis CIB in 2016, in Paris. He graduated from ESSEC.
Jérôme Chevalier and Henri de Perignon, Founders, and President and General Director, respectively, of Quadrille Capital, say: “We would like to thank these young professionals for bringing their talent, their experience and their vision on future trends. As the software continues to devour the world, strengthening our investment team helps supporting our value proposition: a differentiated investment model that provides access to promising international technology companies from Europe, while limiting risk through a thorough financial discipline.”
