Tech providers

18 May 2022
Diligend partners with Intralinks
The partnership enables mutual clients to automate document acquisition from Intralinks’ virtual data room directly into Diligend

17 May 2022
DealEdge launches portfolio diagnostics
New module enables deal comparisons against sector specific benchmarks

16 May 2022
5 minutes with… DealsPlus
We caught up with founder Venkat Subramaniam to discuss how the platform is standardising deal closing and investment management processes

13 May 2022
Gain.pro secures $10m investment
The fresh capital will accelerate the platform’s growth, while enabling the team to invest in new product functionality

9 May 2022
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

4 May 2022
Freyda partners with Eze Castle
The partnership aims to improve productivity and transparency of investment data

29 April 2022
5 minutes with… +SUBSCRIBE
+SUBSCRIBE’s Rafay Farooqui talks us through the platform’s onboarding and subscription document processing capabilities

26 April 2022
Intapp and KPMG AG announce strategic alliance
Partnership aims to accelerate digital transformation for professional services and capital markets firms

25 April 2022
JTC launches virtual chief sustainability officer service
The outsourced offering aims to help clients to understand, definite and implement their own ESG strategy, policies and reporting

25 April 2022
Bite hires three
Matthew Purcell has been hired as finance director, Alex Seymour as chief legal officer and Tom Hamilton as chief information officer of the business

25 April 2022
Leading managers embrace a new standard in contract negotiation
Troy Pospisil, CEO and founder of Ontra, charts the adoption of legal tech by blue chip private equity firms

20 April 2022
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"

14 April 2022
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”

14 April 2022
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”

14 April 2022
Unlimited partnership
Over the past year, there has been a surge of partnership agreements between various private equity-focused tech providers. Additionally, these same tech providers have joined forces with a number of service providers. But who is doing what, with who?

14 April 2022
LGL selects Allvue
LGL’s clients will have access to Allvue’s fund account solution and investor portal

13 April 2022
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

13 April 2022
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!”

13 April 2022
CTOs: Dealing with (unfair?) pressure
Alex Tyler and Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC look at the challenges and successful coping strategies

12 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Victor Davies, Bregal Investments
“We want to build in more automation and use data in a more intelligent way to make decisions, across our IT and investment teams.”

11 April 2022
mnAI acquires Regulation Technologies
The acquisition aims to enhance mnAI’s data insights offering

11 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Adrian King, Pollen Street Capital
“We want to streamline our processes and the way we communicate with our key stakeholders, to enable us to scale deals and AUM efficiently”

11 April 2022
InvestorFlow merges with Cloud Theory
The combined business has also secured a $30m series A investment from Ambina Partners

11 April 2022
Comment: Unlocking private markets’ ESG potential
Hemal Mehta, founder and CEO of AtomInvest discusses the importance of sophisticated tech when it comes to ESG data collection, analysis and reporting

8 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Frédéric de Frésart, Argos Wityu
"Our IT infrastructure has evolved into a single hybrid network. Everyone uses and shares the same tools. That has been a huge evolution for our employees because it completely changed the way we work"

7 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Hind el Gaidi, Astorg
“Our ultimate aim is to capture the full value chain. From fundraising right the way through to exits, we want to ensure we have best of breed systems in place that will help us to ensure every part of the process is going well.”

6 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Patrick Gloor, Montana Capital Partners
“The most important part of my work was and still is, constantly improving cyber security while maintaining the flexibility needed by our employees.”

5 April 2022
SEI promotes Hicke to CEO
He takes over from SEI’s founder, Alfred West, who has led the firm for more than 50 years and has transitioned to the role of executive chair

5 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Marc Boullier, PAI Partners
“I want to digitalise deal sourcing, taking into consideration finance, ESG and procurement”

4 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Neil Hendricks, Hg
“We encourage a feedback culture, so people can tell us what is working, what isn’t and what helps with their day jobs. That’s the best way to ensure our technology is constantly fit for purpose”

4 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Ash Patel, ECI Partners
“Some of my main achievements for the firm include outsourcing our IT services to a managed service provider (MSP) so I can put a greater focus on the strategy and governance part of IT"

4 April 2022
The Techwork 2022
Our annual Techwork report charts the industry’s digital progress by focusing on a select group of individuals responsible for this crucial work

1 April 2022
“Every PE firm should have a CTO” - Jolt Capital
The need for PE firms to have a CTO is becoming increasingly important, and could become key to a firm's survival

1 April 2022
Real-time data reporting remains a source of friction between LPs and GPs
KKR's Catherine Cutts: "The demand for more granular data versus the ability for GPs to produce that is a source of friction in LP-GP relations"

30 March 2022
GP tech adoption looms large on LP investment decisions
The majority of LPs' investment decisions are influenced by GPs’ level of technology adoption, according to a recent survey by Brackedale consulting and AssetMetrix

29 March 2022
Stanley Capital partners with AAICO
The partnership enables Stanley Capital’s technology arm, Stanley Labs (S-Labs) to use AAICO’s AI tech for value creation

28 March 2022
Let’s talk about the data
Tim Friedman, founder of PE Stack, discusses all things data, including the adoption of alternative data sources and how to create a data plan

25 March 2022
ESG Book adds ESG data convergence project metrics
Private equity GPs and LPs, globally, will now have access to meaningful, performance-based, comparable sustainability data from private companies

25 March 2022
Entrilia launches PE & VC operations solutions
Phase one of the launch includes private equity and venture capital fund accounting, investor insights as well as business intelligence solutions

24 March 2022
An American tail: service providers go West
For European GPs that want to stick with a familiar European service provider Stateside, we explore which businesses have taken their European operational excellence across the pond

23 March 2022
PwC Luxembourg adopts Diligend
Use of Diligend meets PwC Lux aims to better support its clients with due diligence, ongoing monitoring and oversight needs

23 March 2022
Thoma Bravo acquires Anaplan for $10.7bn
The cloud-based platform acts like a traditional data warehouse and supports PE firms with budgeting and cash flow forecasting, sale realisation modelling and carry modelling

17 March 2022
PE and private debt still behind on digital transformation
Broadridge’s latest report found only 12% of PE and private debt respondents identified as leaders when considering their digital maturity level, compared with 41% of other investment and asset managers

17 March 2022
Canoe hires four
Canoe’s latest senior hires join the firm’s technology, product and commercial teams

15 March 2022
Apex acquires Fund Admin Chain
FAC is a distributed ledger-based network for launching, distributing, trading and settling funds

14 March 2022
Gen II acquires Update Capital
The platform provides an automated, cloud-based solution for real estate managers

11 March 2022
5 minutes with… Derivative Path
Brett Morrell & Ciccy Yang discuss how the technology-focused business supports private equity risk management

9 March 2022
Ocorian adopts eFront Invest suite
Ocorain currently uses eFront for its central administration and transfer agency support

3 March 2022
HSBC launches digital administration platform
The platform provides GPs and LPs with digital workflow and reporting solutions

1 March 2022
Grata closes $25m series-A
The private company intelligence engine will use the fresh capital to accelerate the platform’s ability to access data on mid-market companies

1 March 2022
Standard Metrics secures $23.7m series-A
The private markets IR platform will use the fresh capital to develop the solution and scale its network of investors and private companies

28 February 2022
Profile: Richard Drover, Apis Partners
The CFO discusses his responsibilities outside the finance function, his 100-day plan of action to improve and enhance Apis' processes as well as the challenges of joining a new firm

25 February 2022
Finance function seeks tech talent
Intertrust’s latest survey found most CFOs expect to hire professionals with this skill set over the next three years

24 February 2022
Accordion acquires Platform Specialists
The acquisition enhances Accordion’s CFO technology practice, providing PE managers with a range of people, process and technology-related services

23 February 2022
Intapp partners with Microsoft
The partnership aims to accelerate the adoption of cloud technologies across professional and financial services

21 February 2022
ESG outsourcing: who’s who?
We've compiled a directory of who does what when it comes to ESG outsourcing, to help get those boxes ticked.

18 February 2022
Excel still considered top tool for portfolio monitoring
Acuity Knowledge Partners also found iLevel and eFront are the go-to third party tools for a quarter of the PE and VC market

18 February 2022
Portfolio Advisors partners with Canoe and Exchangelodge
The partnership aims to automate data management processes for Portfolio Advisors’ private market investments

17 February 2022
5 minutes with… Wissem Souissi, Diligend
“When huge amounts of data sit in files, there’s not a lot you can do with it. But if the data is centralised and digitised, you can slice, dice and extract incredible insights from it.”

17 February 2022
LemonEdge partners with Freyda
The partnership enables asset managers to automate their back office processes