At BVA our mission is to help great people build great companies.
BVA continues to expand and extend our practice to support that mission, building on our historical strengths in the areas of team building, advisory, and fundraising.
It’s wonderful to welcome Cristina Osmena to the BVA team. Cristina joins BVA as an Operating Partner to focus on helping clients with fundraising, investor communications, and marketing.
She brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and has worked at investment banks such as Hambrecht & Quist, Needham & Company, and Jefferies where she specialized in public equities of semiconductor process equipment companies such as Applied Materials, KLA-Tencor, and Lam Research. She was named one of the “Best on the Street” analysts by the Wall Street Journal for her skills in stockpicking. Subsequent to her career as an equity analyst, Cristina raised more than $315 million in assets for investment managers.
Cristina brings expertise in investor-facing strategies and has helped clients approach investor audiences of all kinds from private investors to large institutions.
Cristina was recently a VP of Corporate Development at SunPreme, a specialty solar panel manufacturer. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from UC Berkeley and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She also has the Series 7, Series 65, and Series 66 licenses
If you want your team to hire the best talent available and to maximize your chance for success, please reach out and we’ll be happy to have an open conversation to determine if we’re the best resource for you.
Cristina can be reached at cristina@bva.com