Navigating the Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Managers

Moderator

Katie Moore

Managing Director

Katie is a Managing Director on the Fund Investment team, focused on leading the Emerging & Diverse Investment programs. Prior to this role, Katie was a Senior Relationship Manager to several institutional clients, responsible for portfolio construction and strategic planning. Katie is currently a member of the Responsible Investment Committee and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council.

Prior to joining the firm in 2007, she was a Financial Analyst at Murray Devine & Company, a Philadelphia-based Valuation Advisor to private equity and venture capital firms.

In 2021, Katie received the Think Advisors Luminaries award in the Diversity & Inclusion category. Katie has also been named to Chief Investment Officer’s 2020 Knowledge Brokers list, acknowledging the world’s most influential investment consultants, and named to Real Deals’ 2020 “Future 40 Diversity and Inclusion Leaders” list. In addition to her work at Hamilton Lane, Katie is a member of the Private Equity Women’s Investor Network (PE-WIN), 100 Women in Finance and The Forum of Executive Women.

Panelists

Daniella Kranjac

Founding GP

Daniella Kranjac has spent her career focused on therapeutic-enabling technologies. As an entrepreneur, corporate executive, advisor, and investor, Daniella has continuously been a driving force and plays a critical role in this ecosystem reflected by numerous recognitions and awards, including Fierce Pharma’s Fiercest Women in Life Sciences 2022 and a Lifetime Luminary nomination at Biotech Week Boston, 2022.

She began her career as a Co-Founder of Wave Biotech where she drove the growth of a disruptive bioprocessing technology, later exiting to GE Healthcare in 2007 (now Danaher/Cytiva). Later in 2012, Wave Biotech was recognized as BioProcess International’s “Technology of the Decade.” At GE, Daniella held several strategic, business development, M&A, integration, and commercial leadership roles, building the several hundred-million-dollar Enterprise Solutions.

True to her entrepreneurial spirit, she founded Dynamk Consulting in 2015 to support technical founders and strategics in Life Science Industrials with capital, business development and strategic guidance. Seeing the potential of life science industrials and their need for capital, Daniella successfully launched the first venture fund focused on Life Science Industrials, and now serves on the boards of Alpenglow Biosciences, CellFE, Curi Bio, RoosterBio, Vernal Biosciences and Virica Biotech.

Daniella is an active member of NAIC (National Association of Investment Companies), PEWIN (Private Equity Women Investor Network), WAVE (Women in Venture and Equity), and is a frequent invited speaker at life science symposia.

Education

• Harvard Business School, Executive Education: Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Stern School of Business, New York University: Executive MBA, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Stevens Institute of Technology: BE, Chemical Engineering, BioChemical Engineering

Career Highlights

• Established the first fund focused on Life Science tools and technologies
• Led GE Healthcare’s integration and commercial launch of Xcellerex FlexFactory
• Co-Founded Wave Biotech, acquired by GE Healthcare (now Danaher/Cytiva)
• GE Global Leadership Award, GE Healthcare Enterprise Solutions
• BioProcess Technology of the Decade Award – Wave Bioreactor
• Fierce Pharma’s Fiercest Women in Life Sciences 2022
• Lifetime Luminary Award at Biotech Week Boston, 2022

David Perez

Co-founder and Managing Partner

David Perez is a Co-founder and a Managing Partner of Avance Investment Management, LLC. Prior to founding Avance, Mr. Perez was the President and COO of Palladium Equity Partners. Prior to Palladium, Mr. Perez had several senior private equity roles, including Principal of General Atlantic Partners and Atlas Venture and Senior Associate of Chase Capital Partners. Mr. Perez started his career with James D. Wolfensohn and Co, focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Perez earned his B.S. in Systems Engineering from Dresden University of Technology, a M. Eng. in Engineering Management from Cornell University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Perez is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Co-Chair of the Harvard University Cuba Studies Advisory Group, President of the Board of Trustees of the Trinity School in New York City, and a longstanding board member and former President of the Board of Ballet Hispánico. He also served as Chairman of the Board of the NAIC. Mr. Perez lives in New York with his wife and three children.

André Rice

President 

André Rice is the President of Muller & Monroe Asset Management (M²), which he founded in 1999. André is responsible for general management of the firm, client service, business development, and serves as chairman of the investment committee.

Prior to founding M², André was a serial deal investor. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department at Kraft Foods and worked in securities sales at Goldman Sachs after beginning his career as an auditor at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.

André is a member of the Board of Directors of CNA Financial Corporation and the Board of Directors of New America Alliance (NAA). He is also a member of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC), National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), Leadership Council of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), and is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. André has a history of philanthropy, mentorship, and civic engagements.

André received a B.S. in accounting, with honors, from South Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Miguel Silva

Investment Officer

Miguel Silva joined CalPERS in May of 2013 and serves as an Investment Officer in the Sustainable Investing asset class. Mr. Silva is focused on emerging and diverse manager program initiatives across multiple asset classes. In addition, he serves as a liaison between the Investment Office and interested stakeholders and advocacy groups, and collaborates on diversity initiatives.

Mr. Silva began his investment executive career in 2002 as an asset advisor and subsequently served as an Associate Director with Marcus & Millichap Investment Services. During this time, Miguel began his own entrepreneurial efforts raising capital and syndicating multiple real estate partnerships. Focused on expanding his overall advisory capacity, Mr. Silva transitioned to financial services in 2010 with Wells Fargo Advisors and subsequently with J.P. Morgan Securities prior to joining CalPERS.

Miguel is first generation Portuguese and is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. He was born and raised in San Diego, California and graduated from the University of California at Davis. Originally, Miguel began a career in public affairs, working on several statewide campaigns and serving as a Deputy Press Secretary prior to his investment career.