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West Palm Beach-headquartered HighPost Capital has promoted David Weston to senior managing director, expanding his leadership responsibilities while he continues to oversee investment sourcing and evaluation across the firm’s core consumer-focused sectors. The promotion follows Mr. Weston’s role in building the buyout and late-stage growth portfolio since joining the firm in 2023.

Since arriving as a managing director, Mr. Weston has led investments in Front Row Group and Equip Foods and serves on the boards of these two companies as well as Centr.

CEO David Moross said the promotion reflects the firm’s continued strengthening of its senior investment team. Mr. Weston said he plans to build on recent momentum and deepen collaboration across the portfolio as market conditions create new opportunities.

Periscope Equity has promoted Luke Elder to Principal and Harry Waddoups to Vice President. The promotions reflect internal advancement within the investment team and follow several years of portfolio work across technology-enabled business services companies.

Founded in 2012, Periscope invests in software and technology-enabled services, providing growth capital, operational support, and strategic guidance to founder-owned businesses serving enterprise and institutional customers. The firm was founded by Steve Jarmel and is headquartered in Chicago.

Mr. Elder joined the firm in 2022 and has worked with Cybermaxx, eHouse, and Sentrics. Mr. Waddoups, also hired in 2022, has supported Periscope’s investments  in Praecipio Consulting, MAS Medical, eHouse, and Uprise Health.

Piper Sandler has added Dan Wolf as a managing director in its healthcare investment banking group. Mr. Wolf will advise healthcare technology companies on mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and capital raising, strengthening the firm’s sector coverage.

Mr. Wolf brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience across investment banking, operating leadership, and strategic advisory roles. He previously served as chief financial officer of Theradaptive and founded Convergence Bio Advisors, advising healthcare companies and investors on M&A transactions. Earlier in his career, he held senior strategy and corporate development roles at Baxter International and spent more than a decade at Medtronic.

Piper Sandler is headquartered in Minneapolis.

O2 Investment Partners has promoted Thomas Girdler to Vice President, reflecting his performance and expanded responsibilities within the firm. The promotion follows another active year for O2 and supports its continued growth entering 2026.

Mr. Girdler has worked with portfolio company management teams, contributing to investment execution and ongoing portfolio support. He has been involved in evaluating new opportunities and advancing O2’s investment philosophy through hands-on collaboration with operating leadership.

In 2025, O2 completed 36 acquisitions and added four new team members.

O2 is headquartered in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

Lovell Minnick Partners, a financial services and fintech investor, has promoted Scott Shebelsky to Partner and appointed Alex Lovell and Roumi Zlateva to Principal. Ms. Zlateva was also named Head of Capital Markets as part of the firm’s senior leadership changes.

Mr. Shebelsky joined the firm in 2016 and has served as chief financial officer, overseeing finance, accounting, operations, and internal systems as the organization scaled. Mr. Lovell, who joined in 2021, focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments alongside portfolio company management teams. Ms. Zlateva joined in 2017 and has worked across investments, board roles, and strategic M&A initiatives.

Lovell Minnick Partners is headquartered in Philadelphia with offices in New York and Los Angeles.