Under Matthias’s leadership, European Investment Fund’s technology investment business grew to over EUR 4.7bn committed in or alongside more than 260 funds, Business Angels and Family Offices who invested in about 3,800 technology companies. Matthias had a key role in raising and managing major third party investment mandates such as the EUR 1bn ERP-EIF Dachfonds, the GBP 200m UK Future Technologies Fund (UKFTF), the EUR 150m Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI) and the EUR 150 m European Angels Fund (EAF) for co-investments.

Kart has been working in global financial markets since 2004 after graduating from Harvard. She has experience in both public and private markets and debt and equity investing from Citigroup’s Global Markets division in London, on both investment and corporate banking side, executing global IPO and M&A transactions and managing Citigroup’s proprietary balance sheet risk in global public sector lending and liquidity management. After completing her MBA at INSEAD, Kart was in charge of all private equity and venture capital funds investments at Barclays Wealth, from research and due diligence to execution and structuring. At European Investment Fund, Kart was implementing the €100m Baltic Innovation Fund, participating in private equity and venture capital due diligence for Northern and Western European and CEE markets and working on initiatives relating to European Commission’s structural funds programs. Kart has passed all three CFA exams, is an advisor at Harvard’s Innovation Labs and has mentored at Seedcamp. Kart is also a former national record holder and NCAA champion in high jump.