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Alexandre Bartolini
Advisory Committee Member at Enzo Ventures
Barcelona, Catalonia
Overview
Alexandre Bartolini is a Full Stack Investor with a focus on Pre-Seed/Seed, Series A-C, PE & Small Caps investments, currently serving as an Investment Director at Inveready in Barcelona, Catalonia. With a background in Leveraged Finance and Venture Capital, he has excelled in leadership roles, specializing in challenger banks and FinTech, and has extensive experience in portfolio management and board advisory services.
Highlights of Alexandre's career include his roles as an Investment Director at Inveready, where he oversees Seed/Series A & Small Caps investments, and as an Advisory Committee Member at Enzo Ventures, contributing to Pre-Seed/Seed investments.
Work Experience
Advisory Committee Member (Pre-Seed/Seed)
2021 - Current
Advise the GPs of the fund on Pre-Seed/Seed equity investment opportunities alongside the founders of Colvin, PROFounders Capital and Iris Ventures
Investment Director (Seed/Series A & Small Caps)
2020
Multi-Assets Fund Manager with c.€1.4bn AUM VENTURE DEBT: investing in Seed/Series A companies with annualized revenues above €1M across Continental Europe. EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS: investing through equity and convertible bonds in Small Caps listed in the Euronext Growth, NewConnect, or Nasdaq First North markets
Investment Manager (Series A-B)
2019 - 2020
- Source, evaluate, structure and execute new investment opportunities in Semiconductor Equipment, Super Computing, E-commerce, Digital Remittances, Genetic Sequencing, Agriculture Chemicals, Banking Software sectors. Main Deals: Unity Sc, CloudNC, TransferGo, Blueprint Genetics, M2i, Meniga - Built and developed models for Investment Analysis, Portfolio Monitoring and Reporting to LPs
Investment Manager (Series B-D)
2016 - 2019
A team of 12 managing and growing a £1.5 Bn portfolio, British Business Investments ("BBI") is the commercial investment arm of British Business Bank plc - Evaluate, structure and execute investment opportunities in the U.K - Originate new investment opportunities representing BBI at key industry events - Main focus on FinTech and Challenger Bank investment opportunities Ad-hoc achievements: - Financial Modeling - Built and developed financial model template used by the wider Team to evaluate and monitor investments opportunities. - Divestment Strategy - Assisted the Board in exploring various divestment strategies of a £850m Direct Lending portfolio through Secondary sales and/or creation of a listed Closed-end fund:
Investment Associate [Short-term Contract]
2015 - 2015
- Conducting sector Heat-mapping, screening investment opportunities and originating deal pipeline. - Creating and building financial models and due diligence tools for Investment Committees. - Visited Ghana to interview Management about a potential Investment.
Leveraged Finance TMT - Graduate Program (2nd rotation)
2013 - 2014
- Assisted in underwriting mid-market deals in the TMT sector. - Developed financial models and conducted financial analysis. - Drafted pitches for Credit Committees. - Carried out market, industry and company research. - Worked with legal team to identify key business points in Financial Agreements.
Leveraged Finance - Graduate Program (2nd rotation)
2012 - 2013
- Assisted in underwriting mid-market deals including buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions. - Developed financial models and conducted financial analysis. - Drafted pitches for Credit Committees. - Carried out market, industry and company research.
Operational Risk EMEA - Graduate Program (1st rotation)
2011 - 2012
Risk Management Program - 1st rotation - Developed policies/procedures/methods for Operational Risk across EMEA. - Analyzed major loss events and developed monitoring/control best practices. - Analyzed complex datasets from a variety of sources and regulators to design the Internal Loss module of the Governance, Risk & Compliance ERP.
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Education
Master
2010 - 2011
Bachelor of Honours
2006 - 2010