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Rafael Rantanen works in investment support at Priveq and has over 10 years of experience in private equity, M&A, and value creation. He has led transactions from origination through execution and has served as a board member for portfolio companies, focusing on mid-market deals and working with founders and management teams.

Sofia Nyberg is a partner at Sponsor Capital, a Finnish private equity firm focused on majority investments in medium-sized Finnish companies, where she has worked for more than five years. Her earlier career included three years in strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group, advising on transformations in the consumer sector, and three years as a transactional lawyer at Hannes Snellman working on M&A financing. She holds a Master's degree in law from the University of Helsinki and a Master's in business administration from the Hanken School of Economics, along with certifications from the University of Geneva and Columbia Business School, and previously competed in figure skating on the Finnish national team.

Meri-Tuulia Mäkelä is a Finland-based private equity fund accounting and administration professional serving as CFO at Sponsor Capital. Her work spans the full fund lifecycle, including investor onboarding, capital calls, quarterly NAV reporting, waterfall calculations, and audit coordination, along with AML/KYC compliance, ongoing monitoring, and documentation controls. She also contributes to operational resilience and risk management, with attention to DORA expectations regarding third-party oversight, data integrity, and incident readiness.