Sven Lingjaerde

Managing Partner
Endeavour Vision

Sven Lingjaerde is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Endeavour Vision SA based in Geneva.
In 1996, he co-founded Vision Capital, a Trans-Atlantic technology venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Geneva. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Genevest, a Swiss venture capital firm that he joined in 1987. Through his leadership, Sven developed an excellent track record of early to late stage investments in High Tech and Biotech ventures on both sides of the Atlantic.
With over 27 years of Venture Capital experience, investing in 12 countries, Sven Lingjaerde has developed an extensive network in Europe, Silicon Valley, the Middle East and Asia. This network of contacts was leveraged through the European Tech Tour Association that he founded in 1998 and which has merged with Europe Unlimited in 2013.
Sven is a member of the EVCA VC Platform Council and an active member and former Chairman of the YPO-WPO Alpine Chapter.

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Fundraising Summit 2014 - 8th September

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

15:30 Community forum: Venture-capital experts - Is it prime-time for venture?

- Will Europe challenge the US market in venture capital?

- What opportunities does Europe provide that the US does not?

- What have been the successes in venture capital fundraising

- Examining the different sector dynamics and emerging niches of Europe vs US – biotech, medtec, clintech, IT

- Is venture capital misunderstood as an asset class - and if so, why?