Greylock Attracts Ex-Bear Stearns Executives

June 2008 | Private Equity News Alert

Greylock Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund, has hired ex-Bear Stearns executives to aid in the establishment of four new funds. Ajata Mediratta, Greylock's new Senior Managing Director, told CFW that Greylock is looking to diversify its investments by establishing funds that are able to invest in more illiquid assets in emerging markets, with a plan to invest 'private equity style money to capitalise on some of the dislocations in the debt markets'. To facilitate this, the company has hired Mediratta, ex-Senior Managing Director and Head of the International Debt Capital Markets Group at Bear Stearns, and other ex-Bear Stearns executives that have experience in originating deals.

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