Andrew Leathers

Managing Director

Andrew leads the Private Capital Markets and Digital Consumer teams at Torch. He joined the firm in 2004 as a member of its founding team and brings over 20 years' experience in investment banking. His transaction experience spans all Torch’s tech sector verticals.

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.

Select transactions include:

FirstVet’s €20m Series C led by TELUS Global Ventures TrusTrace’s $24m Series B led by Circularity Capital Mayfair Equity Partners’ acquisition of TrustedHousesitters 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 Netrics sale of its datacentres and connectivity services to NorthC

IXcellerate $190m growth financing

Morrison & Co (representing Infratil) on its investment in Kao Data Green Mountain sale to Azrieli Group Teamwork $70m growth equity financing Bizay €32m Series C financing Global Compute Infrastructure, backed by Goldman Sachs, acquisition of ATM S.A.Beekeeper $50m Series B financing TransIP Group on its merger with Combell Group Itconic sale to Equinix for €215m The Permira Funds acquisition of Teraco Just Eat Series A financing

Telecity Group financings and acquisitions