BlackRock

BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with additional offices in New York, Durham, Hong Kong, and London. The firm specializes in direct investments and fund of funds investments, encompassing a diverse range of sectors including technology, healthcare, energy, and consumer services. It focuses on mezzanine, early-stage, and later-stage investments, as well as special situations and turnarounds. Additionally, BlackRock Private Equity Partners engages in direct co-investments and invests in various private equity funds worldwide, particularly in the United States, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. As an operating subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., the firm serves a broad array of clients, including institutions and individual investors, while also emphasizing innovative financial technology solutions.

Joseph Acevedo

Managing Director

Joseph Auriemma

Managing Director, Private Equity

Cailey Barker

Portfolio Manager and Director, Natural Resources and Thematic

James Berner

Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners

Paul Braude

Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer and Head, Direct Private Opportunities

Joseph Chalom

Managing Director and Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships

Al DeFurianni

Vice President

Antonio DeSpirito

Managing Director and Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, US Fundamental Equities

Audrey Delorenzo

Vice President

Michael Dennis

Managing Director and Head of Alternatives Strategy and Capital Markets

Sean Dunne

Managing Director

Tim Fenwick

Director

David Giordano

Managing Director and Global Head of Climate Infrastructure

Raja Hussain

Director

Robert S. Kapito

President and Director

Tony Kim

Managing Director and Head of the Global Technology Team

Michael Leitner

Managing Director, Co-head of US Direct Lending and Special Situations

Courtney Lynfield

Vice President, Long Term Private Capital Product Strategy

Keith Mangan

Managing Director, Renewable Power

Nathalie von Niederhausern

Managing Director and Head of EMEA for Private Equity Partners

Persefoni Noulika

Director

Charlie Reid

Managing Director

Jean-Christophe Rey

Managing Director and Head of Private Credit, Alternative Specialists (EMEA)

Spencer Rhodes

Managing Director, Private Markets at BlackRock

Ladell Robbins

Managing Director, Alternative Investors

Jeffrey Rosenberg

Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, Systematic Fixed Income

Neeraj Seth

Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asia pacific Fundamental Fixed Income

Scott Snell

Co-head of the US CLO business and Director

Aarthi Sowrirajan

Managing Director and Co-Head of Portfolio Management for BlackRock Impact Opportunities

Paul Taylor

Venture Partner

Martin Torres

Managing Director and Head of the Americas for the Renewable Power Group

Marten Vading

Managing Director

Guillaume Vandewalle

Director Infrastructure Debt EMEA

Zachary Viders

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Global Credit Opportunities

Celia Yan

Managing Director and Head of APAC Private Credit

Yan Yang

Managing Director

Past deals in Central Europe

Viridium Group

Private Equity Round in 2025
Viridium Group is the leading specialist in the efficient management of life insurance portfolios in Germany. The foundation of its activities is a customer-focused service organisation combined with efficient portfolio management. As of mid-2017, the companies of Viridium Group administered a combined total of about one million insurance policies and about €15 billion in assets. The Group's shareholders are Cinven, a leading international private equity firm, and Hannover Re, the world's third-largest reinsurance company.

Upvest

Series C in 2024
Upvest GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, specializes in providing a blockchain application programming interface (API) that allows businesses to create tailored investment experiences for their customers. The company’s single investment API and digital infrastructure enable financial institutions to seamlessly integrate and offer customized investment products, including the ability to configure savings plans and facilitate micro-investing through roundups. Upvest supports a variety of decentralized applications, tokenized platforms, exchanges, and wallet services, connecting them with major open-source protocols such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The modular design of their offerings ensures that businesses can easily adapt and scale their investment solutions while receiving comprehensive support for licenses and vendor management, as well as back-office operations.

FLYR

Series D in 2024
FLYR, Inc. is a technology company that develops advanced travel planning and booking solutions specifically for the airline industry. Its core offering, FusionRM, is a revenue management platform that utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making across an airline's commerce funnel. By aggregating data from various sources, FLYR's platform forecasts user demand, enabling airlines to optimize pricing strategies, improve customer experiences through dynamic pricing, and bundle attractive offers for travelers. The platform also provides crucial insights such as sell-out risk, historical pricing trends, and price elasticity predictions, thereby helping clients maximize their revenue potential. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, FLYR also operates an office in Kraków, Poland.

Sdui

Series B in 2024
Sdui GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Koblenz, Germany, is a rapidly growing education technology company that specializes in enhancing communication within educational institutions. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform designed to connect teachers, students, parents, and educational administrators through various intelligent features. Its solutions include tools for managing class schedules, parent communications, online class registrations, and room bookings, thereby streamlining administrative tasks and allowing educators to focus on delivering quality education. Sdui is committed to compliance with GDPR regulations, ensuring data protection while providing functionalities such as chat, translation, cloud services, and AI lesson planning tailored to the needs of schools and preschools. With its recent expansion through the acquisition of FoxEducation, Sdui now serves 22,000 educational institutions across over 70 countries, employing approximately 230 people.

Sirius Real Estate

Post in 2024
Sirius Real Estate is a commercial property operator specializing in the acquisition and management of office, mixed-use, warehouse, and self-storage spaces, primarily in Germany and the United Kingdom. The company focuses on revitalizing vacant and underutilized properties to create conventional and flexible workspaces tailored to various business needs. Its diverse portfolio includes conventional offices, smart office solutions, office pods, virtual offices, classical storage facilities, smart storage options, flexible storage, and workshop spaces. Sirius Real Estate generates revenue through rental income from its various operations, emphasizing the transformation of commercial spaces to meet evolving market demands.

Isotopen Technologien München

Private Equity Round in 2024
ITM Isotopen Technologien München AG is a privately held biotechnology and radiopharmaceutical group of companies dedicated to the development, production and global supply of targeted diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals and radionuclides for use in cancer treatment. Since its foundation in 2004, ITM and its subsidiaries have established GMP manufacturing and a robust global supply network of a novel, first-in-class medical radionuclides and -generator platform for a new generation of targeted cancer diagnostics and therapies. ITM’s isotope business is profitable and growing. In July 2016 the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorization for EndolucinBeta® of ITM´s subsidiary ITG Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH. EndolucinBeta® respectively no-carrier-added (n.c.a.) Lutetium (177Lu) chloride is a radiopharmaceutical precursor and is used in Targeted Radionuclide Therapy. The drug approval is an important milestone for ITM as a specialized radiopharmaceutical company. Furthermore, ITM is developing a proprietary portfolio and growing pipeline of targeted treatments in various stages of clinical development, which address a range of cancers such as neuroendocrine cancers or bone metastases. ITM’s main objectives, together with its scientific, medical and industrial collaboration partners worldwide, are to significantly improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients while at the same time reducing side effects and improving health economics through a new generation of Targeted Radionuclide Therapies in Precision Oncology.

SumUp

Debt Financing in 2024
SumUp is a financial technology company founded in 2011 that specializes in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, allowing businesses to accept card payments easily and securely. Since its entry into the German market in 2012, SumUp has expanded its operations to 13 countries, including the United Kingdom and Brazil. The company provides a comprehensive payment solution through its proprietary card reader, which supports magstripe, chip, and contactless payments, and can be paired with smartphones and tablets. SumUp also offers a suite of software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party developers to integrate card payments into their own mobile applications. With a workforce of over 100 employees, SumUp is committed to simplifying payment processing for small and medium-sized businesses around the world.

Upvest

Venture Round in 2023
Upvest GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, specializes in providing a blockchain application programming interface (API) that allows businesses to create tailored investment experiences for their customers. The company’s single investment API and digital infrastructure enable financial institutions to seamlessly integrate and offer customized investment products, including the ability to configure savings plans and facilitate micro-investing through roundups. Upvest supports a variety of decentralized applications, tokenized platforms, exchanges, and wallet services, connecting them with major open-source protocols such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The modular design of their offerings ensures that businesses can easily adapt and scale their investment solutions while receiving comprehensive support for licenses and vendor management, as well as back-office operations.

Enpal

Debt Financing in 2023
Enpal GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing comprehensive renewable energy solutions, primarily through the installation and operation of solar panels for residential electricity generation. The company offers a range of products, including solar panels, batteries, wallboxes, heat pumps, and energy management systems, catering to customers in Germany and Italy. Enpal initially adopted a sales-based model but successfully transitioned to a lease model that requires no upfront payment and includes installation, insurance, and maintenance services. This approach has resulted in significant growth, with over 60,000 solar PV systems installed and revenues exceeding 400 million euros as of 2022. Enpal employs more than 1,000 team members, including over 200 local installer teams, and has opened several satellite offices to enhance customer service across its markets. The company has received numerous awards for its contributions to sustainability and customer service, positioning itself as a leader in the solar PV installation sector in Germany.

Isotopen Technologien München

Private Equity Round in 2023
ITM Isotopen Technologien München AG is a privately held biotechnology and radiopharmaceutical group of companies dedicated to the development, production and global supply of targeted diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals and radionuclides for use in cancer treatment. Since its foundation in 2004, ITM and its subsidiaries have established GMP manufacturing and a robust global supply network of a novel, first-in-class medical radionuclides and -generator platform for a new generation of targeted cancer diagnostics and therapies. ITM’s isotope business is profitable and growing. In July 2016 the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorization for EndolucinBeta® of ITM´s subsidiary ITG Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH. EndolucinBeta® respectively no-carrier-added (n.c.a.) Lutetium (177Lu) chloride is a radiopharmaceutical precursor and is used in Targeted Radionuclide Therapy. The drug approval is an important milestone for ITM as a specialized radiopharmaceutical company. Furthermore, ITM is developing a proprietary portfolio and growing pipeline of targeted treatments in various stages of clinical development, which address a range of cancers such as neuroendocrine cancers or bone metastases. ITM’s main objectives, together with its scientific, medical and industrial collaboration partners worldwide, are to significantly improve outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients while at the same time reducing side effects and improving health economics through a new generation of Targeted Radionuclide Therapies in Precision Oncology.

Enpal

Debt Financing in 2022
Enpal GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing comprehensive renewable energy solutions, primarily through the installation and operation of solar panels for residential electricity generation. The company offers a range of products, including solar panels, batteries, wallboxes, heat pumps, and energy management systems, catering to customers in Germany and Italy. Enpal initially adopted a sales-based model but successfully transitioned to a lease model that requires no upfront payment and includes installation, insurance, and maintenance services. This approach has resulted in significant growth, with over 60,000 solar PV systems installed and revenues exceeding 400 million euros as of 2022. Enpal employs more than 1,000 team members, including over 200 local installer teams, and has opened several satellite offices to enhance customer service across its markets. The company has received numerous awards for its contributions to sustainability and customer service, positioning itself as a leader in the solar PV installation sector in Germany.

IDnow

Debt Financing in 2022
IDnow is a Munich-based company that specializes in identity verification technologies through its Identity-as-a-Service platform. Founded in 2014, IDnow employs advanced machine-learning techniques to offer real-time identity verification and electronic signing solutions, ensuring legal security and high data protection standards across Europe. Its services are tailored for business clients, including banks, telecommunications companies, and fintech firms, facilitating online customer identification and contract conclusion without the need for additional hardware. The platform allows users to verify their identities conveniently using smartphones, tablets, or webcams. IDnow's client roster features prominent organizations such as Commerzbank, UBS, Sixt neuwagen, Telefónica, and N26, highlighting its role as a key player in the identity verification sector.

SumUp

Venture Round in 2022
SumUp is a financial technology company founded in 2011 that specializes in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, allowing businesses to accept card payments easily and securely. Since its entry into the German market in 2012, SumUp has expanded its operations to 13 countries, including the United Kingdom and Brazil. The company provides a comprehensive payment solution through its proprietary card reader, which supports magstripe, chip, and contactless payments, and can be paired with smartphones and tablets. SumUp also offers a suite of software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party developers to integrate card payments into their own mobile applications. With a workforce of over 100 employees, SumUp is committed to simplifying payment processing for small and medium-sized businesses around the world.

Enpal

Debt Financing in 2021
Enpal GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing comprehensive renewable energy solutions, primarily through the installation and operation of solar panels for residential electricity generation. The company offers a range of products, including solar panels, batteries, wallboxes, heat pumps, and energy management systems, catering to customers in Germany and Italy. Enpal initially adopted a sales-based model but successfully transitioned to a lease model that requires no upfront payment and includes installation, insurance, and maintenance services. This approach has resulted in significant growth, with over 60,000 solar PV systems installed and revenues exceeding 400 million euros as of 2022. Enpal employs more than 1,000 team members, including over 200 local installer teams, and has opened several satellite offices to enhance customer service across its markets. The company has received numerous awards for its contributions to sustainability and customer service, positioning itself as a leader in the solar PV installation sector in Germany.

Lilium

Post in 2021
Lilium GmbH is an aviation company based in Wessling, Germany, focused on providing an on-demand air taxi service to enhance urban and suburban mobility. Founded in 2015, Lilium has developed the Lilium Jet, a fully-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft designed to facilitate regional travel that is significantly faster than traditional rail or road options while remaining competitively priced. The Lilium Jet, which can accommodate seven passengers, is engineered for high performance with low noise emissions, supporting the company's goal of creating a sustainable and efficient transportation network for people and goods. The company's journey began with the successful first flight of its demonstrator aircraft in 2019, marking a significant milestone in its mission to revolutionize air mobility.

FlixBus

Series G in 2021
FlixBus, operated by FlixMobility, is a notable provider of intercity travel, focusing on affordable, convenient, and environmentally-friendly transportation solutions. Since its inception in 2013, the company has established Europe's largest long-distance bus network and introduced green long-distance trains in 2018, alongside a pilot for all-electric buses in Germany and France. The platform offers travelers a sustainable alternative to private transportation, featuring amenities such as free WiFi, flexible online booking, and innovative ticketing systems. FlixBus also expanded its services to the United States in 2018, bringing its unique travel model to a broader audience. By collaborating with regional bus partners and private train companies, FlixMobility combines technological innovation with traditional transportation expertise, positioning itself as a leader in the evolving mobility landscape. As a result, FlixBus has transformed the travel experience for over 100 million people across Europe and the United States while contributing to job creation in the mobility sector.

Rapid Micro Biosystems

Private Equity Round in 2021
Rapid Micro Biosystems is a life sciences technology company that specializes in products designed to detect microbial contamination in the manufacturing processes of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and personal care products. Its flagship offering, the Growth Direct System, automates and modernizes traditional microbial quality control testing, providing a non-destructive method for microbial enumeration. The company, originally established as Genomic Profiling Systems in 2006, rebranded in 2007 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Germany. In addition to its automated systems, Rapid Micro Biosystems offers a range of services, including on-site installation, regulatory compliance assistance, system certification training, and technical support, serving clients across the Americas and Europe. Their solutions are utilized in various applications such as environmental monitoring, water testing, and bioburden testing, facilitating the efficient manufacturing and release of critical healthcare products.

FlixBus

Series F in 2019
FlixBus, operated by FlixMobility, is a notable provider of intercity travel, focusing on affordable, convenient, and environmentally-friendly transportation solutions. Since its inception in 2013, the company has established Europe's largest long-distance bus network and introduced green long-distance trains in 2018, alongside a pilot for all-electric buses in Germany and France. The platform offers travelers a sustainable alternative to private transportation, featuring amenities such as free WiFi, flexible online booking, and innovative ticketing systems. FlixBus also expanded its services to the United States in 2018, bringing its unique travel model to a broader audience. By collaborating with regional bus partners and private train companies, FlixMobility combines technological innovation with traditional transportation expertise, positioning itself as a leader in the evolving mobility landscape. As a result, FlixBus has transformed the travel experience for over 100 million people across Europe and the United States while contributing to job creation in the mobility sector.
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