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2025 Connect Money Next Gen Alternative Investment Awards

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Natalie Lamberton: Rising PE Leader Driving Tech Deals and Institutional Growth 

Company: 

GTCR

Natalie Lamberton is a Director at GTCR LLC, where she sits on the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) investment team. She joined GTCR in 2016 and was promoted to Director in 2024. 

During her tenure at GTCR, Lamberton has worked on over a dozen deals, focusing particularly on vertical software and enterprise-tech companies. Among her notable achievements: she played a key role in the firm’s 2016 investment in a major video-telematics company, guiding the deal from early stages to a subsequent sale that saw the company’s valuation rise more than threefold. She has also contributed significantly to successful exits and growth-stage acquisitions across GTCR’s portfolio, demonstrating deep operational and strategic sensibilities. 

She is being honored with the Connect Money Next Generation Alternative Investment Award for her blend of analytical rigor, entrepreneurial energy, and ability to scale technology-driven companies within a private equity framework. Her track record reflects a new generation of alternative-investment professionals — ones who combine operational insight, sector specialization, and long-term value creation for investors and portfolio companies alike. 

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About Joe Palmisano

Joe Palmisano is editorial director of Connect Money, where he oversees daily coverage of alternative assets, direct investments, financial advisory and the economy. He brings three decades of experience as a financial journalist, analyst and portfolio manager. Before joining Connect Money, Palmisano wrote for The Wall Street Journal, covering foreign exchange, global fixed-income and equity markets. He later served as a senior research analyst and portfolio manager, producing market analysis and managing foreign exchange and U.S. equity portfolios for FX Concepts. His work has also appeared in SFO Magazine and CMT Association publications. Palmisano earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from The American University and holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.