Palico Capital Calls

In this episode of Capital Calls, we have the pleasure of speaking with Brett Hickey, the Founder & CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a specialized asset management firm focusing exclusively on the lower middle market. Brett will be sharing with us his insights and expertise on the company's approach to identifying the right opportunities and generating risk-adjusted returns i

Hello listeners, in this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome Thomas Bengtsson, Head of Investments at Oak Universe, a fund founded on the concept of bringing cutting-edge portfolio management to advanced manufacturing. In this conversation, we talk about Oak Universe's unique take on the transformation of the European economy to secure supply chains and energy transition, and

In this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome Brian Smiga of Alpha Partners, whose PE fund strategy focuses on growth-stage private technology companies, led by the world’s best investors. Through its unique relationships with over 700 early-stage VCs, Alpha Partners is able to create access to over 20% of Series C+ deals. As a reminder, this is our publicly available interview. T

Hello listeners, in this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome Andrew Axelrod, managing partner, and portfolio manager at Axar Capital, whose PE fund strategy focuses on turnaround and distressed investments in the North American middle market. This is an extremely timely interview in light of ongoing macroeconomic events.As a reminder, this is our publicly available interview. The

In this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome two guests from Millennium Bridge Capital. Managing Director, Brian Knitt, and Principal, Garrett Fitzgerald. Millennium Bridge Capital has been a pioneer in the co-investment space since 2004. Their strategy targets the North American lower middle market, primarily focusing on direct and indirect buyout/control investments. In this conv

In this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome Johannes Rabini and Stefan Beil, Managing Partners at Sobera Capital, a firm that focuses specifically on the niche but thriving area of direct secondary transaction in the European market. In this conversation, they lead us through their long history in this unique strategy and what has made them so successful at sourcing opportunities.

Hello listeners, in this episode of Capital Calls, we welcome John Zic, Partner and Founding team member of EQUIAM — a fund that can easily be characterized as the ‘Moneyball’ of VC investing. John leads us through EQUIAM’s remarkable story and unique strategy that uses its proprietary data-driven model to achieve top quartile results. Take a listen as John takes us through

In this episode of Palico Capital Calls we talk to Hans van Houwelingen, Managing Partner at Urban Impact Ventures, a European Impact Venture Capital Firm on a mission to improve urban quality of life in Europe. Diving deep into what investing in urban spaces means and why it is underserved, Hans gives us a clear view into UI Ventures’ network, diversification strategy and impact

In this episode of Capital Calls we talk to Boris Bakech and Eric Boustouller, partners at C4 Ventures. We dive into the explosive success that C4 Ventures has already seen since its founding in 2014 and get an inside look at how they’ve already been able to see 8 of their portfolio companies reach unicorn status including well known investments that you’ll be familiar with suc

In this episode we talk to Borja de Roda, Managing Partner at Beka Asset Management, a fund that specializes in real asset investments. Borja presents the fund's investment strategy with special focus on farming-related businesses. He takes us through the details of investing in agribusinesses, how it complies with the fund’s ESG strategy and the associated returns related t