Managing Partner at Endeavour Vision SA
Geneva Area, Switzerland
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- Managing Partner at Endeavour Vision
- Founder & President at European Tech Tour Association
- Co-Founder & General Partner at Vision Capital
- Past
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- Managing Director at Genevest
- Investment Manager at Genevest
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Sven Lingjaerde’s Summary
22 years of venture capital experience in Europe and the US, in Technology and Life Sciences. Invested in 12 countries from seed to expansion stage in Tech and Life Sciences companies.
Sven Lingjaerde’s Specialties:
Cross-border European investments & Trans-Atlantic expansion for emerging European Tech and Life Sciences companies.
Sven Lingjaerde’s Experience
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Managing Partner
Endeavour Vision
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Pan European Venture Capital Fund investing in ICT, Cleantech and Life Sciences resulting from the convergence of Vision Capital Europe and Endeavour Advisors both based in Geneva. Endeavour II Fund was closed at 103M closed in August 2008.
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Founder & President
European Tech Tour Association
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 1998 — Present (11 years 10 months)
The European Tech Tour Association was founded by Sven in 1998 as an independent, non-profit organization that plan and manages technology discovery tours to identify emerging start-ups in selected countries. The Association also organizes events dedicated to vertical industries on a regular basis. Teams of best practice volunteers identify and select young companies having the potential to impact the European technology landscape. The Association provides the platform to introduce these companies to global technology and investment leaders, who have experience and capital, and who are interested to help these companies go global. The combination of these two factors creates an exciting forum to assess, challenge and eventually influence the destiny of participating companies. As per Q3 2008, the Association has organized 29 regional Tech Tours and 3 vertical industry summits.
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Co-Founder & General Partner
Vision Capital
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 1996 — Present (14 years )
With $175M under management, Vision provides capital and support to technology companies ready to expand in global markets. Primary focus is to accelerate the US market entry for emerging European companies.
Since 2005, Vision Capital is not investing in new companies but in value-building and exit management mode. Following the merger of Vision Capital European team with Endeavour Advisors to form Endeavour Vision SA in 2007, new investments are done through Funds advised by Endeavour Vision SA -
Managing Director
Genevest
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 1992 — December 1995 (4 years )
Genevest is the oldest Swiss Venture Capital company advising for direct investments in ICT since 1983 and Life Sciences since 1998.
Sven was actively involved with Genevest investments such as Sandisk Corporation, Calera, Dolphin Interconnect Solutions, SCM Microsystems, Virata, Trintech, Actelion, Axovan -
Investment Manager
Genevest
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 1987 — December 1991 (4 years 4 months)
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Sven Lingjaerde’s Interests:
New technology, investing
