Who we are.
Kennet is an experienced growth equity team with a track record of building global market leaders and achieving high-value exits.
Michael Elias
"Over the last twenty years I’ve seen a real sea change in European entrepreneurship. Today, the entrepreneur has come of age and his ability to create significant value is no longer in doubt."
David Carratt
"The key to market leadership for a private-equity funded company is to drive operational excellence and continual quality improvements. It’s surprising how few investors put their energy here."
Javier Rojas
"The founder-entrepreneur is the unsung hero of the technology industry. So many of the great tech companies started as bootstrapped businesses."
Maximilian Bleyleben
"In today’s Web 2.0 world, globalization isn’t just about offshore development; it’s about a willingness to build businesses that target the most receptive markets with the best resources, wherever they may be."
Eric Filipek
Eric is actively involved in promoting the development of founder-led businesses in the Bay Area and regional markets. He works closely with advisors...
Evan Frank
Evan has built extensive relationships with entrepreneurs across Europe in the software, Internet and services markets. He has particular interest in working with entrepreneurs...
Gustavo Alberelli
Gustavo focuses on investments in software, Internet and technology-enabled services. He works extensively with portfolio companies on optimizing the efficiency of their respective sales models.
Hillel Zidel
Hillel works closely with the management teams of European technology companies to exploit growth opportunities such as addressing new market segments and geographies.
Manish Mittal
Su Johnston
Su is responsible for running marketing and communications programs to build and maintain relationships with entrepreneurs and LPs.
Mike Callow
Mike’s experience at Société Générale, PwC Transaction Services, IBM and a Cambridge-based technology start-up gives him a holistic view on market opportunities...
John Kim
John's experience in venture capital at Telesoft and technology investment banking at Citigroup, gives him a strong perspective on how growth companies can strike the right balance between capital requirements and equity dilution...
Donald Stalter
Donald's experience with venture-backed startups and his background in technology investment banking with Credit Suisse and CIBC...
Geraud Mudry
Geraud has a unique perspective on the global potential for new technologies, thanks to his background as an engineer with Logitech in California and his experience in technology investment banking...
Francesco Mantica
Francesco’s experience as a data analyst at Kinetic Networks and his engagement at Google, gives him a unique and creative perspective on new technologies...
