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The investment seeks capital appreciation, which is a fundamental policy of the fund. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the equity securities (e.g., common and/or preferred stock, or equity-linked securities convertible into such equity securities) of certain private, operating growth companies. The fund primarily invests in late-stage operating businesses and does so primarily by directly investing in such Portfolio Companies.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Christian Munafo | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Christian Munafo is the Chief Investment Officer of Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. and serves as both a portfolio manager and member of the Liberty Investment Committee. He also is a Managing Member and a portfolio manager with Liberty Street Advisors’ affiliate, Pearl Lane Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Liberty Street Advisors, he was Chief Investment Officer of SP Investments Management, LLC. Mr. Munafo joined SP Investments Management in August 2019, where he also served as one of the portfolio managers and members of the investment committee. Prior to his position with the Investment Adviser, Mr. Munafo was Co-Head of the Global Private Equity Secondary Practice at HQ Capital based in New York, where he was also a member of the senior leadership team. Prior to that, he served as Head of Secondaries at Thomas Weisel Partners. Mr. Munafo has 21 years of experience in finance, with the last 16 years focused on secondary investments involving venture-backed and growth equity-oriented companies and funds. During this time, he has also served on the boards of many of these companies and funds. In aggregate, Mr. Munafo has helped raise more than $1 billion globally from institutional investors, corporations, pensions, endowments and family offices. In addition, Mr. Munafo has overseen the completion of more than 100 secondary transactions representing over $1 billion in capital commitments, ranging from traditional purchases of limited partnership interests to more complex non-traditional transactions including fund restructurings, recapitalizations, tender programs, preferred equity/loan facilities and purchases of company securities. Mr. Munafo began his career as an investment banker focused on mergers and acquisitions at Banc of America Securities. Mr. Munafo holds a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers College in Economics and Finance. | ||
Kevin Moss | Managing Director | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Kevin Moss is a Managing Director of Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. and serves as both a portfolio manager and member of the Liberty Investment Committee. He also serves as Managing Member and portfolio manager for Liberty Street Advisors’ affiliate, Pearl Lane Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Liberty Street Advisors, he was with SP Investments Management, LLC (“SPIM”), a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of SharesPost, Inc. For eight years he served as SPIM’s President and COO overseeing the operations and trading of SPIM. He is also one of the creators of the SharesPost 100 Fund and continues to serve as the President of the Fund and is one of the portfolio managers. He is also a member of the Liberty investment committee. Prior to joining SPIM, Kevin was a senior portfolio manager at First New York Securities, where he managed a global macro book. With over 20 years of senior level experience in financial services, Kevin’s specific areas of expertise include the management of client relationships, investment research coverage, block and position trading, and operations management. Kevin began his career as an institutional equity sales trader working for Instinet, and later Commerzbank. His client base included hedge funds, pension funds and proprietary trading desks. Subsequently, Kevin held a series of distinguished posts at leading hedge funds and proprietary trading firms including serving as the head of international trading for Libra Advisors and Opus Trading Funds. Mr. Moss holds a Bachelor of Science from Tulane University and an MBA from Columbia University. | ||
Sven Jonas Grankvist | Managing Director | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Sven Jonas Grankvist is a Managing Director of Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. and serves as both a portfolio manager and a member of the Liberty Investment Committee. He also is Managing Director and portfolio manager with Liberty Street Advisors’ affiliate, Pearl Lane Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Liberty Street Advisors, he was with SP Investments Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser, for eight years. He is also an initial member of the SharesPost 100 Fund team and has been instrumental in developing and overseeing the daily valuation procedures. During his tenure as portfolio manager, he has led or helped lead hundreds of primary and secondary direct transactions for over 60 leading growth stage private companies, with responsibilities including due diligence, originating, negotiating and deal execution. Jonas began his career as a technology investment banker at Berman Capital. Jonas received his LLM from Uppsala University and MBA from Golden Gate University, magna cum laude. | ||
Maureen Downey | - | 2018 | 2019 |
Biography | Maureen Downey is a Managing Director of SP Investments Management, LLC. Prior to her position with the Investment Adviser, Maureen worked for Pantheon Ventures, where she was an Investment Committee member and played a key role in new business development in Latin America. Before that, Maureen was a Vice President in Investment Banking for Goldman Sachs, where she worked on private equity transactions, cross-border and domestic M&A and other capital markets functions in the U.S. and Europe. She started her career at Merrill Lynch in the Fixed Income Division. Maureen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton Graduate School of Business. | ||
Sven Weber | President | 2014 | 2018 |
Biography | Sven Weber has been the President and a member of the Board of Trustees and is a Managing Director of SP Investments Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of SharesPost. Prior to his position with the Investment Adviser, Sven served as President of SVB Capital, an affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank. During his tenure at SVB Capital, Sven managed the company’s venture capital investing business, which included fund of funds, and direct and secondary investment funds exceeding $1.5 billion under management. Prior to SVB Capital, Sven was a principal of Cipio Partners, where he focused on secondary investments, and prior to that he worked as Vice President on direct investments for Siemens, and had operational responsibilities with Vodafone Germany and O2 Germany. Sven holds a Master’s degree in physics from the University of Heidelberg, where he specialized in information technology and environmental physics. |
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