Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum 2023 | Sorainen | 18 April 2023 | Hanzas Perons, Hanzas Street 16A, Riga, Latvia

This forum is a well-known meeting and networking platform for Baltic private equity and venture capital funds, investment bankers, lawyers, advisers, company managers and shareholders, bringing together 200+ participants each year.

Our loyal participants will surely appreciate the multiple networking options, breaks, reception and award ceremony that will crown the comprehensive working day, featuring the topics:

• Market outlook. Private Markets – what to expect in 2023 and beyond?
• What drives the Baltic private equity market and where is it going? Cornerstone investors in Baltic PE funds chat about the market. Major public LPs vs private investors’ visions. Top qualities of PE funds for receiving funding
• Eko Baltia success story: from a local player to a regional champion, and subsequent expansion outside the Baltics
• The Baltic energy sector has been busy: a look at the pipeline and main challenges
• Healthcare and innovation, existing market, development of market. M&A case studies
• Defence sector insight. Is the war helping the Baltic military sector attract a new wave of investments? Investments, government activities
• Rebuilding Ukraine with the help of private investors

2023 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Eva Berlaus
Partner at Sorainen

Mārtiņš Bičevskis
Board Member at LVCA and Limited Partner at Commercialization Reactor Fund

Martin KõdarManaging Partner at BaltCap (EE)

Sergej Butov
Partner at Sorainen (LT)

Lise-lotte Lääne
life sciences and health care sector group expert at Sorainen (EE)

Ingvar Pärnamäe
Chief Executive Officer at Vegvisir (EE)

SPEAKERS:

Jussi Hiltunen
Partner at McKinsey & Company (FI)

Vytautas Plunksnis
Head of Private Equity at INVL Asset Management (LT)

Jan Pie
Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe Secretary General at Aerospace (BE)

Andrey Kolodyuk
Chairman of Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, entrepreneur and venture capital investor (UA)

PANELISTS:

Pēteris Stepiņš
CEO at Swedbank Investment Management (LV)

Marco Natoli
Head of Lower Mid-Market – Northern, Eastern & Southern Europe, Equity Investments, EIF (LU)

Arvydas Jadevicius
Investment Manager at ME Investicija (LT)

Kari Vatanen
Chief Investment Officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company (FI)

Kai Rintala
Managing Director at Taaleri Energia (FI)

Martin Kruus
Sunly Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board (EE)

Vadim Vladykin
Investment Director at Ignitis Renewables (LT)

Liudas Liutkevičius
Managing Fund Partner at INVL Renewable Energy Fund I (INVL REFI) (LT)

Erki Mölder
Managing Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund and Co-Founder at Health Founders (EE)

Juris Pārups
Investment Director at BaltCap (LV)

Dainius Puodžiūnas
General Manager at DiMedic Baltic (LT)

Kuldar Väärsi
Founder and CEO of Milrem (EE)

Mārtiņš Paškēvičs,
Under-Secretary of state for logistics at the Latvian Defence Ministry (LV)

Kari Vatanen
Chief Investment Officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company (FI

2023 Partners

• NL
• LTVCA
• ESTVCA
• Verslo Zinios
• Aripaev