Q&A: 17Capital’s Pierre-Antoine de Selancy
17Capital is a credit provider to the private equity industry, lending against fee streams at the GP level and the fund level. Pierre-Antoine de Selancy, the firm’s managing partner, assesses the market
Q: How was the 17Capital strategy conceived? A: I used to live in Hong Kong and that’s where I met my co-founder [Augustin Duhamel] in 1995; we were both at BNP. I was working in project finance. Then...
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