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How does Lithuania's laser and optics industry help build AI? 🤔 The global AI infrastructure market was valued at $30.2 billion in 2023, with an expected annual growth rate of 27.3% from 2024 to 2030. And here's the kicker – 🇱🇹 Lithuania is making its mark in this booming high-tech market! Our portfolio company Altechna specializes in photonics technologies which are pivotal in chip manufacturing – the very foundation of AI infrastructure. 🚀 Antanas Laurutis, CEO of Altechna, sheds light on these technologies' connections and the company's role in shaping the future of AI.   #portfoliocompany

Our Managing Partner, Šarūnas Šiugžda, has recently participated in an insightful M&A market trends event hosted by Orion Securities and WALLESS. During the panel discussion, Šarūnas has shared some of the LitCapital’s experiences in portfolio acquisitions. The main takeaways for industry: 🔹 Add-on #acquisitions is a proven value creation strategy, particularly when feasible with portfolio companies. 🔹 Timing for acquisitions is good - more reasonable expectations, less competition due to high interest rate environment, high inflation and low growth economy 🔹US market is the largest market in #optics and #photonics industry, so it makes a lot of sense for our portfolio company Altechna to make expansion in this market 🔹Good homework in building a proper team and expertise in-house enabled us to move fast and conclude the acquisition in the US market. 🔹We commit to a further expansion through acquisitions in the US market post-integration. Thank you Karolis Pikūnas for moderating, Julius Černiauskas, and Jonas Bielinis for their insightful contributions and shared cases during the event! #GrowthStrategies #MnA

LitCapital fully stand with the #4procentai civil initiative and encourage signing the petition to allocate 4% of GDP to Lithuania's defense. Let's contribute to a stronger and safer #Lithuania. More than 15K signees have joined - support this pivotal movement and bring this strong message to policy makers! 🇱🇹💪

Big News Alert at LitCapital 🎉 We are thrilled to introduce the newest member of our team - Gerda Sakalauskaitė! LitCapital is excited to welcome Gerda aboard to lead our investor relations efforts. As the former Managing Director of the Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Gerda brings her expertise in fostering strong relationship building within the investment community. With Gerda's leadership in investor relations, we aim to not only sustain but also further enhance our network, driving forward our mission of empowering innovative enterprises. Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Gerda! Connect with her on LinkedIn to stay updated #LitCapital #GrowthCapital #InvestorRelations 

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In Europe's dynamic EV drive tech sector, less than 10 players manage to operate independently. Elinta Motors, our portfolio company, is ONE of them With an industry norm of >20-30 million EUR budgets, Elinta Motors stands out among them with better results and a much smaller budget. The proof is - that they've already powered 700 vehicles. Yes, 700 are on the road! Elinta Motors showcases an unmatched efficiency! #ElintaImpact #EVMastery #FutureDriven #emobility #ev

Hot Portfolio News: Altechna’s Strategic Acquisition of Alpine Research Optics 🎉 Altechna has completed the acquisition of Alpine Research Optics (ARO), a leader in UV laser optics based in Boulder, CO, USA. This strategic move marks a significant expansion into the global market, particularly in the United States. We send our warmest congratulations to the entire team at ARO on joining the Altechna family with special thanks to Ed Yousse, Chief Business Development Officer at Altechna, for his remarkable contribution to this project. His leadership and expertise are key to the successful integration of both organizations and business growth. We’re proud to support Altechna in this strategic move, further solidifying Lithuania's role in the global high-tech landscape. Here’s to new beginnings and continued success!! 🥂 #MergersAndAcquisitions #GlobalExpansion #LitCapital #Photonics #Innovation

Mr. Algimantas Markauskas Joins Altechna Board 🎉 We welcome Mr. Algimantas Markauskas, former CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, to the board of Altechna, one of our portfolio technology companies. We are getting ready for the new important company development steps together with our new board member, and we look forward to achieving new milestones and driving further success. Solid business competencies and experience are vital for our business expansion success. Read more👉 https://lnkd.in/dPz7UFDM #LitCapital #Altechna #BoardAppointment #LaserOptics #Leadership #Innovation

Rev those engines, because the journey just got electrifying with Elinta Motors crossing another major milestone - 4th generation direct drive motor with 160KW at 400 VDC! 🚗 ⚡ ️Would you like a ride? Write in the comments below and let’s get the wheels turning! 👇

Set for Supply Chain Digitization?   We are thrilled to announce our investment in the supply chain management platform, Cargo stream 🚚🚢.   By offering shippers a streamlined tendering process, facilitating triangulation for maritime logistics, and providing forwarders with an integrated direct booking interface, Cargo Stream is geared to accelerate global growth.   Our investment will facilitate Cargo Stream's global expansion through further product development and customer acquisition, leveraging the platform's demonstrated ability to attract major international supply chain market participants.   💬Cargo Stream exemplifies all the qualities we look for in an investment, including entrepreneurial spirit, robust product quality, speed of multinational customer adoption, and a competitive position in a fast-growing market. They had identified a unique opportunity in the logistics market. We are extremely happy to work with the team of Cargo Stream, 💬 highlights Šarūnas Šiugžda, Founder and Managing Partner at LitCapital.   Stay tuned for more updates as we forge ahead in this exciting new venture🚀! Read more 👇 https://bit.ly/3Qtq07T #Investment #SupplyChain #DigitalLogistics #TechInvestment