Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the enterprise solutions, healthcare and consumer market sectors, has appointed Alex Yanitsky as an Investment Partner as the firm continues its recent expansion.
Yanitsky joins Gresham House Ventures with over 14 years of growth equity, private equity and corporate finance experience. In his new role, Yanitsky will focus on originating and executing new investments in high-growth technology businesses, a key area of focus for Gresham House Ventures.
Prior to joining Gresham House Ventures, he was a general partner of PROPELR Growth, a Toronto-based growth equity fund. In this role, Yanitsky served on the boards of several privately traded and listed Canadian businesses including Field Effect Software and Tribe Property Technologies. Prior to this, he was an executive director at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and has also held private equity and corporate finance roles at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and RBC Capital Markets. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
The appointment comes during a busy period of expansion for Gresham House Ventures and follows two other senior hires so far this year. The firm hired Marieke Christmann as a Portfolio Director in February, following the appointment of Rohit Mathur as an Investment Partner in January.
Gresham House Ventures has also been active in terms of dealflow, having recently led investments in accessibility audit and data platform Mobility Mojo and adventure travel scale-up Much Better Adventures.
Trevor Hope, Managing Director and CIO, Private Equity, at Gresham House Ventures, said:
“We are committed to increasing our support to UK enterprises with the provision of growth capital and scaling expertise and therefore it is very exciting to expand our investment team. Alex’s investing and portfolio company scaling experience, gained throughout economic cycles, will play a valuable role as we continue to support exciting early-stage businesses and deliver compelling returns for investors.”
Alex Yanitsky, Investment Partner, Private Equity at Gresham House Ventures, said:
“Gresham House Ventures has a fantastic track record of taking growth-stage companies from strength to strength, and with a wealth of promising technology companies scaling up in the UK, this is an exciting time to be joining the business. I look forward to working with the team to take advantage of these outstanding opportunities and support the next generation of tech leaders.”
