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Private Equity Placement and Real Asset Distribution

Candela offers distribution in the following geographical regions:

United Kingdom

France

Nordic Countries

Benelux

Dach

Southern Europe

North America

With Partners

We focus on:

  • Pension Funds
  • Insurance Companies
  • Family Offices
  • Private Banks
  • Other Institutions

Our services include:

  • Assistance in preparing the PPM and due diligence materials
  • Project management of fund raising process
  • Pre-sales investigations
  • Itinerary planning and execution
  • Presentation preparation and training
  • After sales care and follow up

These services are all designed to liberate your scarce resources from fund raising into managing your portfolio

Marketing & Sales Consultancy

Listed below are some of the stand alone sales and marketing services we offer.
Please click on ‘Contact’ above to discuss your needs

  • Marketing and strategic positioning
  • Press relations advice and agency
  • Sales advice and strategy
  • Preparation of sales materials
  • Presentation training
  • Sales training

Julie Hair

PA / Administrator

Julie joined Candela Capital in 2018 as PA/Administrator and has extensive experience over a broad range of positions within business administration, including financial management responsibilities, in both the private and public sectors.

She liaises Candela’s compliance responsibilities and regularly co-ordinates with our accountants, specialised advisors and other professional bodies, as well as dealing with all aspects of office administration.

Julie is a UK citizen.

Louise Siwoku

Senior Consultant

Louise joined Candela Capital as a Senior Consultant in 2019.  Prior to Candela, Louise has extensive operational experience working within the corporate hospitality sector and for the last decade within Private Equity.  Working within international boutique banks and investment managers as well as placement agents, Louise has a wealth of experience in both fund distribution and also private equity and infrastructure back and mid office operations.
 
Louise has a skillset in Risk, Compliance and Governance, IT Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Human Resources and well as Private Capital Placement Project Management. A Scot and a mum of one, residing in the South of England.

Pete Flynn

Director

Pete set up Candela Capital in 2003 to meet the distribution needs of small- to mid-sized private capital funds who want a personalised, long-term relationship with a distribution partner.

His 18 years’ of corporate “City” experience from Pantheon Ventures, InvestorForce, Fleming Asset Management and NM Rothschild & Sons in both London and New York gave him a unique insight into the needs of the institutional investor and the confidence to set up Candela Capital.Since 2003, Candela has focused on mandates varying between $400m-$150m in a combination of low to mid-market buy out funds, growth and VC technology funds in both ICT and life science and also real asset funds – distributed to European and North American pension funds, private banks, family offices, endowments, foundations, insurance companies or fund-of-funds.

Pete holds BA (Hons) and MA degrees in Economics from Cambridge University and an Investment Management Diploma from the London Business School. He was a Governor and Head of Audit for the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, was a local Parish Councillor for eight years and has been a governor of local schools and credit unions.

Pete is a UK and Irish citizen and outside of work runs a smallholding (with chickens, pigs, guinea and peafowl) and if any time is available found on a bicycle, attempting olympic lifting, at the cinema, attempting the sun salutation or watching rugby.

Jane Alderson

Senior Consultant

Jane joined Candela in 2019 as a Senior Consultant, co-ordinating research into potential LPs, identifying and confirming potential investors for our clients across different mandates and geographies.

After graduating in engineering, Jane spent 10 years working in civil engineering construction before returning to university to study for an MBA

She then spent 20 years working in the world of finance for Hoare Govett, ABN AMRO and RBS/NatWest in the City of London, New York, UAE and various locations across Europe.  This period was broken by a five year period as CEO of a start up charity and two years working with executives and managing boards delivering leadership development courses and individual coaching and mentoring.

Jane holds a BA (Hons) and an MA degree in Engineering from Cambridge University and is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.  She also holds an MBA in Finance from The Business School, University of London and an Advanced  Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring.