Katalin Gallyas is a talented and driven Managing Director of c*funds BV, a boutique fund placement agency in Amsterdam that specializes in diverse asset classes such as venture capital, growth fund, venture & private debt, and real estate. Her agency focuses on the bottom-up approach and values diverse, international talents that can make the biggest deals, with key mandates totaling a staggering 7 billion EUR. Gallyas is an experienced executive with extensive knowledge of the private equity industry. She oversees fundraising cycles, from pre-marketing to fund closing, and negotiates and fixes the terms sheets for the clients she represents. She has a vast network of 330 warm contacts for LP transacting worldwide. She has a Master's in Economics and Management (Strategy and Organization) from Open Universiteit Nederland. Before joining c*funds, she worked as an EU Horizon 2020 reviewer and innovation expert for European Commission, Chief Executive Officer at Civic Tech Amsterdam, Open Innovation Program Manager at Gemeente Amsterdam, Policy Advisor Open Innovation for the Economic Affairs City of Amsterdam, and as a Policy Researcher at Dienst Economische Zaken. She is currently based in Amsterdam, and her clients are fund managers from Western Europe, Israel, the US, and Scandinavia, while her LP/investor base is in Benelux, DACH, and the UK, with a particular focus on London, Zurich, Geneva, Luxembourg, Boston, Washington, and New York.

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