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How can private equity and venture capital shape a better tomorrow? "By delivering sustainable and equitable growth at the grassroots level, through the tens of thousands of companies the industry is invested in."
First be curious openminded adaptable second to emphasize teamwork longterm trust building relationships it's a people industry after all third to be fully aware acutely aware of the value of thought leadership and high standards in delivering a lot of tangible and intangible value over time and last but not least the industry taught me that it is a superb ownership model and it has outperformed public markets consistently over time.
First and foremost to continue to support economic and employment growth across the continent second to visibly publicize the positive impact of good corporate governance and third I think the industry should make an effort to make its products accessible to as many people as possible so that they have access to its outsized returns. In that context everything the industry can do to promote access for retail investors would be a very important thing by Leading for example sound governance alignment of Interest high standards and also by visibly delivering sustainable and Equitable growth at the Grassroots level through the tens of thousands of companies the industry is invested in not through conferences.
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Venture capital and private equity investors’ impact on the growth and sustainability of Finnish companies
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Invest Europe: The Performance of European Private Equity 2025 (summary video)
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