Kaarina Suikkonen
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- Full Name
- Kaarina Suikkonen
- Firm
- Lyrique Private Equity
- Firm Type
- Independent private equity advisory firm
- Target Company Profile
- Lyrique focuses on private equity fund selection and tailored mandates for family offices, UHNWIs, institutions, endowments, and pension funds; it targets high-quality niches and inefficient markets, especially small and mid-size funds.
- Sector Focus
- Mid-market buyouts, secondaries, impact investing, and selective work on venture capital, growth, private debt, venture debt, co-investments, and direct deals.
- Geographic Focus
- United States, Europe, and Asia.
- Location
- Nyon, Switzerland
Background
I could not verify a public biography, title, LinkedIn profile, headshot, or investment record for Kaarina Suikkonen. The supplied email pattern points to Lyrique, but I found no public source confirming `[hidden]` or confirming that Kaarina Suikkonen is currently listed as part of Lyrique’s public team.
Lyrique Private Equity is an independent private equity advisory firm founded in 2007. Its website says the team has been active in private equity since 1987 and works with family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, institutions, endowments, and pension funds on tailored private equity mandates.
Lyrique’s public team page currently lists Hans van Swaay, Honor Huyette, Felipe Pereira, Alexandre Waeber, Massimo Rodella, Ildiko Ferenczy, and Felipe Sanz. Kaarina Suikkonen does not appear on that current public team page.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Lyrique states that its focus is “high quality niches and inefficient markets,” emphasizing the selection of strong private equity funds, often smaller funds.
- The firm says its primary focus within private equity is on niche strategies “where less money is chasing more deals.”
- Lyrique’s preferred manager categories are buyout, secondaries, and impact investment.
- The firm also performs due diligence on venture capital, growth, private debt, and venture debt funds.
- Lyrique says it can consider co-investments and direct deals selectively, including “in very special situations.”
Notable Investments
- No publicly verifiable personal portfolio companies or angel investments for Kaarina Suikkonen were found.
- Lyrique publicly states that it has invested in 36 funds, but the public website does not name those funds.
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