Founding / History
Kennet was founded in 1997 as Kennet Capital, a joint venture between technology investment bank Broadview International and asset management firm Electra Partners. In 2000, Kennet became a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadview. Following the downturn in the global technology markets, the partners of Kennet completed a management buy-out and became independent in April 2003.
Kennet's first fund was primarily targeted at early-stage technology investments in Europe. With its second fund, Kennet began making growth equity investments in both Europe and the U.S., and today the firm focuses exclusively on providing growth capital.
Kennet Partners was founded by Michael Elias. The general partners as of July 2012 are Michael Elias, David Carratt, Javier Rojas and Eric Filipek. Maximilian Bleyleben was a previous general partner.
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