Introduction to Private Equity: Venture, Growth, LBO and Turn-Around Capital, 2nd Edition

About the Author

Cyril Demaria is General Partner and President of Pilot Fish funds, a series of private equity finder’s funds for family offices and high net worth individuals. From 2009 to 2012, he co-founded and was Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Tiaré Investment Management AG, a Zürich-based wealth and investment management company. Prior to that, he created a multi-strategy fund of funds focused on environmental matters. He was also an Associate in private equity funds of funds (Zürich), where he participated in the market development in France, and evaluated American, European and Middle Eastern private equity funds. As a Portfolio Manager responsible for private equity fund investments at a French insurance group (Paris), he managed 27 investments totalling EUR 60 million in private equity funds and funds of funds. As Head of Corporate Development at Externall (Paris), he managed four asset acquisitions and raised debt financing to do so. He started his career in a hybrid venture capital and fund of funds firm (San Francisco, Paris).

A French citizen, Cyril Demaria holds a BA in Political Sciences from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Lyon), Master in Geopolitics applied to Money and Finance (Paris), Master in European Business Law (Paris) and a Diploma from HEC (Paris). He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sankt-Gallen.

An Associate Professor at EDHEC (Nice, Lille, London), ESCP-Europe (London), EADA (Barcelona), Fipecafi (Sao Paulo), USP (Sao Paulo), ...