By Milana Vinn
(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase has rehired Ofer Harduf from venture capital firm Fifth Wall as the bank continues to bolster its technology team, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Harduf, who will be a managing director in the technology M&A group, will be based in San Francisco. He returns to JPMorgan after spending the past four years as a partner at Fifth Wall, a technology-focused VC firm based in New York.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall in 2021, Harduf spent 9 years at JPMorgan
where he focused on gaming, lodging, and real estate technology sectors.
“Ofer’s career spans both investment banking and venture capital, positioning him with a differentiated perspective informed by both principal investing and advisory work across the technology ecosystem,” Jay Hofmann, head of North America M&A, and Vineet Seth, who runs technology M&A for North America, said in the memo sent to employees on Wednesday.
Harduf has added to the growing list of JPMorgan’s recent hires in its tech M&A group on the West Coast.
Among tech bankers who recently joined JPMorgan are Mark Garcia, vice chair and global head of semiconductors; Eric Quanbeck, managing director and head of applied technology; Brett Miller, managing director and co-head of enterprise and cloud; Peter Duda, managing director supporting software clients; Mike Amex, managing director and head of mid-cap technology services; and Devin Thomas, managing director and head of technology software improvement group M&A.
JPMorgan is expanding its tech M&A group as the investment bank has seen momentum winning advisory mandates in the sector, including Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk announced in July.
(Reporting by Milana Vinn in New York. Edited by Dawn Kopecki and Nick Zieminski)
