Founded in 1997, Schroder Adveq is an asset manager investing in private equity globally. Schroder Adveq invests in all private equity strategies, including venture capital, growth capital, buyout, and turnarounds through primaries, secondaries, and direct-/co-investments.
Founded in 1997, Adveq offers specialized investment solutions which allow the firm’s clients to access select private market segments globally. To date, Adveq has invested in more than 400 funds on behalf of its clients and generated consistent returns throughout economic cycles. Adveq’s client base comprises institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and other financial institutions located in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Many of Adveq’s investors are repeat, long-term clients for private market investing. Adveq has offices in Zurich, Frankfurt, London, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, as well as an agent relationship in Sydney.
As of July 31, 2017, Adveq Management AG operates as a subsidiary of Schroders plc. Adveq has been renamed Schroder Adveq through acquisition, which was announced on 20 April 2017.
The firm prefers to invest in growth capital, small/mid-market buyout and other opportunities. It seeks to invest in medicine, vaccines, medical appliances, technology, and technology-enabled services, clean energy, and health and healthcare sectors. It seeks to invest across the globe with a focus on North America, Asia / Pacific, and Europe. It also prefers to invest in China, German-speaking region, the United Kingdom, France, Benelux, and the Nordics; United States; and Canada. The firm seeks to make control investments.
For fund of funds, it seeks to invest in venture capital, private equity, distressed/turnaround, developmental capital funds, and special situation funds.
Adveq has made 7 investments. They invested $18M in Rethink Robotics on Jan 5, 2017.
Adveq has raised a total of $816.6M across 2 funds, one of them being Adveq Europe VI. This fund was announced on Dec 12, 2016, and raised a total of €462M.
Adveq has $11.5M in revenue annually. Adveq competes with AlpInvest Partners, Capital Dynamics, and Capvis Equity.
Adveq specializes in Venture and growth capital, Buyouts (value/transformational, specialist), Turnarounds, Real assets, Primaries, Secondaries, Co-investments, and Advisory services.
Schroder Adveq’s client base comprises institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, family offices, and other financial institutions located in Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. For many of its clients, Schroder Adveq is a long-term partner for investments in private equity.
Timeline
Series B - II
$24.2M
Seed - II
Series B
$62.15M
Series B - II
$11M
Series C
$55M
Series E - Rethink Robotics
$18M
€462M
Venture Round - AEVI
€10M
Series D - FirstCry.com
$34M
Series D - Lenskart.com
$60.1M
People
Angela Kehrli
Alternatives Director
Anne-Juliane Knauer
Chief Compliance Officer
Benjamin Alt
Head of Investments DACH, Nordics & CEE
Christoph Bachmann
Alternatives Director
Daniel Rhoads
Alternatives Director, Head of North America
David Bajada
Investment Manager
David Seex
Head of Asia Pacific
Emily Pollock
Alternatives Director
Erwin Boos
Investment Director
Ethan Vogelhut
Head of Buyout Investments Americas
Ian G. Siekman
Investment Manager
Jeremy Knox
Senior Investment Director
Jun Qian
Head of Investments China and General Manager of Schroder Adveq Investment Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Kathrin Keil
Alternatives Director
Lance Zhou
Investment Director
Lee A. Gardella
Head of Risk Management
Lee A. Gardella
Head of Risk Management
Maria Claudia Prieto
Head of Investments UK & Spain
Mark Nieuwenhuis
Legal Manager Private Investment Structures
Martyn Bott
Head of Finance
Martyn Bott
Head of Finance
Michael McLean
Investment Director
Nico Taverna
Head of the Adveq Secondaries program
Nils Rode
Chief Investment Officer, Member of the Investment Committee
Pascal Untersander
Risk Director
Further reading
Lenskart to expand in tier I, II cities, launches new app - Times of India
PTI
Web
Schroder Adveq Study Finds US Family Offices Are Missing Key Opportunities in Private Equity
Web
Schroders buys $7bn private equity firm Adveq
Mark Cobley
Web
The verdict on Lenskart's vision: the eyes have it!
Rashmi Pratap
Web
Xconomy: Rethink Robotics Adds $18M to Funding Pot Amid Automation Debate
Web
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56853915.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Coller Institute Exclusive: The Performance of Private Equity
Feb 16, 2012
Responsible Investing Growing in Importance - Driven by Ethical Principals, Institutional Investor Demands and Business Opportunities, Says New Survey from Caia and Adveq
Sven Liden, CEO and Head of Investor Relations, Adveq
Jul 1, 2014
Unquote Events
29 May 2017
Video: Adveq on Global Private Equity - Privcap
29 April 2014
Video: Pensions and Private Equity - Privcap
20 May 2014
Video: where are we in the investment cycle? - US - Schroders
Companies
AEVI
Airborne
Amal Therapeutics
Decibel Therapeutics
FirstCry.com
ImmunOs Therapeutics
Lenskart.com
Nohla Therapeutics
Pliant Therapeutics
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