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In the #6 episode of EstVCA LP Insights, we were honored to welcome Marco Natoli - Head of Lower Mid-Market Equity Investments, Northern, Eastern & Southern Europe at European Investment Fund (EIF). Established in 1994, EIF is part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. Based in Luxembourg it has over EUR 10 billion of Net Equity Commitments across over 550 funds all over European Union and Accession Countries.The episode is hosted by EstVCA board member – Sille Pettai from SmartCap and the topics include: • Main structures and instruments that EIF uses to invest in, looking more specifically at the pockets that EIF invests from in the Nordic-Baltic region.• Reflection on 2022 and a few years ahead on trends that will be shaping the PE&VC market.• The episode also takes a deeper dive into the investment process, and criteria of EIF on the selection PE/VC funds as well as talks about fund performance and outlook.• And finally, the chat will naturally also look at ESG goals and sustainability priorities that EIF has set.Hope the episode gives a good insight and don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast on all main podcast platforms.

In the #5 episode of EstVCA LP Insights, we were honoured to welcome Emma Honkanen – Investment Manager of Private Assets at Evli Fund Management Company Ltd.

Evli Fund Management Company Ltd is a Nordic fund management boutique established in in 1989 focusing on institutional investors. Their funds are actively managed with an ESG overlay, a long time-perspective and focus on free cash flow. Evli Fund Management’s strategies cover both Nordic and Global equities, Corporate bonds and Emerging markets.

In the #4 episode of EstVCA LP Insights, we were truly happy to welcome Ene Õunmaa  - Senior Portfolio Manager at Swedbank Investeerimisfondid AS – the first and largest asset management company in Estonia, which has been operating since 1994 and manages pension funds, investment funds, and institutional investment portfolios. 

Ene has extensive experience managing investment portfolios, including private equity, real estate, bonds, and listed equity.

In the #3 episode of EstVCA LP Insights, we were honoured to meet Staffan Jåfs – the Head of Private Equity at eQ Plc - the leading independent asset management platform in Finland. Staffan is heading an 8-people seasoned investment team with a long-term focus on lower mid-market buyout funds in Europe and the US as well as private credit strategies in Europe. He has vast experience in designing and executing full-service separate account strategies for clients, including investment advice and execution, portfolio administration and comprehensive, transparent client reporting.

In the episode, Staffan guides us through eQ’s investment strategy, which focuses on low mid-market funds, where they see the greatest potential, and where valuations are more attractive. As to their due diligence process, Staffan explains that they tend to concentrate more on smaller regional events and 1:1 meetings with funds, so larger conferences are not the place to meet the eQ team very often. During the analysis of funds’ track records, Staffan points out the importance of presenting clear and honest track record instead of core and non-core results with too many explanatory notes.

https://www.eq.fi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/staffan-jåfs-4245aa6/

Chris is the Co-Founder & Partner at Isomer Capital. He is an experienced founder, advisor, startup mentor and technology executive. Prior to Isomer, he was the founding director of the Venture Capital Unit for the UK government where he cultivated over $1bn invested from the US and Asia into fund and direct company opportunities.

As a venture partner at Octopus Ventures and Entrepreneur First he is an active value-add non-executive director and has mentored 15 companies to successful seed funding. Chris co-founded Cambridge Positioning Systems which was sold to a global semiconductor firm in 2007, prior to which he worked for 15 years in technology operations at US-based DSC, where he assisted in its $4bn sale to Alcatel, and at Nortel. Chris holds a BSc in Physics and Chemistry from Leeds University.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-wade-isomer/

https://isomercapital.com

EstVCA LP INSIGHTS podcast - Episode 1