Meet the Team

  • Abril G Olavarria

    Business Operations Strategy

    Abril brings in her entrepreneurial mindset and proactive approach to drive Apprecia Capital's growth and efficiency in a dynamic VC environment.

    She is the building bridges between Madrid and Zürich, leveraging her flexibility and fast learning capabilities to drive positive change. Constantly seeking innovative solutions, she embraces challenges as opportunities for growth.

  • Emi ( Hidemi) Naganuma

    Founder & General Partner

    Founder and General Partner of Apprecia Capital, Emi brings a multicultural background and extensive experience in finance (M&A and Equities) to her role.

    Besides her experience, Emi holds qualifications such as the United Kingdom CISI Level 3 Certificate in Investments and Japan Securities Sales Representative Qualifications , demonstrating her expertise and commitment to impactful investing.

  • Peter-Conradin Schreiber

    Peter-Conradin Schreiber

    Legal Advisor

    Peter-Conradin currently works at a major law firm in Zurich and practices corporate law including Capital Markets. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s studies of Law at the University of Zurich.

    He also spent an exchange year at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, where he gained experience at two Japanese law firms.

  • Patrick Mark

    Legal Counsel

    Patrick is the entrepreneurial lawyer that gets the startup journey. He has been active in the startup world for 13+ years and has passionately supported ambitious founders with hands-on legal and business advice.

    He is deeply associated with the University communities and is the legal advisor at the Student Project House at ETH and Universität St.Gallen (HSG).

  • Sofia Brazzola

    Investment Associate

    Sofia is the experienced tech venture builder and growth marketeer that knows how to get things done in order to scale up, fast.

    Besides her own entrepreneurial experience to enable more efficient, affordable buildings decarbonization, she offers a wealth of technology product development and go-to-market expertise gained by working at executive consultancy level within an audio technology market leader.