PE Insights Switzerland

(…)We are in talks to take a majority stake in one company, the founders of which we originally met at the London conference in 2018. We always like a slow approach, preferring boring cargo trains over space rockets.

PEI conferences are a great place to start networking if you are new, or enhance your trust base if you are in the market already.

Our family company has interets in 3 industries : German real estate, personal security and elderly caregiving, three industries in which we are working both as investors (LPs) and mainly GPs. It is important for us to hear about new developments in these areas and to cooperate with other players, few as they are, in these niches. Thus we attend at least one VC or PE event per month, and the PEI conferences are a fixture in our calendar.

The reason for my attendance was that the conference (…) gave ample opportunity to meet a different kind of managers throughout the spectrum which in the end helped me to further expand my knowledge whilst sourcing interesting new managers. Looking forward to attending next year again.