Swedfund International
Sara Tegbaru is an accomplished investment analyst currently working at Swedfund International since August 2023. Previously, Sara held the position of analyst in the Strategy and Transactions department at EY from February 2022 to March 2023. Earlier experience includes a role as an analyst at Nordic Knowledge Partners in early 2020 and an internship at The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles from July 2018 to June 2019. Sara began professional development in retail banking at Sparbanken Skåne in mid-2017. Academically, Sara obtained a Master of Science in Business Administration & Economics with a major in International Business and a minor in Finance & Accounting from Copenhagen Business School (2019-2021) and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Economics with a major in Corporate Finance & Economics from Lund University School of Economics and Management (2015-2018). Additional educational experiences include an exchange program at HKUST Business School and a Business English certificate from LSI London Central. Early education includes attending Kungsholmens Gymnasium for the Social Science Programme and Engelbrektsskolan for upper middle school.
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.