Capitalis Partners is an independent investment management firm.

The main focus is to be a value-added bridge builder to bring capital and resources to founder-led companies including unicorns to accelerate growth over several markets through co-development. At the same time, we give entrepreneurs and investors access to bespoke investment strategies with compelling returns, help them diversify and grow their capital, identify emerging opportunities, and navigate the changing macro environment.

The partners of the firm have spent decades in private equity, investment banking, tech, and consulting – on multiple continents. We are also builders of businesses. We have chosen Singapore, London, Lisbon and Silicon Valley as hubs due to strong inter-connectivity, professional network, and global market access.

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People

Lesley Lu

Managing Partner

Jérôme Fourel

Partner

Paulo Lameiras Martins

Partner

Hiroki Miyazato

Partner

Daniel Zumino

Partner

Nicolas Mallison

Venture Partner

Grace Ge

Venture Partner

Jean Charles Brandt

Operating Partner

Tom Kosnik

Advisor

Pedro Falcão

Advisor

Özlem Denizmen

Advisor


People

Lesley Lu

Managing Partner

Jérôme Fourel

Partner

Paulo Lameiras Martins

Partner

Hiroki Miyazato

Partner

Daniel Zumino

Partner

Nicolas Mallison

Venture Partner

Grace Ge

Venture Partner

Jean Charles Brandt

Operating Partner

Tom Kosnik

Advisor

Pedro Falcão

Advisor

Özlem Denizmen

Advisor

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philosophy

Investment Philosophy

2022 was a watershed year. Among the top 20 largest peak-to-trough drawdowns for the S&P 500 going back to 1961, never, in history, in an EXTREME drawdown for stocks, have Treasuries, the risk-off asset, gone down more than stocks.

Does a 60:40 portfolio still work for you in protecting your capital? Other than investment properties and public stocks (S&P/Eurostoxx/HSI in particular) which form a big part of most investors’ financial assets, are you looking to diversify? How do you truly pursue global asset allocation to diversify your risk when you have limited bandwidth and experience across asset classes? When short term Treasuries and Money Market Funds (MMFs) can provide 4-5% return, what type of risk-adjusted returns would you seek in risk assets?

We are a “non me-too” investment management and advisory firm and we strive to generating medium-term attractive returns for our investors beyond the traditional playbook. During good times, no one cares about such details – the rising tide lifts all boats! However, stormy periods such as the GFC, the March 2020 near-crash, and the rapidly rising interest rate environment coupled with QT by major central banks show why managers with multi-jurisdictional insight and skillsets across asset classes are so valuable. To say the least, losing less than others during bad times means you have a better chance of getting ahead even faster during the subsequent recovery.

We have several products that cater to successful entrepreneurs and HNWIs from multiple regions (Europe, Asia, North America, Greater South) with the intent to speed up cross-border business building and venture pollination, thanks to a private community of builders who are now facing common challenges, not least exacerbated by the fragmentation of trading blocks, big power competition, need for optionality and asset safety, and desire to combine business success with quality of life and wellness for oneself, family and next-gen. We look forward to our journey with you and thank you for being part of our community.

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Academy

November 20, 2024

It’s the liquidity, stupid!

Earlier this month, Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election with a historic comeback. “It’s the economy, stupid.” In the PE/VC world, it’s the liquidity, stupid. Today, let’s explore […]
April 27, 2023

World-renowned scientists converge in Cascais to discuss how to slow the ageing process

By Natasha Donn 27th April 2023 Longevity Med Summit attracts investors with €10 billion “available to apply” It is billed as “the world’s largest event in the area” – and […]
January 20, 2023

European Private Equity 2022 Summary

Private equity (PE) dealmaking remained healthy in Europe in 2022, with both deal value and deal count increasing year-over-year, a sign that private equity remains somewhat insulated from public market […]
November 2, 2022

A Survey of Private Debt Funds

By Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) After the Great Financial Crisis triggered tightening of banking regulation, corporate lending has increasingly migrated out of the banking […]
September 29, 2022

Singapore moves up one spot to be 7th most innovative economy in the world

29 SEPT 202 Dominic Low Singapore is now the seventh most innovative economy in the world, up one spot from its ranking in 2021. The rankings are in accordance with […]
May 6, 2022

Investing during stagflation

By Lyn Alden Inflation, and specifically stagflation, makes investing more challenging. Stagflation is when inflation is high, but growth is low or negative. Cash and bonds are obviously a rough […]

Lesley Lu

Managing Partner

  • Managing Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Director, Investment, TEMASEK (Europe & Asia)
  • Management consultant, Bain (US and HK)
  • Board/LPAC: Apollo MidCap, HPS Investment Partners, Napier Park Global Capital, Metric Capital Partners, MV Credit, Orion Capital Asia, LC Ventures
  • MBA, University of Chicago Booth Business School
  • MS, Stanford University
  • BS, Computer Science, National University of Singapore



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Grace Ge

Venture Partner

  • Venture Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Managing Director, Hyperganic GmbH
  • CFO, Du Xiaoman Financial
  • Partner, Ares Management Private Equity Group (HK)
  • MD, IB, Goldman Sachs (HK)
  • Tax, PwC (US)
  • Boards: Bankinter Innovation Foundation, Keep (listed)
  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • BA, Econ, Peking University

 



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Pedro Falcão

Advisor

  • Managing Partner, LC Ventures (EU regulated fund manager)​
  • Investment Director, Novabase Capital (Portugal)​
  • Marketing Director, TIMWETECH and OutSystems​
  • Investment Director, Aitec​
  • Strategic Consultant, Capgemini
  • MBA, NOVA​
  • BS, Computer Science, NOVA



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Jean Charles Brandt

Operating Partner

  • CEO, Capitalis Asia (regulated by MAS in Singapore)
  • Managing Director, Lloyds TSB Bank – Head of Institutional (Switzerland)
  • Associate, MM. Darier, Hentsch & Cie (Geneva)
  • Associate, Elvia Life Insurance (Geneva)
  • Swiss Federal Certificate, College of Business Administration & Management
  • Superior School in Finance & Management, Engineering



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Paulo Falcão

Partner

  • Managing Partner, LCV SCR SA (regulated by CMVM and ESMA)
  • Country Manager, IBM
  • Country Manager, Microsoft
  • CIO & COO at TIMWETECH
  • CEO at Bizdirect (intrapreneur)
  • Business Angel: more than 40 companies
  • MBA, NOVA SBE
  • BS, CS, NOVA FCT
  • English, Portuguese, French



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Tom Kosnik

Advisor

  • Partner, FoundersX Ventures (Silicon Valley)
  • Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
  • Boards: BASES
  • PhD, Stanford University
  • MBA, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  • BA, History, Duke University



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Özlem Denizmen

Advisor

  • CEO & Founder, Monay​
  • Founder & Chair, Para Durumu.com
  • Founder & Chair, FODER Association of Turkey​
  • EVP, M&A, Doğuş Grubu
  • Analyst, Merrill Lynch (US)​
  • Boards: Doğuş Otomotiv, Global Reporting Initiative​
  • World Economic Forum YGL, WhiteHouse Entrepreneurship Delegate ​
  • MBA, MIT Sloan School of Business​
  • MS, Cornell University



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Lesley Lu

Managing Partner

  • Managing Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Director, Investment, TEMASEK (Europe & Asia)
  • Management consultant, Bain (US and HK)
  • Board/LPAC: Apollo MidCap, HPS Investment Partners, Napier Park Global Capital, Metric Capital Partners, MV Credit, Orion Capital Asia, LC Ventures
  • MBA, University of Chicago Booth Business School
  • MS, Stanford University
  • BS, Computer Science, National University of Singapore

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Paulo Falcão

Advisor

  • Managing Partner, LC Ventures (EU regulated fund manager)​
  • Investment Director, Novabase Capital (Portugal)​
  • Marketing Director, TIMWETECH and OutSystems​
  • Investment Director, Aitec​
  • Strategic Consultant, Gemini Consulting​
  • MBA, NOVA​
  • BS, Computer Science, NOVA​

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Pedro Falcão

Advisor

  • Managing Partner, LC Ventures (EU regulated fund manager)​
  • Investment Director, Novabase Capital (Portugal)​
  • Marketing Director, TIMWETECH and OutSystems​
  • Investment Director, Aitec​
  • Strategic Consultant, Capgemini
  • MBA, NOVA​
  • BS, Computer Science, NOVA

 

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Jean Charles Brandt

Operating Partner

  • CEO, Capitalis Asia (regulated by MAS in Singapore)
  • Managing Director, Lloyds TSB Bank – Head of Institutional (Switzerland)
  • Associate, MM. Darier, Hentsch & Cie (Geneva)
  • Associate, Elvia Life Insurance (Geneva)
  • Swiss Federal Certificate, College of Business Administration & Management
  • Superior School in Finance & Management, Engineering

 

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Grace Ge

Venture Partner

  • Venture Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Managing Director, Hyperganic GmbH
  • CFO, Du Xiaoman Financial
  • Partner, Ares Management Private Equity Group (HK)
  • MD, IB, Goldman Sachs (HK)
  • Tax, PwC (US)
  • Boards: Bankinter Innovation Foundation, Keep (listed)
  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • BA, Econ, Peking University

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Tom Kosnik

Advisor

  • Partner, FoundersX Ventures (Silicon Valley)
  • Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
  • Boards: BASES
  • PhD, Stanford University
  • MBA, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  • BA, History, Duke University

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Özlem Denizmen

Advisor

  • CEO & Founder, Monay​
  • Founder & Chair, Para Durumu.com ​
  • Founder & Chair, FODER Association of Turkey​
  • EVP, M&A, Doğuş Grubu
  • Analyst, Merrill Lynch (US)​
  • Boards: Doğuş Otomotiv, Global Reporting Initiative​
  • World Economic Forum YGL, WhiteHouse Entrepreneurship Delegate ​
  • MBA, MIT Sloan School of Business​
  • MS, Cornell University

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Hiroki Miyazato

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Executive Chairman and CEO, Haitong Bank, SA (regulated by ECB and BoP)
  • Deputy GM, Haitong Securities Group (listed)
  • Senior fund manager, Nikko (Citi) Asset Management (Tokyo)
  • Manager for Asia & Global Trading, J.P. Morgan, CSFB (Tokyo)
  • MS, Biophysics & chemistry, Tokyo University
  • BS, Science, Fudan University



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Daniel Zumino

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • CFO, GSI (acquired by ADP)
  • EVP, Consumer Group, Kaysersberg
  • Partner & Co-founder, Boston Consulting Group (Paris Office)
  • Business Angel: various European and US companies
  • MBA, Stanford University
  • BS, Business, H.E.C.



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Hiroki Miyazato

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Executive Chairman and CEO, Haitong Bank, SA (regulated by ECB and BoP)
  • Deputy GM, Haitong Securities Group (listed)
  • Senior fund manager, Nikko (Citi) Asset Management (Tokyo)
  • Manager for Asia & Global Trading, J.P. Morgan, CSFB (Tokyo)
  • MS, Biophysics & chemistry, Tokyo University
  • BS, Science, Fudan University

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Daniel Zumino

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • CFO, GSI (acquired by ADP)
  • EVP, Consumer Group, Kaysersberg
  • Partner & Co-founder, Boston Consulting Group (Paris Office)
  • Business Angel: various European and US companies
  • MBA, Stanford University
  • BS, Business, H.E.C.

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Nicolas Mallison

Venture Partner

  • Venture Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Director Data Science, Group CIO, Deutsche Bank (UK)
  • Partner, Consulting, Atos (UK)
  • Director, Forensic Data Science, EY and KPMG (UK & EMEA)
  • Senior Manager Data Science, Detica (BAE Applied Intelligence)
  • Doctoral research fellowship, Toulouse Midi Pyrenees School of Economics
  • MS, Statistics & Economics, ENSAE
  • BS, Maths & Physics, École Polytechnique



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Nicolas Mallison

Venture Partner

  • Venture Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Director Data Science, Group CIO, Deutsche Bank (UK)
  • Partner, Consulting, Atos (UK)
  • Director, Forensic Data Science, EY and KPMG (UK & EMEA)
  • Senior Manager Data Science, Detica (BAE Applied Intelligence)
  • Doctoral research fellowship, Toulouse Midi Pyrenees School of Economics
  • MS, Statistics & Economics, ENSAE
  • BS, Maths & Physics, École Polytechnique

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Jérôme Fourel

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Managing Partner, Sindeo Ventures (Europe & Asia)
  • Head of Strategy, Infineon Technologies Taiwan (formerly ADMtek)
  • Senior manager, Accton Technology (listed)
  • Strategic Consultant, Capgemini (France)
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • BS & MS, École Polytechnique



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Jérôme Fourel

Partner

  • Partner, CP INVESTMENTS (EU regulated fund manager)
  • Managing Partner, Sindeo Ventures (Europe & Asia)
  • Head of Strategy, Infineon Technologies Taiwan (formerly ADMtek)
  • Senior manager, Accton Technology (listed)
  • Strategic Consultant, Capgemini (France)
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • BS & MS, École Polytechnique

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