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Profile: Brian Mason, BC Partners

The head of technology discusses the human side of tech and its role in decision making

GoldenSource launches investment book of record

The additional functionality was created in partnership with MAIA Technology

The real retail deal?

We speak to Michel Degosciu, managing director and co-founder of LPX AG, to understand the index he has created, which enables everyday individuals to invest in private markets

WATCH: Liquidity strategies in a high interest rate environment

Our recent webinar discussion, exploring liquidity management and counterparty risk

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?

Apex acquires Efficient Group

Apex aims to expand its footprint in South Africa

Apexanalytix acquires ESG Enterprise

The acquisition enhances ESG Enterprise’s capabilities while expanding its offering to a wider client base

Onwards and upwards

We spoke to John Stake, managing director at Hamilton Lane, to discuss the latest findings and predictions in the firm’s 2023 Market Overview

XTAL launches Private Fund Forward Exchange

The exchange aims to address illiquidity and market risk of private market funds

Eurazeo partners with Moonfare

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

Golding hires COO

Firm expands senior management team to include Dorothea Sztopko in new COO role

Bulk of UHNW investors unfamiliar with digital platforms

According to a new survey, few UHNWIs are using digital platforms to access PE

GoldenSource appoints head of product

Swati Tyagi joins from financial intelligence platform Sentieo

5 minutes with… Steven Petersen, co-founder of Stavtar Solutions

The Drawdown gets to grips with the ‘universe of software solutions’ Stavtar offers to complex businesses

Rise of the robot lawyer

Robin AI secures $10.5m and partners with Anthropic to develop legal chatbot capabilities

Key ESG partners with EDCI

Software provider launches API integration with benchmark initiative

Juniper Square secures $133m

Partnership services provider aims to build upon its investor portal

Canoe sets sail with $25m investment

Fintech aims to further European expansion

Hamilton Lane tokenises another fund

The firm has partnered once again with Securitize to offer another tokenised fund

Citco partners with Fenergo

Citco to integrate Fenergo’s client lifecycle management platform

Valutico closes first financing round

The valuations platform has secured investment from outside investors, including PUSH Ventures, aws Gründerfonds and Erste Group

Diligend secures series A and rebrands

Financing round led by Nasdaq Ventures; Diligend becomes Dasseti

Tackling tokenisation

As GP appetite for tokenisation increases, concerns around liquidity, security and regulation need demystifying

Venn enhances portfolio analytics platform

The platform’s interpolation functionality uses a public market proxy to deliver an approximated daily return stream for the private market

Talos partners with Formidium

The partnership combines fund administration services with digital asset trading strategies

RFA enhances cyber security services

The technology provider has incorporated external attack surface management and breach monitoring solutions to its cyber security offerings

First NFT PE fund to be launched

Perseus Fintech aims to attract capital from private investors in its pioneering NFT PE fund

Go with the flow

Key takeaways from The Drawdown's most recent breakfast briefing event, which discussed the complexities and challenges of information flows from portfolio companies through to investors

Profile: Phillipe Laval, Jolt Capital

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

Workato partners with Lionpoint

The partnership aims to improve operational processes with latest technological advancements

Comment: Co-sourcing

Kimberly Kale, head of operations for the PE Back Office at Allvue Systems explains how GPs can have their data and their fund administrators too, without complicating their data flows

Column: Tricky maths

Dörte Höppner, chief sustainability officer at the Riverside Company, explores the complexities of collecting ESG data

Chronograph secures series X funding

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

Beyond data

Data has been on private equity's mind for a few years now; is it starting to yield the results it promised?

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

Code & Co partners with int3

The partnership will see due diligence provider Code & Co expand its offering to include cyber security

Gen II launches digital fund subscription solution

The new digital offering intends to automate and streamline fund subscriptions

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

TDA 2022 Technology: Data winner: Canoe Intelligence

Toby Bailey, VP of sales, EMEA at Canoe explains how its AI and ML technical framework enable the platform to stand out from the competition

Data analytics should be top priority for service providers

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

eFront partners with Clarity AI

The partnership will integrate Clarity AI’s platform into eFront, enabling GPs and LPs to generate sustainability data on alternative investment portfolios

73 Strings partners with LemonEdge

The partnership aims to facilitate the flow of data between portfolio monitoring and accounting modules

Data, cyber security and AI compliance: managing the evolving landscape

Debevoise & Plimpton’s Robert Maddox and Martha Hirst detail how new cyber and privacy rules from regulators worldwide will impact PE firms, and provide five key tips to stay ahead

Depending on data

Key takeaways from The Drawdown’s most recent breakfast briefing event, which discussed how private equity professionals are defining their data strategies

5 minutes with… Jeremy Katzeff, GoldenSource

“A lot of firms are still on the trajectory of being able to manage their data… Once they get past this point, it’s all about being able to use analytics to create various summaries using customisable drilldowns to produce readable, visually pleasing reports.”

GoldenSource launches cloud data services

The cloud data services aim to help financial markets firms to better manage their data into and within data lakes and warehouses

Eze partners with Untap

The strategic partnership aims to offer an integrated tech platform for PE built around Microsoft technology.

ESG Book raises $35m series B

The new funding, led by Energy Impact Partners, will advance ESG Book’s next-generation technology

Comment: Keep your head in the cloud to track ESG

To be good at ESG investing you need an exceptional ESG tracking system, which requires the power of the cloud, writes Ben Harrison of Intapp

Apex launches portal for credit managers

Credit Data Lens provides real-time loan performance data and P&L calculations

Profile: Patrick Camenisch, Evoco Private Equity

The director of finance and operations discusses automating processes, fund administrator challenges, and why Evoco switched fund domicile from Jersey to Luxembourg

Allvue partners with Preqin

The partnership provides Allvue clients access with Preqin data to support benchmarking exercises

Rising costs threatens tech adoption

GP survey respondents say increased overhead costs is the top challenge when it comes to adopting new technology

Operational lens: Circularity backs P2i

With a circular economy investment strategy framework, Circularity Capital delves deep into the details when it comes to deals. We take a look at the operational work behind the firm’s recent £8m investment into P2i

Diligend partners with Intralinks

The partnership enables mutual clients to automate document acquisition from Intralinks’ virtual data room directly into Diligend

5 minutes with… DealsPlus

We caught up with founder Venkat Subramaniam to discuss how the platform is standardising deal closing and investment management processes

Profile: Susan Wilkins, Actis

The COO discusses her pathway from Actis portfolio company to the GP, taking over management of Abraaj funds and her role as a member of the inclusion & diversity committee

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

5 minutes with… +SUBSCRIBE

+SUBSCRIBE’s Rafay Farooqui talks us through the platform’s onboarding and subscription document processing capabilities