We are delighted to announce the promotion of Clay Gibson and Alexandre Michelson to Partner in our Investment team and of Neil Patel to Partner in our Growth & Value Creation team.
Joseph Schull, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, said:
“These promotions reflect the outstanding contribution that Clay, Alex and Neil have each made over the past several years. They have earned the respect and trust of our team, our investors and our portfolio management teams as well as our network of Corten friends and advisors. This is an important milestone for Corten Capital as the first set of Partner promotions from within, as we build a distinctive and durable team and culture to deliver our unique investment strategy for investors.”
Clay and Neil joined us in 2018 from Accel KKR and Lumesse, respectively, while Alex joined in 2020 from Bain Capital. Previously, Clay worked at Accel KKR and Suntrust Bank. Neil’s prior experience includes Brighthouse, PwC, and Credit Suisse. Alex has previously worked at Boston Consulting Group and JP Morgan.
2024 was a strong year for our firm, with the final closing of Corten Capital II in March, two new Corten Capital II platform investments during October in Roima Intelligence and Cobuilder, respectively, and significant M&A and integration activity though the year by Matrix42 and Ekco, our Corten Capital I portfolio companies. During the year, we promoted Deniz Sezgi from Associate to Vice President and Giulia Marano from Research Analyst to Research Associate. Our team grew to 23 members: Jaemin Ban joined in July as Investment Associate, having previously worked at L.E.K., and Craig Kingham joined in September as Vice President, Growth & Value Creation, with prior experience in Finance, Operations and M&A at Your Parking Space and Sage.
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Corten Capital is a uniquely focused private equity firm that partners with talented management teams to build market leading B2B Software, Data & Services businesses across Europe and North America. Corten is backed by an exceptional group of university endowments, charitable foundations and family offices from North America, Europe, and Asia, who share its philosophy of investing for long term value creation through technology-led growth and innovation. Since 2020, Corten has raised €1.2 billion across two funds and is currently investing from Corten Capital II, which was closed in March 2024 with €680 million in capital commitments. Corten Advisors UK LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.
