- Pan European private equity firm Highland Europe closed its fourth fund, at €700M
- The fund aims to back the continent’s most outstanding founder-led teams in software and internet businesses
- To this end, the firm has also strengthened its team with the promotion of Jean Tardy-Joubert, Gajan Rajanathan, and Ronan Shally to Partner
- Building on a track record of investing in consumer tech brands and software companies
- Over the past 12 months, the firm has backed seven founding teams investing nearly €200M in Alkemics, Cobalt, DominoDatalab, Farewill
- Highland’s collective history of investments across the US, Europe, and China includes 46 IPOs and 19 billion-dollar-plus companies
