Uli Grabenwarter

Uli Grabenwarter, is Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Equity Investments at European Investment Fund (EIF). In this capacity he oversees EIF’s equity investment activities across the entire investment spectrum including fund investments in Technology Transfer, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Private Credit, Impact Investing, and Infrastructure funds. Previously he was responsible for EIF’s strategic development in equity investments and in this context has led the build-up of the Social Impact Accelerator, the first pan-European impact investing fund-of-funds. From 2010 to 2012 he conducted a 20 months research project on impact investing in collaboration with IESE University of Navarra in Barcelona and the Family Office Circle Foundation based in Switzerland. He is a visiting Professor for Private Equity and Venture Capital at IESE University of Navarra in Barcelona and, in his personal capacity, an angel investor, predominantly in life sciences companies. From 2018 to 2021 he served as a Trustees of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, He serves on the Board of several asset management companies and family office structures and regularly publishes articles and white papers on venture capital and impact investing. Uli holds a master’s degree in business and finance of the University of Graz.