Lazard Elaia Capital (LEC) has made two senior hires to boost its tech growth investing plans.

LEC, a recently unveiled joint venture between Lazard and tech specialist Elaia Partners, intends to launch its first growth equity fund to invest in B2B European tech by 2025.

With this in mind, it recruited Alexandre Margoline and Anna Vershebeniuk to work alongside Xavier Lazarus, CEO and co-founder of Elaia Partners.