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Carlson Investments

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Carlson Investments SE, in operation since 2003, is a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchanges of Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and on the Gettex platform established to provide access to venture capital investment opportunities in Europe, North America and Asia, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe.

We are open-ended (not limited by timeframe), no need to exit under the pressure of time like standard VCs. Easy access and exit via one of the markets for any even smallest investors. The company has more than 30 promising projects in its portfolio.

Investment objective:

Our purpose is to offer liquid access to venture capital investments, a traditionally illiquid asset class.

Investment policy:

We take equity positions in private companies of a technological nature characterized by-product or process innovation active in the financial, medical, and deep technology industries. Investments are made both directly and through subsidiary AIF Carlson Investments, both authorized and regulated by Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) and /or German BaFin.

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