Alvar Soosaar
Investor | Connector | Former Startup Founder & C Suite
- Role
- Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager at Vinland Ventures
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Alvar Soosaar
I am an experienced investor, entrepreneur, mentor, connector, and strategist who has…
Experience
Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager
Jan 2015 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US
Vinland Ventures invests in a variety of investment asset classes - most actively in venture capital, but also in emerging markets, private equity, real estate, and fixed income, sometimes directly, but frequently via funds. On the venture capital side, we team with extraordinary entrepreneur-teams and founders, and work with them to bring the most high-potential technology to market.Geographically, we are agnostic, though we actively seek out startups in undercapitalized areas. We encourage our portfolio companies to Stay Local, Longer. This means we do not force our portfolio companies to move somewhere closer to us (or to the Bay Area, NYC, or London) until and unless it’s the right move at the right time.Finally, the dynamo of innovation and invention is constantly churning out new solutions to old and emergent challenges. Our deepest technology investment experiences lie in FinTech, SaaS, and B2B, but we actively seek out other technologies and investment opportunities where our participation can add value.
Education
University of Virginia
BA, Foreign Affairs, French
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
MBA, Finance and Strategy
SNL Financial Summer Analyst Training
Financial Services corporate analysis
2004 — 2004
International School of Boston (fka Ecole Bilingue)
5th Grade, Recess
1977 — 1985
Metsaülikool
Not Applicable
Belmont High School
High school diploma
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Portfolio Management
- Asset Management
- Capital Markets
- Investments
- Credit Analysis
- Securities
- Industry Analysis
- Equities
- Private Equity
- Valuation
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Modeling
- Venture Capital
- Financial Analysis
- Structured Finance
- Fixed Income
- Investor Relations
- Real Estate
- Restructuring
- Emerging Markets
- Start-Ups
- Investment Strategies
- Asset Allocation
- Structuring
- Negotiation
- Research
- Wealth Management
- Alternative Investments
- Asset Managment
- Investment Advisory
- Hedge Funds
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Equity Research
- Financial Structuring
- Bonds
- Finance
- Investment Management
- Mutual Funds
- Financial Services
- Due Diligence
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