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Frank RoccoGrande’s Biography

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Frank RoccoGrande is Founding Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Investment Committee Member of Deutsche Finance International, a pan-European private equity real estate firm with $3.6 billion AUM and offices in London, Munich, Madrid and Luxembourg. He has over 20 years' of industry experience having been involved in over $10 billion of real estate transactions across Europe and the US.

Independently-managed DFI is part of Munich-based Deutsche Finance Group, a global investment manager established in 2005 with $11.1 billion AUM and 120 employees across six international offices. Frank sits on DFG’s Global Investment Committee and is member of the Group’s life sciences platform leadership team.

Before establishing DFI in 2016, Frank spent six years as Founding Partner and Senior Managing Director of BLG Capital, Turkey’s leading private equity real estate investment and development firm. Prior to that, he was Director at 3 Seas Capital Partners, one of Turkey’s top ranked M&A and capital advisory firms, and Partner at AccessTurkey Capital Group, one of Turkey’s leading alternative... Frank RoccoGrande is Founding Partner, Head of Capital Markets and Investment Committee Member of Deutsche Finance International, a pan-European private equity real estate firm with $3.6 billion AUM and offices in London, Munich, Madrid and Luxembourg. He has over 20 years' of industry experience having been involved in over $10 billion of real estate transactions across Europe and the US.

Independently-managed DFI is part of Munich-based Deutsche Finance Group, a global investment manager established in 2005 with $11.1 billion AUM and 120 employees across six international offices. Frank sits on DFG’s Global Investment Committee and is member of the Group’s life sciences platform leadership team.

Before establishing DFI in 2016, Frank spent six years as Founding Partner and Senior Managing Director of BLG Capital, Turkey’s leading private equity real estate investment and development firm. Prior to that, he was Director at 3 Seas Capital Partners, one of Turkey’s top ranked M&A and capital advisory firms, and Partner at AccessTurkey Capital Group, one of Turkey’s leading alternative investment management firms. Frank started his career in New York City where he worked for a family office and Newtek Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in business and financial services companies.

Frank serves on the Board of Olympia London, the iconic Olympia exhibition centre currently undergoing transformation into a revitalized arts, entertainment and creative business quarter spread over a 14-acre site in central London’s Kensington.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC and a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University in New York City. moreless

Frank RoccoGrande’s Newsfeed

Deutsche Finance closes inaugural fund at EUR436m

Frank RoccoGrande, Co-founder and Co-Managing Partner, says: “The level of support we have received for our first fund is a thorough endorsement of our differentiated strategy, the quality of our team and our ability to source high quality investments off market. We have strong ambitions for the platform we are building and, having only launched in 2017, set a clear and deliberate strategy for our maiden fund to be more measured in size and with a higher proportion of co-investment.

Frank RoccoGrande’s Background

Deutsche Finance International

Founding Partner

Oct 2016 - Present

London, UK

DFI is a pan-European private equity real estate platform. The firm pursues value-add and select opportunistic research-driven strategies, driving superior risk-adjusted returns through deep value investing, capitalising on trends and active asset management. As real estate evolves to space as a service, DFI specialises in unlocking value by taking a customer-centric approach to its investments.

BLG Capital

Founding Partner & Managing Director

Jun 2010 - Sep 2021

İstanbul, TR

BLG is a (vertically integrated) private equity real estate investment manager with a primary focus on investments in Turkey and major cities globally, specialised in high-end and lifestyle-related projects across the residential, hospitality and mixed-use property sectors.

3 Seas Capital Partners

Director

Dec 2008 - May 2010

İstanbul, TR

3 Seas Capital Partners is recognised as Turkey’s leader within the M&A sector. Having completed 120 transactions valued at c. $7 billion, the firm ranks in the top 100 globally in terms of realised deals.

Access Turkey Capital

Partner

Nov 2006 - Nov 2008

İstanbul, TR

AccessTurkey Capital Group is a middle-market corporate private equity platform active across venture capital, private equity and hedge fund investments.

NewTek Capital

Director

New York, NY, USA

Newtek is a middle-market firm focussed on corporate private equity investments.

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Media

FTI Consulting

Life sciences, the burgeoning asset class ready to emerge in Europe

Feb 2021

London, UK

In an article written by FTI Consulting, Frank RoccoGrande is mentioned regarding the rise of real estate interest for the life sciences sector. He says: "In Boston's lab office sector, for example, leases are structured on a triple net basis, meaning that all the common area costs are pushed down to the tenant."

PERE News

Compromise is the key for private real estate amid the covid-19 pandemic

Jun 2020

London, UK

PERE News reports on private real estate amid the covid-19 pandemic. Frank said: “Once we come out of this a lot of landlords and real estate investors will be under the microscope, being judged for how they behaved and reacted in this time.”

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Frank RoccoGrande’s Education

Columbia University

Master of Public Health

1998 - 2000

George Washington University

Bachelor of Arts