Swedfund International
Elin Thesleff is an experienced investment manager currently working at Swedfund International since September 2021. Previously, Elin held the position of Manager in Transaction Advisory Services at EY, focusing on restructuring, distressed corporate advisory, and financial due diligence. At PwC, Elin advanced from Assistant Manager to Manager in Corporate Finance, leading high-profile projects involving financial due diligence, capital raising, and real estate transactions, along with a brief secondment in the UK for financial restructuring. Elin's career also includes roles in treasury management at Akelius Residential and Akelius GmbH, as well as group financial accounting at Tele2. Elin holds a Master of Science in Business and Economics with a specialization in Finance, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, an MBA in Residential Real Estate, and has undergone Dale Carnegie Training.
Swedfund International
Swedfund International AB is a principal investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm does not invest in the Swedish businesses of Swedish companies and in companies that manufacture or sell weapons, tobacco or alcohol. It prefers to invest in seed, start-ups, and mid and late venture in mature and middle marketcompanies. It seeks to provide risk capital in the form of share capital, share options, convertible loans, preference shares, royalty loans, subordinated loans, secured loans, loans, guarantees, and part-financing of leasing agreements. It prefers to invest in emerging markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Sweden, as well as the non-European Union countries of Eastern Europe. The firm typically invests between SEK 5 million ($1.33 million) and SEK 100 million ($13.37 million). It seeks to exit its investments between five years and ten years. It does not invest together with private individuals, partnerships, sole trader, or co-operative or similar associations, and does not provide aid in the form of donations, and is also not involved in sponsoring. The firm takes a Board seat in its portfolio companies and seeks to participate in the investment committee for fund investments. The firm is a minority investor and its investments do not exceed one-third of the total investment. Swedfund International AB was founded in 1979 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden with an additional office in Nairobi, Kenya.