What We Do

Independent Strategic Advisory for Founders, Boards, Family Offices and Institutional Investors.

Hestia Strategic Capital is an independent strategic advisory boutique supporting founders, investors, family offices and corporates in strategic growth, capital raising and long-term value creation.

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Capital Raising

Supporting companies from Pre-Seed through Growth Capital by developing fundraising strategies, preparing institutional investment processes and connecting companies with long-term capital partners.

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Strategic Advisory

Advising founders, boards and shareholders on corporate strategy, governance, financing alternatives and long-term value creation.

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What We Do

Supporting companies from Pre-Seed through Growth Capital by developing fundraising strategies, preparing institutional investment processes and connecting companies with long-term capital partners.

Capital Raising: Supporting companies from Pre-Seed through Growth Capital by developing fundraising strategies, preparing institutional investment processes and connecting companies with long-term capital partners.

Strategic Advisory: Advising founders, boards and shareholders on corporate strategy, governance, financing alternatives and long-term value creation.

Cap Table & Financing Strategy: Supporting financing structures, shareholder optimisation, bridge financings, Series A preparation and long-term capital strategies.

Corporate Finance: Strategic support for mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships, restructurings and international expansion.

Board & Executive Advisory: Independent board-level advice based on more than three decades of international executive leadership.

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Areas of Focus

Advising founders, boards and shareholders on corporate strategy, governance, financing alternatives and long-term value creation.

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics & Automation

Dual-Use Technologies

Deep Technologies

Insurance & InsurTech

Financial Services

Infrastructure

Industrial Technologies

Healthcare Technologies

Current Advisory Engagements

Engagements, Founder and Working Model

Current engagements, global network, founder profile and working model define how Hestia Strategic Capital supports selective assignments.

  1. Engagements

    Current Advisory Engagements

    Singapore, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt

    Huntington Advisory (Singapore) - Senior Advisor; Horn & Company (Dusseldorf, Germany) - Senior Advisor; DCCP Bank (Frankfurt, Germany) - Senior Advisor. In addition, Hestia Strategic Capital maintains a strategic cooperation with a leading Israel-based Family Office, providing access to entrepreneurs, institutional investors, venture capital funds and family office capital across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

  2. Network

    Global Executive Network

    Institutional capital, boards and entrepreneurs

    Over more than three decades, Alexander Ankel has built an extensive international network spanning Sovereign Wealth Funds, Institutional Investors, Family Offices, Private Equity & Venture Capital Funds (with a particular focus on the Benelux region), Global Insurance Groups, Technology Entrepreneurs, Corporate Boards, and Senior Government and Industry Leaders.

  3. Founder

    Alexander Ankel

    35+ years across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific

    With more than 35 years of international executive leadership experience across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, Alexander Ankel advises founders, boards, investors and family offices on strategic growth, institutional capital and international expansion. Throughout his executive career, he has served in CEO, Regional CEO, Executive Board and Supervisory Board positions within leading international financial institutions, including Allianz, ERGO, Munich Re and Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Malaysia. Over the course of his career, he has advised on and led close to 40 buy-side and sell-side transactions, international growth initiatives, business transformations and cross-border strategic partnerships.

  4. Model

    How Hestia works

    Founder-led boutique with selective senior support

    Every engagement is personally led by Alexander Ankel as Principal. Depending on the mandate, Hestia Strategic Capital selectively assembles senior industry experts, experienced executives and strategic partners to provide clients with the expertise most relevant to each assignment. This model combines the personal commitment of a founder-led boutique with the reach of an international executive and investment network.

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What We Do

Hestia Strategic Capital is an independent strategic advisory boutique supporting founders, investors, family offices and corporates in strategic growth, capital raising and long-term value creation.