Silvia Almeida

Silvia Almeida is the Chief Financial Officer / Diretora Financeira at IR Capital by Inter-Risco Private Equity, where the firm lists her on its support team. Her LinkedIn profile describes her as leading financial, administrative, and HR operations at IR Capital and places her in Porto, Portugal.

MarketScreener lists Almeida as Director of Finance/CFO at Inter-Risco - Sociedade de Capital de Risco, S.A., with an active position starting on September 30, 2012, and also categorizes her role as a private equity investor. CB Insights also identifies her as Inter-Risco’s current Chief Financial Officer and notes prior work history at PwC Portugal / PwC.

Her education listed publicly includes ISAG - European Business School. Her LinkedIn profile also lists a Certified Accountant credential from Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados and languages including Portuguese and English.

IR Capital traces its Inter-Risco heritage to 1988 and describes itself as a reference in the Portuguese private equity market, with more than EUR 220 million invested across Iberia in more than 100 companies. The firm states that Juan Carlos Felix and Hussein Semedah acquired control of IR Capital in November 2022, and Bloomberg LEI records show IR Capital SCR, S.A. as the current legal name, with Inter-Risco - Sociedade de Capital de Risco, S.A. as a previous legal name.

• IR Capital’s stated approach is “creative and opportunistic,” focused on opportunities with clear arbitrage potential and defensive structures intended to reduce risk.
• The firm prioritizes attractive sectors for private capital, especially those with stability, simple investment theses, and less reliance on disruptive or complex execution.
• Current fund strategies include secondaries and special situations, growth/expansion, acquisitions, and consolidation.
• Sector emphasis in active funds includes education, agribusiness, infrastructure, logistics, and special situations.
• Inter-Risco is described by MarketScreener as a generalist manager investing in Portuguese SMEs, excluding financial and real estate sectors, and preferring MBOs, MBIs, LBOs, and expansion transactions.
• The firm’s target companies are established, well-managed businesses with growth potential, possible market-leadership paths, and medium-term profit potential.
• IR Capital highlights build-up execution: its LinkedIn company profile says it has completed more than 112 proprietary add-on acquisitions since 2007.