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Column: Brand management

Cressida Hamilton, executive coach at Chryse Coaching, argues it is vitally important for your career to build your own personal brand

Trinity Communications launches

Charles Clarke founded the public relations agency for asset managers and investors to help GPs grow and retain their assets in a tough fundraising environment

5 minutes with… Kate Pljaskovova, founder of Fair HQ

The digital D&I tool aims to assist GPs to develop in-house and portfolio company HR strategies through scientific research and industry benchmarks

Alchelyst partners with Goji

Fund admin adopts fintech technology to help digitalise investor onboarding

Discovery gone digital

VC fund-of-funds AlphaQ has launched AQVC discovery platform, a digital hub connecting LPs, GPs and service providers

Morningstar partners with iCapital

Advisor Workstation will be topped up with access to alternative assets, educational resources, reporting services and portfolio construction support

Dura acquires Satuit

Satuit Technologies is a cloud-based CRM and investor portal for the asset management industry

5 minutes with… Sander Andersen, founder of Finpeers

Swiss blockchain-enabled fundraising tool launches to connect HNWIs through its digital LP marketplace, aiming to increase access to private equity funds

Comment: Brand building materials

Olivia Barry of Prosek Partners explains how social media and branding have become increasingly important to private market fundraising

What the AI?!... Sure Valley Ventures

CTO John Frizelle talks GPT plugins, prompt engineering, educating employees on new technology and much more

LPs eyeing up AI

Key use cases identified include fund monitoring and competitor benchmarking

Quantium partners with Microsoft Azure

Investment management software stores data and has built its investor portal on Microsoft’s cloud computing platform

Magic ID secures €350k

KYC startup aims to use the funding to launch its range of ID verification tools in the UK and the EU

Katipult launches DealFlow Marketing

The add-on aims to optimise investor marketing operations

Ad hoc portfolio reporting to be expected in the next three years

GPs and LPs are forecasting increased reporting functionalities within private markets, according to CSC’s latest report

PE sustainability initiatives launch decarbonisation roadmap

The PMDR has been launched by the Initiative Climat International and the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Private Equity Task Force, supported by Bain & Company

Clarity AI and Next Gate Tech join forces

Sustainability tech platform and fintech firm team up to automate sustainability data collection across portfolios

What the AI?!... Sagard

Scott Wu, CTO at Sagard, reveals how the creation of Canopy has helped to evolve the firm’s deal-sourcing processes

Canoe consults on Canoe Asset Data

Launch of Canoe Data Innovation Hub has enabled a client-to-firm partnership for the development of Canoe Asset Data

ICG appoints head of Luxembourg

Hind El Gaidi joins from her previous role as head of financial information and valuation at Astorg

A&M appoints generative AI practice head

Anil Kumar will be supported by consulting lead David McGraw and CTO Chaz Henry

Kennek secures $12.5m

Seed funding round was led by HV Capital

Moonfare partners with Quintet

Digital private markets platform aimed at individual investors will be made available to HNWI clients of the Luxembourg private bank

Ocorian gets an A-Pass

The acquisition of the corporate administration service provider will strengthen Ocorian’s presence in Asia

What the AI?!... NGP Capital

VP of data analytics Atte Honkasalo and partner Christian Noske discuss how NGP’s internal startup search platform is shaking up operational workflows

FE fundinfo acquires Adjuto

Company aims to enhance its fee and distribution channel management services

Anduin secures $15.6m

The funding round was led by tech investment firm 8VC

ESMA reviews cross-border marketing requirements

The body’s second report highlights frequent breaches of marketing requirements

Bite Investments launches Bite Wealth Universe

The hub aims to help connect fund managers with family offices, IFAs and sophisticated investors

Comment: Decision delegation

Hamish Paget-Brown, associate at ECI Partners , explores the potential of AI to lead decision making in the private equity market.

The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced

Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023

Gottschalg Analytics powers up

Company aims to provide performance intelligence services via proprietary algorithms

Survey: How is your digital transformation progressing?

The digital transformation of private capital funds continues to gather pace – The Drawdown, in partnership with IQ-EQ, is once again taking the pulse of the private capital fund market's digital transformation

AiFlow secures seed round investment

AI platform aims to reduce the need for analysts in competitor market research

Alkymi adopts GPT

The data services company’s Data Acceleration Platform is now powered by GPT

Role call: head of talent

More importance is being placed on the role of chief talent officer and the value it can bring. What competitive edge does it provide?

Eurazeo partners with Moonfare

Eurazeo aims to use Moonfare’s digital platform to expand fund distribution to wealth managers across Europe

5 minutes with… José Zudaire, managing director of SpainCap

We spoke to the managing director of Spain’s PE and venture capital association SpainCap, to understand its key aims for 2023

Juniper Square secures $133m

Partnership services provider aims to build upon its investor portal

Apex acquires Luxembourg’s ALFI Partners

The acquisition aims to deliver a cross-border fund-distribution solution

Deal breakers

A guide for hiring managers and female candidates when striving to fill senior-level positions

Socials savvy

A survey from Prosek Partners has revealed a strong GP social media presence will be key to successful fundraising

RedeWire portal to tackle restrictive marketing rules

Built against a backdrop of complex marketing regulations and tough fundraising conditions, Rede’s new LP portal gathers new fund offerings in one place

Profile: Phillipe Laval, Jolt Capital

The deep tech investor’s CTO dives into software, data and the intricacies of his role

Diversity becomes key metric in fundraising

LPs are increasingly factoring DEI into their capital allocations, says McKinsey

Workato partners with Lionpoint

The partnership aims to improve operational processes with latest technological advancements

Chronograph secures series X funding

New funding round for private markets technology company led by Summit Partners

Hamilton Lane to offer tokenization

Partnership with Securitize will digitally expand investor access to its funds via new tokenized feeder funds

Aztec launches streamlined onboarding solution

Aztec Verify automates the due diligence process while ensuring regulatory compliance

Broadridge’s PE platform open for US funds

Private Market Hub is powered by distributed ledger technology

TDA 2022 Technology: Investor Relations winner: PEARonline

The team describe their strong foundation with GPs and LPs, which has enabled them to work on a new version of the platform as well as expands its sales and marketing resources

Data analytics should be top priority for service providers

EY believes off the shelf solutions will no longer work to achieve GPs’ data requirements

TDA 2022 Advisory/Consultancy: Fundraising winner: Asante Capital Group

The placement agent's team explains how they support each and every project to ensure their clients are successful

TDA 2022 Advisory/Consultancy: Marketing & Communications winner: BackBay Communications

Bill Haynes, CEO of BackBay explains how the communications consultancy has been able to crack the private equity industry

And the nominees are…

SyndicateRoom’s Graham Schwikkard recounts his journey from COO to CEO by bringing the firm’s tech function from Portugal to the UK, leading to the creation of a bespoke nominee platform to run its EIS fund

Techwork 2022: Juri Pervjakov, BaltCap

“With increasing workloads, we’ve had to consider the new role of the back office, how to streamline processes and automate workflows"

Techwork 2022: Peter Tucker, IK Partners

“Running an IT department for almost 200 users (and growing), requires all areas of the IT service to evolve with the business”

Techwork 2022: Lyndon Arnold, Triton Partners

“The ultimate objective is to use technology to improve manual processes and facilitate growth in every area, from capital raising through to investment activity”

Due diligence goes digital

A new report found the majority of survey respondents intend to use more technology and tools to get diligence done in the future

Techwork 2022: Mark Gully, InvestIndustrial

"In addition to our digital transformation programme there are a number of innovative ideas being explored that, once they come to fruition, will make an impact across the PE industry. Watch this space!”