Private Equity Director​/Principal - Origination & Strategic Relationships - Tech

Andesite Partners has partnered with a leading international growth equity platform to appoint a senior origination and relationship professional for its London team.

The firm invests in high-quality, founder-led and growth-stage technology businesses, with a particular focus on software, internet, data, fintech, vertical SaaS and tech-enabled services. The platform has a strong global track record, a differentiated network-driven investment model and a long-term approach to partnering with exceptional management teams. This is a senior, relationship-led role for an individual who already has deep connectivity across the European technology banking, advisory and corporate finance ecosystem.

The successful candidate will play a key role in expanding the firm’s European sourcing presence, ensuring the platform is close to high-quality companies, intermediaries and decision-makers before formal processes begin.

The successful candidate will be responsible for building and managing relationships across the European technology deal ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on investment banks, boutiques, corporate finance advisers, founders, CEOs, CFOs, chairs, operating executives and other relevant market participants.

This individual will act as a senior external representative of the firm in London and across Europe, helping to drive access to relevant investment opportunities across growth-stage and scaled technology companies.

The role will suit someone who is commercially sharp, highly networked, credible with senior bankers and founders, and capable of converting relationships into actionable investment opportunities.

• Build, manage and deepen relationships with senior bankers, technology M&A advisers and corporate finance professionals across London and Europe.
• Ensure the firm is consistently aware of relevant technology, software and internet investment opportunities before and during formal processes.
• Develop a systematic approach to banker coverage, relationship mapping and opportunity tracking.
• Identify and qualify potential investment opportunities across software, fintech, vertical SaaS, internet, data, marketplaces and broader tech-enabled sectors.
• Work closely with the investment team to prioritise sectors, themes, companies and adviser relationships.
• Act as a senior market-facing representative for the firm across the European technology ecosystem.
• Support direct company engagement with founders, CEOs, CFOs and management teams.
• Help originate both intermediated and proprietary investment opportunities.
• Maintain a clear view of upcoming processes, potential recapitalisations, minority growth rounds and strategic capital needs.
• Partner with investment professionals to assess fit, timing, ownership dynamics and competitive positioning.
• Contribute to the firm’s broader European market strategy and long-term origination infrastructure.

• Significant experience in technology, software, internet or tech-enabled services.
• A strong existing network across London and European investment banks, M&A boutiques and corporate finance advisers.
• A clear understanding of how high-quality technology companies come to market.
• Credibility with senior bankers, founders, management teams and investment professionals.
• Experience identifying, tracking and converting investment opportunities.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to assess whether a company fits a growth equity mandate.
• Excellent relationship management skills and a disciplined approach to coverage.
• The ability to operate independently while working closely with investment colleagues.
• A proactive, energetic and highly networked style.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to represent a leading investment platform externally.
• Senior origination, sourcing or business development professionals from growth equity, software private equity or technology-focused investment platforms.
• Technology / software investment bankers with strong adviser relationships and a clear desire to move into an investment-platform origination role.
• Senior M&A advisers or corporate finance professionals with deep European technology connectivity.
• Investment professionals from growth equity or technology private equity platforms who have demonstrated a genuine strength in sourcing and relationship-led origination.

• European technology, software or internet sector exposure.
• Strong relationships with firms such as technology M&A boutiques, global investment banks and European corporate finance advisers.
• Experience covering founder-led, venture-backed, bootstrapped or sponsor-backed technology companies.
• Understanding of minority growth equity, structured growth capital and scaled software investing.
• Existing connectivity across London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Madrid and other key European technology hubs.
• Ability to build long-term relationships rather than simply react to live auction processes.

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