IonQ Announces Agreement to Acquire Oxford Ionics

bunq growth equity financing and acquisition of Capitalflow

Bigblu Broadband plc on the proposed disposal of Quickline to Northleaf Capital

Bigblu Broadband plc on the proposed sale of its EU and UK satellite broadband operations to Eutelsat S.A.

TransIP Group on its merger with Combell Group

Teraco majority sale to Berkshire Partners

Orange acquisition of Basefarm

Trax Technologies merger with Veraction

ZPG plc acquisition of uSwitch

ZPG plc acquisition of Property Software Group

ZPG plc acquisition of money.co.uk

Just Eat transactions

Telecity Group transactions

Select transactions include:

Rupert has led or been involved in many of the transactions on which Torch has advised, including some landmark deals in the European digital and technology sector over the last 20 years.

Rupert Robson

Bain Capital on its acquisition of Inetum S.A.

Iris Capital – venture capital fund raising

Orange – Amena, Dailymotion and Pages Jaunes transactions

Ingenico – Sagem transactions

TDF – Texas Pacific Group transactions

LP Technologies transactions

After a scientific academic curriculum at the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique, Jean-Baptiste trained as a civil servant at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration and served for four years  in the French Treasury Department.

In 1988, he joined Lehman Brothers in New York, before returning to Paris in 1991 where he joined Rothschild & Cie followed by SG Warburg in 1994.

Following the acquisition of SG Warburg by UBS, he founded the eponymous advisory boutique Toulouse & Associés in 2000, which later merged with Banca Leonardo to become a pan-European franchise. Jean-Baptiste joined Torch in 2018.

Jean-Baptiste Toulouse

Majority sale of Romanian Business Consult to MidEuropa

NorthC sale to Antin Infrastructure Partners

Glesys’ acquisition of Verne’s managed private cloud operations and two datacentres

Merger of SciShield and eLabNext to create SciSure

Penta Infra minority sale to PGGM

Acquisition of NexSys, a division of K3 Business Technology, by SYSPRO, a portfolio company of Advent International

SYSPRO sale to Advent International

Permira growth equity investment into Tract

Datasite acquisition of Sherpany

Nexthink’s acquisition of AppLearn

Mayfair Equity Partners’ acquisition of TrustedHousesitters

Sale of Greenstone+ to Cority

Sale of GleSYS to Cube Infrastructure Managers

Sale of Cushon to NatWest Group

Netrics sale of its datacentres and connectivity services to NorthC

Ficolo sale to Digital 9 Infrastructure plc

Curriculum Associates on the minority investment by Hellman & Friedman

M247’s disposal of its Manchester data centre to Pulsant

Green Mountain sale to Azrieli Group

KKR acquisition of ERM

Astorg and Bridgepoint acquisition of Fenergo

Permira's Growth Opportunities Fund $180m investment into Nexthink

Global Compute Infrastructure, backed by Goldman Sachs, acquisition of ATM S.A.

Bigblu Broadband plc on the sale of its EU and UK satellite broadband operations to Eutelsat S.A.

Purplebricks Group plc disposal of its Canadian business to Desjardins Group

Parcel2Go sale to Mayfair Equity Partners

Wax Digital sale to Medius

The Datacenter Group sale to DWS

Crypto Facilities sale to Kraken

Majority sale of Teraco to Berkshire Partners

The Permira Funds acquisition of Teraco

Oak Hill Capital Partners acquisition of Pulsant

MCB Finance plc sale to IPF plc

Summit Partners' acquisition of 360T

Just Eat IPO on the London Stock Exchange

CarTrawler majority sale to ECI Partners

Calastone Series B Financing

In addition to leading the firm, Tom is Head of both the M&A and Software team and is active running transactions across the Digital Infrastructure, Software and FinTech verticals.

Tom Roberts

Renata is also responsible for global operations and overseeing daily operations, whilst fostering a culture of innovation and efficiency. 

Prior to joining Torch, Renata worked in Investment Banking, having begun her career at JPMorgan.

Renata O'Donnell

Sale of Cat in a Flat to Rover

FirstVet’s €20m Series C led by TELUS Global Ventures

TrusTrace’s $24m Series B led by Circularity Capital

N+ONE DATACENTERS’ $90m growth equity funding led by AIIM

Lodgify €30m Series B growth equity financing

IXAfrica $50m growth equity funding

Token $40m Series C financing led by Cota Capital and TempoCap

IXcellerate $190m growth financing

Morrison & Co (representing Infratil) on its investment in Kao Data

Teamwork $70m growth equity financing

Bizay €32m Series C financing

Beekeeper $50m Series B financing

Itconic sale to Equinix for €215m

Just Eat Series A financing

Telecity Group financings and acquisitions

Since 2021, Andrew has raised capital of over $500m for high growth companies across the enterprise software, digital consumer, fintech and digital infrastructure sectors. In his career at Torch, he has completed more than thirty M&A and financing transactions in digital infrastructure, alongside his experience in other tech verticals.

Prior to joining Torch, Andrew was an early stage tech investor at Atlas Venture in San Francisco and London. He began his career in the healthcare investment banking team at Morgan Stanley.

Andrew Leathers

Netrics sale of its data centres and connectivity services to NorthC

Africa Oil’s $520m investment for a 50% stake in Nigerian Deepwater oil assets

Advent International acquisition of Færch Plast

CVC acquisition of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s International Women’s Health assets for $703m

Bolt-on acquisition for a Warburg Pincus portfolio company

His focus is predominantly on the datacentre sector, and he has executed transactions across the full spectrum, from enterprise colocation to hyperscale, from growth investments to full buyouts, and from carve outs to full platform deals.
 
The majority of transactions that Harry has worked on at Torch Partners have been with repeat clients or has come from referrals of previous clients.
 
Harry joined Torch in 2019, having previously worked in the M&A team at Standard Bank, covering Sub-Saharan Africa across all sectors. Prior to that, he worked at EY in both Audit and Financial Due Diligence covering financial sponsors.

Harry Jones

Plan A sale to Diginex Limited (NASDAQ: DGNX)

SustainCERT completed $37m Series B capital raise to scale the world’s first climate impact verification platform

Long-term strategic partnership between Concirrus and Applied Underwriters

Envizi sale to IBM Corp.

Five Arrows £120m growth investment into Causeway Technologies

BIMM sale to ICG

SEP and Elliot Advisors growth investment in TotallyMoney

Equistone investment in Small World

Rule 3 advisor to Lombard Risk on the VERMEG takeover

PowerAdvocate sale to Verisk Analytics

Dynamo Software sale to Francisco Partners

Karnov sale to Five Arrows (FAPI)

RISQ sale to Sterling Infosystems

4Sight Financial Software sale to Broadridge

Brenton has an interest and passion for working with entrepreneurial tech and tech-enabled businesses and has been involved in several marquee growth and M&A transactions in Europe and the US. While his remit and experience extends across multiple verticals / horizontals, he more recently has spent a considerable amount of time within Impact and ESG software and their adjacencies. 

Brenton joined Torch in 2020, having worked within the Software, Data and Analytics and Fintech teams at Houlihan Lokey and Quayle Munro.

Brenton Purslowe

Jens is based in Frankfurt, focusing on providing differentiated financial and strategic advice to clients in the DACH region as well as more broadly across Europe.

Jens has a wealth of experience in the enterprise software market and was most recently Managing Director, TMT at Macquarie Capital, the principal investing arm of Macquarie Group, where he invested in technology companies across Europe. Prior to that, Jens was Co-Chief Executive Officer at Deutsche Handelsbank AG and Head of Technology Investment Banking at Oppenheimer, covering various transactions and fundraising mandates across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Jens Munk

IPO of eToro

Metro Bank’s capital raise and debt refinancing

Singlife’s stake sale to Sumitomo Life

WiZink’s capital raise and exchange offer

 AEGON’s sale of its Dutch activities to a.s.r. Nederland

Towergate’s debt restructuring

Osaka Securities Exchange merger with Tokyo Stock Exchange

IPO of Delta Lloyd

Sale of a minority stake in the GP of Apax

Palomon Capital Partners take-private of Retail Decisions

Her focus is on the financial markets infrastructure space – across pre-trade, trade and post-trade verticals – and on balance sheet businesses, including Insurtech, neobanks and technologies serving these end-clients.

Tuti joined Torch in 2025, having previously spent over 15 years at Moelis & Company, most recently as a Managing Director covering FinTech. She previously held FIG coverage roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi, and began her career as a Financial Controller at Iron Mountain in France.

Tuti Bodin

Maria has over 9 years of HR experience and joined Torch in 2021 from River and Mercantile. She plays a pivotal role in shaping Torch’s HR strategies to ensure the alignment of the workforce with the organisation's growth objectives. Her expertise extends to fostering a nurturing and inclusive company culture, developing and implementing employee development initiatives, and streamlining HR operations to enhance overall efficiency.

Maria holds a CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in Human Resources Practice, Human Resources Management and Services.

Maria Martin

Maria is the HR Manager of Torch Partners, responsible for a wide range of generalist responsibilities related to people strategy and the enhancement of talent, culture and employee experience within our growing workforce.

Zoovu $169m Series C funding

Everli $100m growth equity financing

Sale of Adra Software to Vista Equity Partners

Sale of Piriform to Avast

He has supported many of the firm’s fastest-growing clients, combining deep sector knowledge and transaction expertise to deliver successful outcomes across both M&A and capital raising processes.
 
Prior to joining Torch, Stefan worked at EY Tech M&A, gaining international experience across the Munich and London offices. He joined Torch in 2018 and is a native German speaker, supporting the firm’s growing presence in the DACH region.

Stefan Koeck

Sale of Ullink to Ititivi / Nordic Capital 

Acquisition of Calypso Technologies by Bridgepoint and Summit Partners

Sale of EIT’s minority stake in Tunisie Telecom

Acquisition financing of Teamviewer for Permira 

Acquisition of Advanstar Communications by United Business Media

Capital raise for Irish Residential Properties REIT

Debt refinancings for SES S.A. (€1.2bn, Telecom/Satellite)

Acquisition of Carrefour Thailand by BigC/Casino

Takeover of Ginger by Grontmij

Mathieu has advised on numerous M&A and private capital transactions across the Technology and Software space.

Prior to joining Torch in 2021, he worked at Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland, advising public and private clients across the Technology, Media and Telecoms sectors in EMEA.

Mathieu Turcas

Sale of Trailight to Comply

TPG’s $120m strategic investment in Tide at a $1.5bn valuation, alongside existing investor Apax Digital

Advisory to DiaSorin on the acquisition of Luminex

Sale of Igenomix (EQT portfolio company) to Vitrolife

Sale of Przelewy 24 (Payments24) to Nets Group

SELECT TRANSACTIONS INCLUDE:

Konrad has a comprehensive view of the transaction process having worked in M&A, financial modelling and financial due diligence departments as well as a private equity fund.

Having worked on transactions across Europe, Konrad gained experience advising founders (e.g. Cushon, Przelewy24) as well as financial sponsors (e.g. Montagu, Permira, Cinven, Astorg, EQT).

Prior to joining Torch in 2022, Konrad worked in different companies incl. Morgan Stanley in London, PwC in Warsaw and setting up a private equity fund in Poland. He utilised his broad technical experience and industry knowledge by taking on different advisory roles in M&A processes. 


Konrad Zochowski 

Matthew Taylor

Our team operates seamlessly across the globe from our head office in London. In addition to the senior team, we have a first-class execution team of deal specialists drawn from twelve nationalities.

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Our team operates seamlessly across the globe from our offices in London and Paris. In addition to the senior team, we have a first-class execution team and deal specialists drawn from twelve nationalities.

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