Chris Witkowsky

Bridge Growth Partners hired Yves de Balmann, former co-chairman of Bregal Investments, as an executive partner. De Balmann also was co-CEO of BT Alex. Brown.

Turnspire Capital hired Zackary Zapolsky as an associate. Prior to Turnspire, Zapolsky worked as an analyst at M-III Partners, a turnaround advisory firm. He began his career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley.

SK Capital Partners closed its debut small-cap fund at its hard cap of $400 million, beating its $300 million target. SKCP Catalyst Fund I focuses on control investments in lower middle market companies in specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. SK Catalyst I started fundraising in July 2019. It's led by Managing Directors Mario Toukan and Jon Borell.

Intermediate Capital Group hired Ryan Levitt to help build out the firm's private equity fund investing platform in North America. Levitt joins from Drum Capital Management, prior to which he worked at Pomona Capital as a partner. Levitt joined ICG as a managing director.

Summit Partners led a $40 mln funding round in Immersive Labs, an interactive, on-demand cyber skills platform. Existing investor Goldman Sachs participated in the funding.