QED Investors, an Alexandria, VA-based venture capital firm focused on investing in financial services companies, acquired Lingua Franca Search, a boutique retained executive and professional search firm.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The search firm allows QED to support portfolio companies with their most crucial hires.
Led by CEO Thomas King, LF Search is a boutique search firm that places experienced candidates in strategic and analytic roles in fintech and financial services roles. Originally focused on credit, risk, analytics and performance marketing roles, the firm has over the past two years expanded its services to include placements in other critical leadership roles, including multiple chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief revenue officer and general counsel positions, in addition to critical mid- and mid-senior positions reporting into these functions. Since 2017, LF Search has placed more than 100 critical executive, senior and professional hires at some of the world’s most recognized fintech brands. Additionally, LF Search recently announced that recruiting veteran Jim Reo, who spent more than 24 years at Capital One in senior executive search positions and previously worked at Heidrick & Struggle, has joined the team as a senior advisor.
Founded by Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman in 2007, QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies worldwide.
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02/10/2022