Private Equity Women Investor Network PEWIN Names Kirsty McGuire as Executive Director
Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It?
Kennedy Lewis Investment Management Hires Sylvia Owens Aa a Managing Director
Link to the complete News Release:
https://www.klimllc.com/news/
October 2020 Member Highlight: Melanie Brensinger, Founder & Managing Partner, Anagenesis Capital Partners, LLC
PEWIN member, Ms. Melanie Brensinger is Founder & Managing Partner of Anagenesis Capital Partners, LLC, a healthcare focused private credit fund with over $270MM in AUM. Ms. Brensinger serves on the Boards of various Anagenesis’ portfolio companies. In addition, she is a Board member of the SBIA Board of Governors, Advisory Board member for the Kayo Credit Series and on the Board of The PIT Foundation.
(more…)Impact Engine Closes First Private Equity Fund
Link to the Full Press Release:
https://www.theimpactengine.com/bloghome/2020/10/16/impact-engine-closes-first-private-equity-fund
PEWIN Announces 2020 Annual LP/GP Awards Recipients
Private Equity Women Investor Network Announces 2020 Annual Awards Recipients at 12th Annual All Members Meeting
(more…)Kinzie Capital Partners Acquires Lighting And Technology Innovator Chelsea Lighting
July 2020 Member Highlight: Ingrid Teigland Akay, Founder, Hadean Ventures
PEWIN member Ingrid Teigland Akay is Founder & Managing Partner of Hadean Ventures, a life sciences VC firm focused on the Nordic region with offices in Oslo and Stockholm.
(more…)Venture Fund Manager Has $100 Million for Startups Run by Women
Women Launch Campaign for Gender Parity in Investing
It’s Time to Ask: “What Percent of My Portfolio is Managed by Women?”
(more…)Women in PE: 10 Rock Stars Who are the Faces of Private Equity’s Future
Link to the Buyoutsinsider article:
https://www.buyoutsinsider.com/women-in-pe-10-rock-stars-who-are-the-faces-of-private-equitys-future/
The Need for Women in Higher Places
Link to article in PE Hub:
https://www.pehub.com/the-need-for-women-in-higher-places/
Aksia to acquire TorreyCove
Link to article:
https://www.pionline.com/consultants/aksia-acquire-torreycove
Mergers & Acquisitions Names the 2020 most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A
KINZIE CAPITAL PARTNERS ACQUIRES COLONY DISPLAY
Chicago, IL – November 19, 2019 – Kinzie Capital Partners LLC (“Kinzie”), a Chicago based private equity firm, announced that through an affiliated entity it has acquired Colony Display LLC (“Colony”, or the “Company”), headquartered in Elgin, IL. The transaction was completed in partnership with the Company’s founders and management.
(more…)Top Female Deal Makers Shaping Private Equity’s Present & Future
Link to WSJ article: Congratulations PEWIN members Melissa Dickerson, Suzanne Yoon and Caroline Young
Female founded Aruwa Capital Management launches $20 million co-investment vehicle for Africa
Aruwa Capital Management has a focus on gender lens investing
(more…)Tracy Chadwell Named Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Entrepreneur Magazine
Lovell Minnick Partners Achieves Hard Cap for Fund V
The Top 20 Rainmakers in infrastructure investment
Link to the article: https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/top-20-rainmakers/
Patty Abramson, founder of women’s venture capital fund, dies at 74
Mekata Investment Group to Host Public and Private Markets Emerging & Diverse Manager Research Day
BOSTON – August 14, 2019 - Meketa Investment Group (Meketa), a global investment consulting and advisory firm, announced the firm will host a Public and Private Markets Emerging & Diverse Manager Research Day in their Westwood, MA office.
(more…)51Labs VLog: Pioneer & One of the Most Powerful Women in Finance – Kelly Williams
Jordan Selleck, Founder, 51 Labs, interviewed PEWIN Founder and Co-CEO Kelly Williams
(more…)Private-equity investment committees with women make better calls
Accelerator for women-run funds to expand to Los Angeles, London
Women in PE to Know: Anne Marie DeMent
Research: Women Score Higher Than Men in Most Leadership Skills
Link to the article in Harvard Business Review
Female-Inclusive Investment Committees Are Outperforming Their Peers
A new study by HEC Paris Business School and MVision Private Equity Advisers. Link to the article at Chief Investment Officer
Kinzie Capital Partners Closes $20M Inaugural Fund
Congratulations Suzanne Yoon and Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC on the successful close of your inaugural fund. Excited to announce that Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC is one of the first firms to go through PEWIN's successful Project PinkLight initiative.
(more…)The Carlyle Group Promotes Ruulke Bagijn to Head of the Investment Solutions Segment
PEWIN Announces 2019 Annual Awards Recipients
Private Equity Women Investor Network Announces 2019 Annual Awards Recipients at 11th Annual All Members Meeting
(more…)Congratulations Erica Frontiero on the 2019 Women of Wall Street Award
PEWIN Member Lauren Dillard the New Executive Vice President at NASDAQ
Dobrobut attracts investment from Horizon Capital’s new fund EEGF III
April 10, 2019 – Kyiv, Ukraine: Horizon Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm investing in high growth companies in Ukraine and the near region, and Dobrobut, the leading private healthcare services provider in Ukraine, have announced that Horizon Capital’s latest $200 million fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, LP (EEGF III) has acquired a minority stake in Dobrobut. Financial details for this transaction have not been disclosed.
(more…)IFC Study: Funds with Gender-Balanced Leadership Generate up to 20% Higher Returns
Excited to note PEWIN member firms - Development Partners International (DPI), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and General Atlantic are case studies in this report. Link to the report.
Ajax Systems Attracts $10 Million Investment from Horizon Capital’s New Fund EEGF III
March 29, 2019 – Kyiv, Ukraine: Horizon Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm investing in high growth export-oriented and domestic companies in Ukraine and the near region, and Ajax Systems, a leading producer of smart security systems in Ukraine, have announced that Horizon Capital’s latest $200 million fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, LP (EEGF III) has acquired a minority stake in the Company for $10 million. EEGF III’s investment was made through the purchase of a portion of the shares held by SMRK, an early-stage financial investor in Ajax Systems, and a portion of the shares held by Company management.
(more…)Four PEWIN Women Raise a Total of $1.5 Billion for their Respective Funds
Horizon Capital hits hard cap with $200m for its third Ukraine-focused fund, the largest fund raised for Ukraine in a decade
PEWIN Launches Boston Chapter
Congrats to Runa for receiving the prestigious 2018 Financial Times & HERoes ranking: Champions of Women in Business List
Private-Equity Boys’ Clubs Finally Realize They Need Women on Boards
Scale’s Kate Mitchell on generational transition and managing carried interest
PEWIN Marks 10-year Anniversary with Award Ceremony in New York
Canadian Talent Triumphs Among Public Funds
The Hardest Way to Be a CIO – Kim Lew to Institutional Investor on the Role of co-CIO
Avante Mezzanine Partners Named 2018 SBIC of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration
Prelude Growth Partners Closes Debut Consumer Growth Equity Fund
Kinzie Capital Partners Announces Danielle Cupps as Managing Director
PEWIN Members honored as part of Merger and Acquisition’s 35 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A 2017 List
Private Debt Can Help Drive African Growth
Renae Griffin joins GCM Grosvenor
PEWIN Member Runa Alam receives recognition in Financial Times ranking
Congratulations Norice Rice, The 2017 NASP Joyce Johnson Honoree
Key Practices Could Provide More Options for Federal Entities and Opportunities for Minority- and Women-Owned Asset Managers
Closing the gender gap in venture capital deserves our immediate and sustained attention – Melinda Gates
Managing and Investing in the Face of a Financial Budget Crisis – Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza
Ryan Flanders (Preqin) and Sylvia Owens (Aksia) confront key questions for LPs seeking to invest in the burgeoning private debt market
Luminate Capital Completes $265M Inaugural Fund
Woman-led PE firm Kinzie Capital Partners launches in Chicago, focused on lower middle market
Kim Lew Named CIO of the Year
Rising Star: Constance Freedman Is Real Estate’s Venture Capitalist
Tracy Chadwell participates in MITEF’s “Women Investing in Women: The New Normal” event at Microsoft’s NYC offices
KKR’s Alisa Wood speaks to Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Markets for International Women’s Day
Private equity in Africa can drive gender equality
Lovell Minnick Partners Appoints Irene Hong Edwards as Principal and Head of Investor Relations
After nearly a decade at Madrona, Elise Hebb sets sail for Seattle venture capital firm Maveron
CenterGate Capital Closes $350M Inaugural Fund at Hardcap
Firm Focused on Value Investments in the Lower Middle Market (more…)
PEWIN Expands its Africa Presence to Nigeria
The Missing Middle in African Private Equity
Parallel to the global narrative about Africa’s economic progress, the discussion about private equity in the region has taken on a bipolar nature—either there is too much money chasing too few deals or there is a dearth of capital for African countries’ entrepreneurs. (more…)
Sylvia Owens Joins Aksia LLC as Senior Portfolio Advisor
Krista Hatcher Joins Chicago Pacific Founders as Partner
From PEHubWire, featuring member Kristina Heinze
Fazeela Rashid receives Fourth Annual 2016 Rising Stars of Private Equity Award
VC: Time to Come Out as a Woman
Member Jeri Harman Addresses Diversity in PE and VC
Member Jeri Harman Addresses Diversity in PE and VC
As chair-elect of the Small Business Investor Alliance, Avante Mezzanine Partners CEO and Managing Partner Jeri Harman recently testified before a field hearing of the House Small Business Committee on increasing diversity in private equity and venture capital. Click here to read her testimony.
Jeri also recently wrote “Investing in Rising, Diverse Entrepreneurs.” Click here to read the article.
The Small Business Investor Alliance is an organization for lower middle-market private equity funds and investors.