The newly established three-person team will focus on backing late-stage tech businesses across the European venture ecosystem.
The firm has appointed Loïc Beaumont as Head of Private Equity to lead the initiative that targets LP-led secondary positions in European buyout funds.
The Swiss firm's flagship semi-liquid strategy tracks the Morningstar PitchBook Unicorn 20 Index primarily through secondaries.
Engler brings over two decades of technology experience and will lead operations and build the infrastructure behind each deal.
Former Mubadala Capital executive Lucas Radal joins MCP as Head of Middle East Secondary Investments in Abu Dhabi.
Pinnacle Ventures will provide angel and sophisticated investors with access to deal-by-deal venture investments in UK tech companies and pre-IPO secondaries.
The oversubscribed vehicle will make sub-€20 million investments exclusively in European VC funds.
The investment firm tapped former Morgan Stanley colleagues Andrew Murray and Stephen Grau to lead the strategy.
The firm tapped a seasoned professional, hailing from venture secondaries pioneer Industry Ventures, to lead the new initiative.
The firm tapped CPP Investments' Dushy Sivanithy and Daniel Ward to scale its single-asset secondaries strategy.
