Calista Direct Investors are specialist investors and advisers in private markets: Private Equity & Venture Capital (PE & VC).
We provide access and advisory services to private investors seeking to invest directly in companies (start-ups, SMEs, mid/large-cap) and privately-held investment vehicles.
We leverage 50+ years of cumulative relevant experience to originate and select proprietary opportunities with risk/reward profiles tailored to our clients’ needs.
We support our clients across the lifecycle of private investments, from origination, to structuring, to portfolio monitoring and divesting, tailored to their needs while they retain all decisions.
Our revenues are exclusively generated from our clients, ensuring we are always fully aligned.
Deal sourcing and selection
Deal Structuring
Family Offices
Fund selection
Portfolio allocation (generic advice)
Portfolio reporting and consolidation
Investment monitoring and exit
Sectors we focus on stem from previous experience of our team and are meant to sustain any phase of economic macrocycle. The companies we source and select for our investors are niche disruptors and leading Family-owned /led businesses; they can be primary opportunities or co-investments alongside GPs. We also select niche fund managers that have pioneering expertise in their fields. Our pipeline also includes selected opportunities in other sectors that our investors favour.
Disruptive innovations – Transformative software, AI- enabled technologies
Value chain, Distribution, waste reduction, productivity
Focus on digital & disruptive brands that preempt the cycle
Services, therapeutics, MedTech, silver economy
Cashflow generative small and mid caps that are undervalued
Mobility, energy efficiency, urban transport, services
Focus on payments and wealth management
B2B2C and D2C with a disruptive angle and leveraging new technologies
Digitalisation of the construction industry
We receive up to 10 opportunities per week but shrink our selection to 5 active deals (directs or co-investments). Currently we have ̴350 near-term opportunities in our database, of which 10 are active live deals (directs).
We are highly selective with the deal opportunities we receive every week. If we see the potential and we feel the concept is promising, we follow a strict procedure to advance with our active directs.
We follow a rigorous process of selection with a mix of internal investment committee review and external trusted experts.