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About
A Venture Capital and Growth Equity investor, Leyla joined after nearly a decade at StepStone Group as Managing Director of Venture Capital & Growth Equity, with prior roles at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citi. She leads Vintage's European efforts.
Experience
- Vintage Investment PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
- StepStone GroupManaging Director - VC & Growth Equity at StepStone Group2016 — 2025
- Bank of America Merrill LynchConsumer Staples Equity Research Analyst2015 — 2016London, United Kingdom
- Morgan StanleyPrivate Equity Investment Professional2012 — 2015London, UK
- CitiAnalyst2010 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Private Equity9Investments5
Languages Bulgarian · English · German · Italian · Russian
From Leyla's professional profile.
Colleagues at Vintage Investment Partners
Abe Finkelstein
General Partner at Vintage Investment Partners
Abeer Abu Mokh
Data Operations Analyst at Vintage Investment Partners
Alan Feld
Managing Partner at Vintage Investment Partners
Amanda Parness
Managing Director - Financial Advisor, Jefferies at Vintage Investment Partners
Ambassador S. Fitzgerald Haney
Former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica at Vintage Investment Partners
Amit Frenkel
General Partner at Vintage Investment Partners
Andy Walter
Former SVP, Global Commercial Services at P&G at Vintage Investment Partners
Arielle Evan
Venture & Business Development Associate at Vintage Investment Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leyla Holterud?
- A Venture Capital and Growth Equity investor, Leyla joined after nearly a decade at StepStone Group as Managing Director of Venture Capital & Growth Equity, with prior roles at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citi. She leads Vintage's European efforts.
- Where does Leyla Holterud work?
- Leyla Holterud is Partner at Vintage Investment Partners.
- Where did Leyla Holterud go to school?
- Leyla Holterud studied at London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc, Accounting and Finance); Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi' (BA, International Economics and Management); Queen Mary, U. of London (BA, Economics).
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Also attended Queen Mary, U. of London133
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Morgan Stanley1,735
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