Vance Street Capital has named Katherine Dowley as head of investor relations. Dowley will lead capital formation, investor communications and relationship management with current and prospective limited partners. She joins from W Capital Partners, having previously worked at L Catterton and Lindsay Goldberg.

Vance Street closed its fourth fund at a $775 million hard cap in 2024, bringing total capital raised to more than $2 billion. The firm invests in highly engineered solutions businesses across industrial technology, medical, life science, aerospace and defense sectors. Dowley 'brings the relationship-oriented approach that is essential to being a strong partner to our investors,' said Brian Martin, managing partner at Vance Street.